I offered yesterday to start a new Topic once Bynack had fledged, but as we now have the updated Satellite Tracking page, and biography pages for Tore and Bynack, and there are some tracking results for Tore on Google Earth, I’ve gone ahead with it.
A brief introduction to the ospreys we’re tracking – first, the class of 2011.
Tore – link to her Biography
Tore is the elder of this year’s juveniles, her ring is blue/white 48. She fledged on Tuesday 12th July aged 54 days, and has started to do a little exploring.
Bynack – link to his Biography
Tore’s younger brother, ring blue/white 47. Bynack is aged 53 days today and has yet to fledge.
Edit: He has fledged, at 10.18 am today 16/7.
Rothes – link to her Biography
Rothes is the eldest of EJ and Odin’s offspring, hatched at Loch Garten in 2009. Her ring is white/black PJ. She migrated as a juvenile to Guinea-Bissau, and spent her formative months on the small island of Unhocomozinho, in the Bijagos Archipelago. Now a sub-adult, she has travelled north to Europe for the first time this summer and is currently in the Gironde estuary in SW France, where she also spent 6 weeks on her way south in 2009. So far, she has not returned to the UK.
Rothes' earlier travels were followed in this thread, now closed.
Tore's latest position:
Tore is just brilliant at finding good spots to fish.
How wonderful to see Tore being an independent osprey, am so grateful to Bruce and Tony. Ospreys do love their dead trees ;-D
Tore's last GE point is earlier today, things are looking up for us anxious followers :o
IMAGICAT
Tore vs Rothes (2009):
Thanks Sandy. There have got to be some genetics at work there. This is all really fascinating. The river that Tore is on is called Rio Ardila.
Genetics indeed. Rothes, Mallachie and now Tore, almost at the same spot in Portugal!
Loch Garten stats. and All the important links for LG.
The picture of Tore with a fish are fantastic.!! Thanks Our girl has learned to fish. Now I wish we could see one of Byanck with a fish. We know Rothes can fish.
Richard said in his blog that there are hundreds of migrating birds including Ospreys in Spain. This will give the juveniles a chance to see adults fishing . Even if they watch an Eagle fish it must be the same technique. Maybe this is why they learn to fish on their migrations. They can observe many other adults fishing to learn how it is done.
Formerly known as Barbara Jean
Sue thanks for the link to Bruce Taggart's blog complete with pictures of Tore with a fish. Steady progress and now in Portugal, these brds are just amazing.
Margobird
moffer said: Genetics indeed. Rothes, Mallachie and now Tore, almost at the same spot in Portugal!
Mendel, who is the pioneer professor in the study of genetics, did his experiments in Brno, in the Czech Republic. On 4th September my OH and I stood on the foundations of the greenhouse in Brno where he did the experiments and it was A SPECIAL MOMENT. I stood there thinking about our ospreys!
This is all quite wonderful! We are so lucky to be able to 'see' this happening. And if this information helps (which it must surely do) the osprey population in general, by supplying vital stats, then I think that tagging is very much justified!