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.
Well done Bynack, that is good news!
Also good news about Tore heading for her wintering ground, and that all continues to go well for Rothes.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
Shame that there's not a proper update, but fingers crossed for tomorrow.
Well done Tore, nearly there girl. can you smell the water yet?
Good boy Bynack. You might be slower, but your getting there. Fill up with fish before the desert and fly like the wind :o)
Loch Garten stats. and All the important links for LG.
Yes, MOFFER, fingers crossed for tomorrow. There's nothing like opening up GE at something past 7 o'clock and seeing the blue and yellow lines with one's own eyes ;-)
Terrific news that they are both progressing well.
IMAGICAT
Strath ospreys make good progress:
www.strathspey-herald.co.uk/.../Strath-osprey-chicks-make-good-progress-on-the-wing-04102011.htm
Well, I can't open my GE and see Bynack in Spain !!
Nore Tore where she is supposed to be .
And I'm thoroughly fed up
Cirrus : GE has not been updated yet as the Argos system was unavailable today due to maintenance.
Oh, thanks so much ALAN - it just seems so long since we had an update on GE about Tore and Bynack, sigh. I rush home from work - boot up- and , nothing. Fingers crossed for Tomorrow then.
Hi everyone, this trickle of information is very frustrating, isn't it? Days and days seem to go by with no news. Hope all the birds are safe and well.
Yes, SHERYL, I am righteously indignant about it :-( "Be patient", indeed! Bah humbug >:( I'm sure many of us put our money where our mouths are and we don't deserve the anxiety. If information is not forthcoming, daily explanations should be. There!
I'm with you, Cirrus and Sheryl..... I find it quite alarming to keep opening up Google Earth and still seeing Tore sitting in the middle of the desert! On the right heading maybe, but a long way from water. Alan's calming words are very helpful, but a wise word from LG would be appropriate at this point!