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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Some birdie porn brought forward to save you risking the dark web ;)
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.
IMAGICAT
The URL changed so I'm having to record from rollback to catch up the latest development:
Here's the run-up to the above situation, from the start of the day - dang Currawongs (two of them at one point) were on form:
As I type now, @ 13:12 local time, a Currawong is buzzing and calling.
SE-26 didn't seem to react to the evening Boobook intrusion, but the parents did. First, a nice eel for tea.
Up to this time (14:00 Oz time) the parents have not returned since they left just before 06:00 this morning.
A little while ago it looked as tho a storm was brewing, encouraging SE-26 to flap on the far limb - if it had kept up I wonder if s/he'd have flown. There was a brief Currawong intrusion after this video, that didn't shift her except back onto the nest.
SE-26 got 2 breakfasts in the afternoon - I think that Lady took the second one away for plucking and brought it back for feeding.
I think I shall levitate when SE-26 truly fledges - s/he hasn't moved away from the nest at all today.
Making a fist of the club foot:
The third meal of the day - Lady's looking wet:
01 November
A very, very early breakfast but SE-26 only got 2 bites, if that! S/he wasn't too hungry tho.
At noon s/he enjoyed flapping/prancing/mantling on the back limb for 20 minutes, curtailed by a Currawong. I couldn't cope with editing a vid.
Second lunch:
I presume this was the Boobook but on checking the main nest cam SE-26 didn't react. I don't know how far away it was.
I can't see that SE-26 has ventured off the main nest and its branches since Friday 30 October local date.
All behind here!
02 November - Courage has returned and s/he's off to the next-door limbs again :)