There are some late Monday additions in Bird World that you should know about.
Pa and Missey of Berry College welcomed B17, the first hatch of their second clutch, Monday morning.
Mr North and Mrs DNF now have two chicks in their snowy nest in Decorah, Iowa.
Blue 022 touched down in Poole Harbour early Monday morning (0540). Tim Mackrill notes that he arrived on the 26th of March 2023 and counting Leap Year, he arrived back on the same day this year. Come on CJ7!
Little Jersey is still alive. Mum has tried to pull anything out of the nest to feed her eaglets. Leaper continues to halt Jersey from eating but the little one is finding a scrap or two.
I have always said that good nests can turn on a dime…it happens so quickly. Please send this nest your most positive energy. Let’s hope that Mum can get lots of prey items in that nest – or scatter bits and bobs around for Jersey!
Thank you to Geemeff, Poole Harbour, Duke Farms, Raptor Resource Project/Explore.org, and Berry College.
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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Many prayers have been coming from me to jersey to hang on and fight…find those scraps to eat…I realize that the bonking does exist in all nests, some mild, some vicious..I always hope & pray for a good outcome and for the Mom / Dad to sit on the eaglets as a deterrence for the vicious bonking..Nature is nature
Thanks for these updates Mary Ann. Praying little Jersey gets enough food 🙏💕
Congratulations to the new hatches and welcome home to the Osprey Blue022!
Prayers for all who need them
Linda
Life on the Duke Farms nest turned around this morning, Tuesday. And Little Jersey was doing a good job self-feeding and Mum also fed. It was beautiful.
Many prayers have been coming from me to jersey to hang on and fight…find those scraps to eat…I realize that the bonking does exist in all nests, some mild, some vicious..I always hope & pray for a good outcome and for the Mom / Dad to sit on the eaglets as a deterrence for the vicious bonking..Nature is nature
They were answered.
Thanks for these updates Mary Ann. Praying little Jersey gets enough food 🙏💕
Congratulations to the new hatches and welcome home to the Osprey Blue022!
Prayers for all who need them
Linda
Life on the Duke Farms nest turned around this morning, Tuesday. And Little Jersey was doing a good job self-feeding and Mum also fed. It was beautiful.