10 March 2024
Hi Everyone,
The girls were really enjoying the sunshine and the warmer temperatures on Saturday. Today it is supposed to get up to +5 C – this is going to melt a lot of this beautiful white snow and turn it into muck. Yuck!
You can’t tell it by the two images below, but Hugo Yugo and Baby Hope (now answering to Calico Kitty Kitty) practically tore the surface off of the hardwood today. When they stopped running and climbing over everything, they slept. Calico Kitty Kitty aka Baby Hope was so exhausted she did not mind being Hugo Yugo’s pillow.
Missey continues to find the highest spots in the house to get away from those two. Calico hides.
We are now five days away from Hugo Yugo’s operation. It happens on Friday at noon. Nothing has happened before, but I am always nervous – just like I am about all those baby eaglets on the nests, especially when it rains. There aren’t as many feedings and sometimes the nest stays damp and sometimes the oldest gets to be naughty and worrisome.
Today was the day we were supposed to ‘spring’ up our clocks. If you forgot, go and fix that right now. Some of mine change automatically, and others don’t—mind you, the only clock in the house is on the microwave, the cell phone, and the computer.
It was beautiful on Saturday. The intent had been to go on a sleigh ride—all spaces were booked! The sky was blue, and the snow was white and still fluffy in places. The main roads were clear, butke mine were still full of snow. Spring feels like it is coming again. I felt sorry for those ea side streets lirly-arriving geese. So it was just a long walk. Tomorrow, will be an exploration of a new park if it isn’t too soggy.
In the UK, it is Mother’s Day today. I want to send a big shout-out to anyone who has ever cared for a living, breathing being. Feathery hugs to all those Osprey mothers on their way home to raise a new batch of bonkers and to Blue NCO anxiously awaiting her Laddie.
Proud parents Thunder and Akecheta and their first hatch of the 2024 season.
Both so happy….Thunder loves being a dad.
Jak and Audacity’s egg is intact and we are in hatch range.
20, 504 people were watching Jackie and Shadow around 16:32 Saturday afternoon. You could hear the Ravens. Shadow got off the nest at 13:21:07 and Jackie got on at 13:23:49. Again, Ravens could be heard in the distance. The couple are still hopeful and there is still time. A lot of positive energy is being poured into this nest from around the world.
At Achieva, there appears to be no movement with the eggs yet. The big excitement on Saturday was a visit from a squirrel and a great Egret flying by the nest in the early morning.
The Achieva Osprey platform has always made me anxious. Tiny Tumbles just about did many of us in, and she survived to become big and strong. ‘H’ has been keeping track of the age of the three eggs: Egg # will be 42 days tomorrow. Egg #2 will be 39, Egg #3 will be 36.” It is possible that the first two eggs are not viable. Will three hatch? I wonder. Maybe it is a good year not to have osplets in Florida.
Speaking of early arrivals, Blue NCO is 9 days early. She left early…I wonder if there is a correlation. Blue NCO has been working on the nest and looking for her partner, Laddie LM12. I do worry about him. He was not in great shape at the end of the season last year. I fear that he did not survive migration….but, then again, I thought Blue NCO was dead. So what do I know?
They have removed the bin lid from the Manton Bay nest of Blue 33 and Maya in anticipation of their arrival on Saturday.
Nest at Llyn Brenig is waiting.
Waiting for Louis and Dorcha at Loch Arkaig.
This year, the Alyth SSEN Transmission Substation will be closely watched because of plans to increase its capacity. How will this impact the ospreys?
‘H’ reports that ‘The Boathouse’ is being significantly repaired and renovated since the storms. This is where the ‘Hog Island’ Ospreys have their nest. It should be finished by the time the birds return home from migration.
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Bazz Hockaday has been busy photographing the Port Lincoln Osprey family. What a delight it must be for everyone involved in this nest over the years, but especially this year, to see these fledglings hanging out with Mum and Dad and their elder brother, Ervie. There is something to say about having male chicks – they want to stay home!
Swampy and Meadow are fantastic.
Getting those skills for self-feeding.
E23 just wants to get to the top of the nest tree and fly.
