Late Monday in Bird World

3 June 2024

Hello Everyone,

There is a gorgeous blue sky day over the Canadian Prairies on Monday. The torrential rains last evening have made everything grow and grow. The Crows and the Starlings seem to have called a truce this morning. The Crows are eating peanuts while the Starlings are into the dish of Turkey Meatballs. Little Woodpecker was on the nut suet cylinder and everyone else was busy with the Black-oil Seed. Many are finding food elsewhere – thank goodness there are a few places along the river that have lots of vegetation and insects.

Today, I am preparing for a short holiday. It will be nice to be ‘taken care of’ for a few days! With the four girls and the outside garden critters and the garden, it takes a long time to get everything ready to leave. Hugo Yugo will suffer the most. She has to be around people. Hopefully, Missey will take good care of her while I am away.

I will collect stories, which I will publish on Friday. Feel free to send me news from Bird World. I will include it in an overview of the week. Until then please take care, walk outside, breathe in all the beauty that nature has to offer us. I am sending this out late Monday as I will be gone early Tuesday!

I missed it for early Monday’s news but Koa at the West End has fledged! Willynilly caught it on video. Koa flew to the original nest!

At Cal Falcons, fledgling Eclipse has returned to the balcony. What a super flier!

‘PB’ reports on Smallie: “Smallie is hungry and taking his chances outside now with big sisters. He is near the entrance and can see his white fluff.” I am very concerned for this little one now that the bigger ones are blocking food arrivals.

Smallie watched and waited and got a piece of prey and took it into the scrape and was self feeding. Way to go Smallie!

*Distressing image* Sadly, we have lost the fourth osplet Little Mini at Field Farm from siblicide starvation. Please send good wishes to Little Bob who could also be in peril at this nest.

Pecking order at Loch Arkaig! Little one is not intimidated, but knows when to let the big sibs have their way.

The two surviving osplets at Maryland Western Shore Old Town Home are doing well.

Middle at Lake Murray is growing and growing. I wonder what the weight limit is for a GHO? The lifting capacity is between 4-5 lbs or 1.81 – 2.2 kg. A large female osplet could roughly weigh 4.4 lbs or 2000 grams.

The turned upside down nest at Patchogue held and the two osplets are doing fantastic. They are so camouflaged.

Only Bob at Clark PUD doing well.

Mum keeping trio cool at Radford University.

If Mum could only quit stepping on them! Fort Calhoun has two chicks and one non-viable egg. Thanks, ‘PB’.

Bety and Bukacek’s only stork is so gorgeous and healthy. Congratulations Mlade Buky. So many have suffered and died this year.

Still two sweet babies at the Imperial Eagle nest in RU.

Both of the Golden Eaglets have eaten well at the Kaljukotkas nest 2 in Estonia. Whether this will hold is unknown.

Three eggs still being incubated in nest 1 in Finland.

Three at Finland #4.

Mini Little at Poole Harbour is so tiny compared to the other siblings that it is hard to see him most of the time. Blue 022 has given this little mite a couple of private feedings. Let’s hope he makes it. There is lots of fish!

Thank you for being me with me. Take care all. Send good wishes to our nests, especially those that could be struggling. See you on Friday!

Thank you to the following for their notes, posts, videos, and streaming cams that helped me to write my post this morning: ‘B, Geemeff, H, J, MM, PB’, SK Hideaways, Amersfoort Falcon Cam, Field Farm, Geemeff, Maryland Western Shore Old Town Home, Lake Murray Ospreys, PSEG, Clark PUD, Radford University, Pam Breci, Mlade Buky Stork Cam, Imperial Eagle Nest RU, Eagle Club of Estonia, Finnish Osprey Foundation and BofPH.