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.
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Bynack has moved south to the Senegal river and Djoudj NP.
Tore is still around the same tributary of the Casamance river in southern Senegal.
While looking for material about the Casamance region, I came across this pop video, which refers to the low-level civil war which has been going on for years in the area between Senegal government forces and separatist guerillas. I'm finding it quite catchy, though I doubt you could really disarm a band of machete-toting guerillas using just the power of song........
lol Sue :o)
Bynack is now on the Senegal River which forms the border between Mauritania and Senegal, at Djoudj National Park!!!
Well done Bynack, good boy :o)))
Not a very good image but it show where Bynack was last GE and the area that he is in now (depicted by the arrow)
Loch Garten stats. and All the important links for LG.
I just realised, Bynack is not far from Leri
Bynack is doing all the right things and as well as Leri being there, Rothiemurchus visited Djoudj recently.
Great news that they are doing so well!
bynack better be careful...
leri's evil
PHARAZON---i think when BYNACK opens his beak and starts shouting i bet LERI will take to the sky to get away from the noise
GE has been updated. Bynack's route from 9th - 11th Oct
Arriving at the river! I can almost hear him squealing with delight, lol. He is searching for the best spot, perhaps to stake a claim?
It looks like Tore has moved slightly upstream on the Soungrougrou River (same river as last GE update) She must like it there :o)
Thanks for the shots, MOFFER :-) Looks like our kids are both in osprey-friendly territory, I hope the locals are friendly too.
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