I've been posting these in the off-season Loch Garten thread but it's time to stop, so here they are until the ospreys prevent me from sparing time & resources for the beautiful couple and their beautiful (mostly ;) ) co-habitants.
Last season 2 youngsters safely fledged (but only just, it was hairy for a while, with one on the ground defending vs a persistent fox).
It was a relief to see the 2 adults return after the worst of the fires had passed.
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The Rainbow Lorikeets are delightful and often invade in numbers, but the cams need to be manned to get decent close-ups of them.
The resident pair (I can't quickly find a nice colour pic of the two):
11/12 March:
One visited mid-afternoon, had a brief spell on the nest, left:
Back in the evening:
Was sleeping peacefully on a far-out bough when (probably) a Boobook Owl made mischief for about 40 minutes, on 'n off - hence she(?) stayed on where you see her for the rest of the night, until she left at about 06:40:
The frequent visitor top-right is a Noisy Miner, it wasn't one of those who caused so much disruption while the youngsters were on the nest, they were a Magpie (main culprit) and a Currawong.
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The laptop I've been recording this on is faulty and the drive keeps overflowing with these big files - so I keep wiping it without having had time to check thru :(
Just now I was attracted by the sound of those pesky Australian Magpies pestering the poor young eaglets:
11 October - progress, especially by SE-25, as to be expected:
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SE-26 had an early lunch, after that it was on its own for the afternoon:
More Magpie harassment, with no-one to support SE-26:
16:44 today, SE-26 is still resting on the nest, no-one else around.
Aha! I do have the fledge, I forgot I was downloading the Twitch (long-distance) cam. It has no sound and is extremely dark and dull, my adjustments haven't been very successful.
There was more activity than I've shown before SE25 eventually flew off @ 08:23/4, but I've included some Magpie nuisances:
It seems that SE-26 is being fed and self-feeding - here are some views of him/her, zoomed from Twitch cam, plus the pesterers starting up again:
Nighttime visitor - we can't see it very well but I'm assuming it's a "usual suspect", a Boobook Owl.
Kind regards, Ann
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No need! You are such a valued "follower", GardenBirder, I don't mind what signal there is that someone's clocked a contribution of mine