I had just sat down at my desk – probably for less than 30 seconds – and ‘B’s’ note came flying across my inbox. ‘Annie is Back’. Tears of joy are rolling down my face. Thank you so much ‘B’ for thinking of me and all the other readers. We will all sleep much better tonight.
This was the Twitter posting from Cal Falcons with the joyous news:
For those of you watching other bird streaming cams, we know that Gabby often disappears for a 24 hour period at the peak of breeding season and that scares the wits out of us. This year Bella was injured – how bad is unknown – and she returned to take her territory 17 days later. Perhaps Annie needed a break? Maybe she had been in an altercation and needed some R & R. It is very probably that we will never know. What is important is that she appeared on The Campanile and is in fine shape. Grinnell must be so delighted. Certainly their fans are glad that they are both back together!
Thank you to Cal Falcons for their Twitter feed where I took my screen capture.
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 so much Mary Ann! It’s so nice to know that Annie is back home! Prayers are answered. 🙏❤️
Linda
It is quite wonderful!
Mary Ann, I’m so very happy to hear this good news!!! Thanks so much for letting us know. Happy, happy, happy!!!!!
Yes, isn’t it just wonderful. We needed a small miracle with all that is going on.
Yes! Now we just have to hope she and Grinnell will re-establish their bonds and that the other females will stay away.
Absolutely!