Look where Cal is! Oh, he wants to fly just like E23! Some believe that today will be the day.
Johnson City-ETSU looks alright. Yes, the oldest gives some bonks but, for the most part, these two get along. Boone comes in on Saturday and makes sure that the little one gets a good feed.
It’s been raining at Bluff City and there were not a lot of meals today. I wonder how that little one is doing?
It also started raining at Duke Farms, too. I didn’t get a chance to watch this nest much today. Hoping that both got fed well because, despite all the fish on the nest, I didn’t see a lot of feedings.
Archie might like to hunt before dawn but Annie doesn’t seem to like to have her breakfast that early!
We are 8 days away from pip watch for Ellie and Harvey whose nest is on the property of Farmer Derek.
Bonnie and Clyde, the GHOs, are nesting on Farmer Derek’s land. The first egg is 33 days old, and the second egg is 30 days old.The average hatch time is 33-34 days, although the range can be 30-37 days. So guess what? This couple’s aWe are on pip watch!
Hancock Wildlife in British Columbia, Canada is celebrating the first egg of the season at the White Rock nest. Congratulations.
What bird is half female and half male?
A green honeycreeper spotted on a farm in Colombia exhibits a rare biological phenomenon known as bilateral gynandromorphism.
Everyone should know that I love condors, vultures, and carrion eaters that help clean up our planet. We should all embrace them, but instead, their numbers are rapidly declining in places where they are considered icons of their country.
Oh, there is so much happening. This was just a quick look today. We hope you are all well. Please take care. We look forward to having you with us again soon.
Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, videos, and streaming cams that helped me to write my post today; ‘H, J’, IWS/Explore.org, FOBBV, Achieva Credit Union, Scottish Wildlife Trust (LOTL), LRWT, Llyn Brenig, Woodland Trust (Loch Arkaig), Alyth SS, Friends of Hog Island, Bazz Hockaday, Eagle Country, SW Florida Eagle Cam, Window to Wildlife, Johnson City – ETSU, BluffLadey Deeagle55, City-ETSU, Duke Farms, SK Hideaways, Farmer Derek Owl Cam, Farmer Derek Eagle Cam, Hancock Wildlife Foundation, and The New York Times.
Hello Mary Ann, hope the warmer weather in Manitoba doesn’t bring you down. Hoping and praying Hugo has a successful surgery, I’m sure she she will, despite her size. She is of age and capable, and in excellent hands, ‘mamma’ Mary Ann 🤗 Happy UK Mothers Day to you🤗😚💐
All I have is a sigh, right now for Jackie and Shadow. Like the rest watching, hoping at least one egg will turn out. Wondering what will become of the couple should they be totally unsuccessful; will they separate, will Shadow allow an intruding female to come to the nest? I realize Jackie has done her darnedest to incubate the eggs and I’m applauding her. We shall wait.thanks for the Nest news today.
Happy Sunday, go well. ☺️❤️
Ah, thank you for your wishes. I hope it goes smoothly, too. Yes, I think we are all so hopelessly sad for Jackie and Shadow. It is hard to even describe that feeling and how much they try…It also makes me a bit mad about the DDT that likely caused all this misery in the Channel Islands and continues to do so as it leaks off the ocean floor.
The second hatch at West End is gorgeous, and dad is spending a lot of time with mum and the chicks, just hanging about on the nest. There is plenty of fish waiting on the nest and the younger hatch is feeding wonderfully well despite its youth. There is quite a lot of early bonking but of course they are way too young for the older chick to be doing any damage. It may be one to keep an eye on though.
Just wonderful to see that beautiful photo of mum and the boys at Port Lincoln. Ervie and his brothers fishing together with their parents is enough to bring tears to my eyes after the tragedy of last season. Again, heartfelt thank yous to the fish fairies. What a successful experiment that turned out to be. We all hope it is repeated in any future multi-chick season. They sure deserve a helping hand from humans at this stage.
The Port Lincoln Ospreys are amazing. The whole family hanging around together -f fishing, bathing, sunning themselves on the old barge. Well, it makes my heart beat with happiness. It also makes me wonder then if Bazza and Falky were not females. They shot out of that area and here the three males are hanging tight. What do you think?