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.
Muri said: Thanks Tiger, photo uploaded in the post ;)
Thanks Tiger, photo uploaded in the post ;)
ChloeB & Tiger's Osprey Data
I have just had a thought the adult Osprey seen with Caledonia will probably be moving North soon.
Fantatic picture.
Tiger Signature
The "new" osprey could be a migratory bird passing to the North as bright&breezy noted, or maybe a juvenile moving between wintering areas. I saw it 30 secs at "close" distance and I payed attetion mainly on possible tags and less on plumage. I would bet on an adult female, but not at all sure.
Roberto
Thank you so much Roberto but another option I was thinking is it could be a wintering bird that could move North soon.
Your report and picture fascinating and thank you very much :)
Thank You for the photo too Roberto, just amazing to see Caledonia eating her fish!....
EJ's Memorial Balgavies Loch Ospreys 2023
Thanks for your further reply of the other bird, Roberto.
Roberto - THANK YOU - Would this be flying with another osprey or an encounter with another osprey.
I am not sure how sociable these birds are or whether solitary outside the breeding season.
I do understand they keep to themselves in Africa.
It will be interesting if these birds do encounter each other on a regular basis.
Hi again Roberto
Thanks for the report and picture - interesting.
You may have said this somewhere, but have you found out how to set up the tracking in Google Earth for Loch Garten ospreys? If you need any help with this, let me know. You could post the query in "Technical Test thread".
The Google Earth tracking was brought up to date a few days ago, so we now have data for Caledonia's 5 months in Seville up to 30th January. I've been looking to see whether there is any interesting new information, and I found a cluster of points in a field on the western side of the Guadalquivir (just across from your office I believe!)
This looks like a possible eating place too - the points are all between 13-18 metres altitude, though only Richard Thaxton could say whether Caledonia was stationery at these times, as that information isn't on Google Earth. There are pylons and power cables in the field, but further north than the points.
I admit I'm a bit concerned that there are so many power cables in the area; we just have to hope that Caledonia has included them in her "mental map" and stays clear of them.
I hope she doesn't make a habit of using the railway bridge as a perch, either: