Re: Daily Update (LG Nest) Monday 2nd August

Like big kids on the block, two now feeding from EJ.

Updated stats for chicks/juves as at 020810. Also a correction to EJ's first arrival at LG, which was 16th June 2003, although elsewhere this is reported as 6th June 2003, the difference is only noted for the record. The stats have previously reported the wrong date (2007) picked up from EJ's RSPB webpage.

1460.chick stats EJ arrival LG correction word 97-2003.doc

EJ feedin herself whilst Noisy Boots is at it.

Thanks jsb for updated stats.

ENS once again, now that they've been fed I expect it will be quiet now for most of the day till early evening.!!!!

Thanks Lynette.  Also Thank you for the update jsb..    

Good morning all a bit late here this morning. I was rather unwell overnight and unlike me I stopped in bed for a while.  Must have eaten something that didn't agree or just eat too much.    Had just logged to see Titch I think being fed by EJ and another GEM feeding itself.  From what i have read they have had plenty to eat this morning.  Had a phone call from a friend and was chatting for nearly an hour so missed the going of them all. 

Thanks for the chat and pics and Cirrus hope hospital visit goes well.  Hopefully I will be able to watch for longer today although at the moment ENS and as they have all been fed they might not be back for a while

jsb

Updated stats for chicks/juves as at 020810. Also a correction to EJ's first arrival at LG, which was 16th June 2003, although elsewhere this is reported as 6th June 2003, the difference is only noted for the record. The stats have previously reported the wrong date (2007) picked up from EJ's RSPB webpage.

1460.chick stats EJ arrival LG correction word 97-2003.doc

Yes 12.37pm on 16th June 2003.  Interestingly EJ had already visited Loch Garten earlier that year on 26 -29  March and was the first osprey to land there.

According to p24 of "Life of Ospreys" by Roy Dennis in 2002 EJ briefly appeared at Loch Garten and she even arranged a few sticks before being chased off by the old female, presumably Olive.

This of course raises the question, did EJ actually visit Loch Garten twice before her final arrival on 16th June 2003?

Of course EJ then went to her usual nest and laid 3 eggs. She was ousted from this in late May  by a green ringed bird. Then after a gap of over 2 weeks EJ made her way to Loch Garten and met up with Henry.

The female that eventually paired up with OVS was green 7B who was a grandaughter of Ollie. Now Green 7B did turn up at least once at Loch Garten possibly looking for OVS that  husband who was back trying to win EJ back!  

I dare say Green 7B is not EJ's favorite bird. How  everything would have been different if she had not done what she did.

Me again but just to say thanks for all the pics and videos enabling me to see what i have missed.

Heron 77 just loved your humerous comments of last evening.  What a lovely sense of humour you have.

morning all and happy Monday! How great to read through and see all the fish this morning. Thanks for all the captures etc.

Zilch going on at the moment, can't even hear a GEM!

This is just a short clip of an Osprey chick at LOL having a couple of practice dives this morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95frpLtVevo

Many thanks watcher 2 for the video.

Tiger: Thanks for your comments. I was wondering about EJ's return as a juvenile and the few facts that we have, for these early years of her life.  I think Roy is referring to 2001, at the foot of p22, when he describes the clutch of eggs with orange-black VS that were predated by pine-martins. On p 24 talking about 2002, he says that 'I identified her at her previous year's nest in Rothiemurchus'.

So EJ's early years would be:-

1997 Chick

1998/9 Juvenile on migration.

2000 Possibly first visit  back to Scotland?

2001 Rothiemurchus, pine-martin incident.

2002 Rothiemurchus, one chick, also visit to LG.

2003 16th June, took up residence at LG, after the earlier visits over a four day period in March.

When Rothes returns, hopefully with her sat pack in working order, it will be fascinating to see the extent of her exploration of possible breeding sites and it will enable us to have a much clearer picture of the selection process of her future home and partner. The third year of an osprey's life is probably the one that we know the least about, as they are free to do their own thing, as it were.

Good morning Gary and you are right it is exceptionally quiet now.  they must be flying further away from the nest now and only appear when fish is on the menu.

Just looking in to see if anything is happening ... not much! A young one has just landed with a squeal and a clunk on the camera post, but that is all  :-)