This thread has been set up to follow the travels of Caledonia and Alba, the young ospreys raised at Loch Garten in 2012.
Their mother is “EJ”, the resident female at Loch Garten since 2003; there is some doubt about the identity of their biological father, given EJ’s dalliance with a male from a neighbouring nest, Blue XD, both before and after the return of her regular partner Odin, who raised them.
Caledonia hatched on 16th May and Alba on 18th May; they both fledged on 14th July.
This is a link to the Loch Garten blog describing the ringing and satellite tagging.
Caledonia’s ring is Blue/White AA1, reading downwards. Alba’s is Blue/White AA2, reading upwards.
Following the tracking
This page gives a quick overview of the routes on a map, which will be more useful once they start migrating.
If you want to look at the routes in more detail on Google Earth, this page contains instructions on setting up your PC to do this.
This blog contains some useful information about how the tracking works – we are now on a 3-day reporting period.
I just hope she will be OK Biting fingernails time again
Thanks Sue for your interesting info, as usual. Boy oh boy. Just as we think that Cally is settled and safe. According to one site I have found the average rainfall for March is just 90mm.
Birdie's DU Summaries 2018 https://www.imagicat.com/
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Another BLOG from Richard
Thank you Brenda, off to take a look.
Richard still hasn't equated her "restlessness" with rain/flooding but perhaps it IS because she is finding it hard to fish Hope things settle soon
Patily, yes lets hope the rivers receed soon and hope things settle soon. You cannot help worrying as a strange time of year to be unsettled, so many Ospreys migrating back. I hope Caledonia stays put until next year.
The GE update is in; I think there are some clues about why Caley has switched from going into the city, to patrolling the area north of her roost.
On the 16th, she is inside a bend of the Rivera de Huelva (on the left) at what looks like a depression or pond.
On the 17th, she is again by the Rivera de Huelva, at a point where there are some ponds branching off the river.
It didn't rain in Seville from Weds 13th - Sat 16th. Possibly by 16th/17th, the water had receded a little, leaving fish stranded in these places?
Thanks SueC, that certainly makes sense to me. I like the way she is adapting to different conditions. It is all a steep learning curve for a young osprey.
I agree, if visibility in the muddy water is a problem, go for stranded fish in the margins. Here is Google translated of the situation on the 15th in the general area of Andalucia.
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data Site
Sat track schedule Spring 2014
LG 7 days; RW & SWT nil; LDOP varies