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.
My heart stopped when at first it looked as though Bynack's last 3 days were on the same spot, but continued zooming revealed he was still moving around - not far though :-(
As for Tore :-D Can't wait for her to reach a safe place. Wonderful progress, who'd have thought it after the dally in Cornwall?
IMAGICAT
What a girl eh Scylla. She's hot on the heels of Einion now :o)
Loch Garten stats. and All the important links for LG.
I have been playing around with GE, and I don't know what I did, but when I zoomed in to Bynacks last point, I got this view from the small road that runs along the side of the small river that he is on. You can see the water behind the trees :o) As close as we can get to the boy!
Scylla thanks for that on Bynack as I am not good with GE.
Well said moffer Tore hot on the heels of Einion :)
sandy said: Tore's latest position:
Tore's latest position:
I really hope that Tore managed to feed-up on Thursday night/Friday morning. After she left here she flew non-stop (as far as we know) till she roosted in a very different spot, 1700m up in the Haut Atlas Mountains on Saturday night:
I noticed that too Sandy, although the line is broken up when you zoom in to follow the flight, and there are a couple of points missing. She did fly over a few rivers and a very large body of water in Morocco, so let's hope that she stopped and fed.
Well, I think it's programming !!
As the crow flies (not an osprey, obviously) Tore is just a little more than half way to Rothes, southernmost point.
moffer said: I have been playing around with GE, and I don't know what I did, but when I zoomed in to Bynacks last point, I got this view from the small road that runs along the side of the small river that he is on. You can see the water behind the trees :o) As close as we can get to the boy!
Do you remember when I captured Tore's flight over the sea to Holyhead? I was zooming in with GE and suddenly noticed the words (something like) "Be Tore" on the left-hand side - I've never seen similar since. There must be a way to access that view on demand, provided one is close enough... to a point, maybe? :-/
Anyway, MOFFER, thank you, it looks a lovely spot, no wonder Bynack is hanging around there :-)
Yes, it does look a lovely spot SCYLLA and MOFFER - after all this time there Bynack must be getting more and more confident about fishing and will be a good weight and in top condition for the next phase of his migration.