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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Thank you Mary Ann for this update on the UK ospreys!
Congratulations to Maya and B33!
So glad Dorcha is home with Louis too!
Looking forward to more tomorrow!
Have a good evening
Linda
So glad the osprey couples are reuniting in the UK, one pair at a time. Wonderful news about Dorcha.
I have to say I still bear a bit of a grudge against Betye for her brood reduction last season. I was watching that one live, and had developed my usual crush on the youngest hatch of five, and was literally screaming at the screen as the doomed storklet wriggled out of her grasp, tried to hide under its siblings, and generally attempt to escape its fate before eventually succumbing to the inevitable. For the sake of other tender-hearted readers, I will not describe the audio. I am a bit reluctant to watch the storks now.
Still hoping for an egg for Angel and Tom, though their behaviour is a little mystifying. I think you were the first to suggest the possibility that they may have been working on a second nest all these weeks. I do hope you are wrong on this one. After all, Louis came home. So talons crossed.
Thank you Mary Ann for this update on the UK ospreys!
Congratulations to Maya and B33!
So glad Dorcha is home with Louis too!
Looking forward to more tomorrow!
Have a good evening
Linda
You are so welcome…and yes, that first egg is wonderful. Should be another one soon. I wonder if she will lay four?
So glad the osprey couples are reuniting in the UK, one pair at a time. Wonderful news about Dorcha.
I have to say I still bear a bit of a grudge against Betye for her brood reduction last season. I was watching that one live, and had developed my usual crush on the youngest hatch of five, and was literally screaming at the screen as the doomed storklet wriggled out of her grasp, tried to hide under its siblings, and generally attempt to escape its fate before eventually succumbing to the inevitable. For the sake of other tender-hearted readers, I will not describe the audio. I am a bit reluctant to watch the storks now.
Still hoping for an egg for Angel and Tom, though their behaviour is a little mystifying. I think you were the first to suggest the possibility that they may have been working on a second nest all these weeks. I do hope you are wrong on this one. After all, Louis came home. So talons crossed.