I have just reported the storm and before I started writing the cameras were all down. Well, they are back up and it looks like Missey is just fine. She survived all the wind and hail. She is incubating the eggs. I hope that they are both in tact!
I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.
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Thanks for letting us know how things turned out, Mary Ann. So glad they made it through. Strong winds through nest trees always worry me. A couple of years ago there was an eagle nest in Oregon that fell from its tree during a storm. It wasn’t a nest I followed but my son told me about it as he was living there at the time. It was so sad. I’m really happy to hear that this nest and its special occupants survived!
Thank you Mary Ann for the update!
I’m so thankful they made it through the big storm!
Linda
Thanks for letting us know how things turned out, Mary Ann. So glad they made it through. Strong winds through nest trees always worry me. A couple of years ago there was an eagle nest in Oregon that fell from its tree during a storm. It wasn’t a nest I followed but my son told me about it as he was living there at the time. It was so sad. I’m really happy to hear that this nest and its special occupants survived!