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.
Update from Julie Q:
"Not much to report this morning - it looks like Tore & Bynack are happy where they are for the time being although Bynack soared to great heights yesterday afternoon. Most of the readings are coming in with altitudes in single or double figures, but Bynack's data came in at 1041 metres! Maybe he's seeing what lies further afield?
No need to tell you where Rothes is........"
Thanks Alan the good news for Tore and Bynack continuing.
Margobird
Having read about the possible problems with Joe - either himself or his tag, and no transmission for six days as of yesterday - I am only to relieved to hear that Tore and Bynack continue to enjoy their new surroundings. So Bynack is soaring to new heights. Good on him. No one could hear him from up there!
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I know we equate dear Bynack with all that screaming and screeching but would he really be making all that noise now? Would he need to?
PATILY that was said with a certain amount of jest. I don't know the answer, but I suspect now that no one is bringing him his daily fish he is just a silent osprey doing what osprey do during their southern migration. Sitting for hours. Fishing occasionally. What a life!
New blog
News of Rothes ,
www.rspb.org.uk/.../fenced.aspx
Thanks sugar. Glad to see that it is all good news. Bynack and Tore seem to have found good areas for now.
Another day of no traumas. That's what I like ;-)
IMAGICAT
Relieved to hear they are all safe. May they continue to be safe.
Great to read that they are all safe.