The Osprey Chat Thread for October 2011

I am doing this in Google Chrome, as I had a problem with Firefox and doing posh links on another thread.  OH updated Firefox....mumble mumble!

I have just come across this snippet from a 2008 Radio 4 World on the Move programme.  It gives an interesting fact on migration, and female osprey, about which I had absolutely no idea.  Apparently female osprey absorb the reproductive organs prior to migration to save a 'few ounces' for the flight.  The busy mating period when they first meet again in the spring encourages the regrowth of those organs and egg laying starts a couple of weeks later.

Edit:  well, at least that works!