Who’s Home? …Monday in Bird World

8 September 2025

Hello Everyone,

Late Update

From ‘PS’ on the Seattle Osprey Platform:

Perhaps one final update from Seattle – 25B (as I have come to call the last-to-fledge) is still mostly hanging around the nest and as of yesterday, dad is still delivering fish (pictured). I have not seen 25A in over a week – perhaps he/she is in the area but fishing on their own already, maybe headed out to points south? I hope that B will start fishing on its own soon, too. 25A – one of the last times I saw it – was practicing on some land mammals (pictured) in a very cat like way, including losing interest once the mouse stopped moving. I also trust that dad knows what he’s doing – and isn’t waiting too long to head south. What a summer it’s been with these birds! Can’t wait to see them again next spring. https://www.flickr.com/gp/193514804@N08/xqa8vrBiT4

Teifi has been seen at the Glaslyn osprey nest and area on Monday. KL5 is still at Loch Garten. Female 1H1 from Poole Harbour nest 2 was seen catching fish on Sunday late.

Usk Valley sent a newsletter:

Despite a couple of torrential downpours, the weekend was not ‘half bad’. We love fall and the energising winds that it brings. Summer clothes are being packed, with sweaters being made ready. Scarves, toques, gloves, and winter coats are at the ready. I really hope we do not need them for several more months!

As I write this, it’s a beautiful Friday evening, quintessentially fall, with a gentle breeze and golden light flooding the backyard. The birds have been eating and eating since early morning. Anne even had to put out more food mid-afternoon. So, today, they have had 9 gallons of seed. It is just after 1820, and almost all of it is gone. Even the Crows are coming in for nuts.

Saturday morning, the sky was out and there was a clear breeze. We had lots of migrating birds in the garden, heard by Merlin but mostly unseen. They included our usual Blue Jay family, the Crows, the House Sparrows along with American Goldfinch, Grey Catbirds, the Hairy Woodpecker, and House Finches! Merlin recorded a GHO, but I didn’t see it, so was it wrong or loud at a distance? We do have one that lives in the area. The squirrels were in abundance, and Toby enjoyed the idea of trying to catch a butterfly that was high above his head. It is a ‘crisp’ day, and in the oven is the last of the rhubarb in a crisp to be enjoyed with ice cream shortly. I love autumn. The cooler, clear air is refreshing from the heat and humidity, as well as the wildfires of summer. It gets down to 6 °C at night. Toby and I sleep under my grandmother’s quilts that she made as a young woman. The logs are stacked next to the log burner for use on a cool evening.

Sunday brings us the Blood Full Moon. Our day was up and down, no doubt thanks to the influence that it flexes.

‘PB‘ sent us the latest news on the necroscopy completed on MO, the Dunrovin first hatch that died recently.

Soar high, little one!

I haven’t switched from osprey season to eagle season in my mind so I more than likely will miss many arrivals. One of those was Rose at the WRDC nest. She and Ron are busy preparing the nest. It looked like they were putting up the rails on Friday.

The cam operator at the NE Florida Nest of Gabby and Beau gave us some fabulous close ups of our couple on Friday.

Eagles are coming to the Kisatchie National Forest nest in Louisiana! Hello Alex. Thanks Tonya Irvin.

Bella and Scout are at the NCTC nest. Thanks, Deb Stecyk, for the video: https://youtu.be/8YhYtp-1NNw?

Jackie and Shadow need your help to stop a development in Big Bear. Please read.

Haku and MV working on the West End nest in the Channel Islands.

At the Dyfi Osprey Platform in the UK, Brianne is now 112 days old and she is still home. Idris continues to deliver fish!

Idris and Brianne were still at Dyfi on Saturday.

Dyfi dates: Dyfi Osprey Project​​: Idris and Brianne both seen today 06/09. Telyn last seen 23/08. Cwellyn and Honddu last seen 21/08.

At Glaslyn, Aran was seen on Friday. It seems that no one was seen on Saturday. The winds might have been perfect for a departure.

It looks as if Harry and Forest have started their migration leaving the Alyth SS osprey platform. Marlow flew earlier and poor little Oakley soared high before all of them.

Kids are still at home in Finland’s Ilomantsi osprey nest.

At Rutland Water’s Manton Bay osprey platform, both Maya and 8 began their migration on Friday, 5 September. This leaves Blue 33 to eat some fish to help him fatten up for his journey. He was still at Rutland on Sunday eating a fish in a tree.

The winds must have been perfect. Harry and Forest appear to have left the Alyth SS Osprey platform in the UK on the same day as Maya and 8 – 5 September.

9K5 is still at the Usk Valley nest in Wales along with Dad. Seen on camera Friday evening. No action on the nest on Saturday and things were really quiet on Sunday.

Sad news, but hopeful for a recovery for these ospreys!

A feeding for the little sea eaglets posted by Nesting Bird Life and More.https://youtu.be/l6YJo-k-KiU?

Look at the migration map that Sunnie Day posted — get outside, yes, that is right. Go out and see them live!

Tiger Mozone recommends that everyone watch the 2004 film “Living the Dream” on YouTube. It is about the Loch Garten ospreys. Not giving anything else away. https://youtu.be/3JFZvHqM8po?

T3 is still around the vicinity of the nest in Trempeauleau, Wisconsin. Locals continue to take beautiful images of her sitting atop light poles, in trees, etc. Check out their FB page!

Heidi is reporting that Dad is still bringing fish to the two juveniles at Field Farm!

C20 and Charlie remain at the Charlo Montana nest on Saturday – Charlie came with a fish, and C20 has it at Roger’s Place. C19 was last seen on 1 September and assumed to have begun its journey. C20 was last seen on Saturday as was Charlie. Have they departed? The clean up crew is on the nest.

The baby is still at Dunrovin along with Swoop.

SK Hideaways sends us their video offerings:

Sydney WB Sea-Eagles: SE35 & SE36’s Tug-of-Scrap, Cuddles & Clown Feet Complications (2025 Sept 6)

After SE36 joined in Lady and Dad’s duet, the two eaglets had some time to themselves. They enjoyed a robust game of tug-of-scrap, worked on coordinating their balance in the face of giant clown feet, cuddled, and stretched their wings and talons. It was a serious cuteness overload morning.

See video description on YouTube to jump to these highlights, if you want:

00:00 SE36 joins Lady & Dad’s duet

01:15 Playing tug-of-scrap

06:10 Coordinating clown feet

07:05 Cuddling cuteness

07:50 Wing & talon stretches

Courtesy Sea-EagleCAM@BirdLife Australia Discovery Centre, Sydney Olympic Park (https://www.sea-eaglecam.org/video.html)

Nest cam also at https://www.youtube.com/@SeaEagleCAM4/streams

Diamond & Gimbir Mate Twice ~ Much Merriment Follows (7 Sept 2025)

Second year Gimbir (2024 hatch) and Diamond successfully mated twice. If completely successful, Diamond will lay eggs in the next few days. 

Courtesy FalconCam Project, Charles Sturt University N

Gimbir Cornered on Cilla Stones ~  Makes Great Escape ~ Brings Prey to Empty Nest (2025 Sep 8)

Diamond and Gimbir continue their courtship at full speed. During the day’s second pair-bonding, Gimbir got cornered on the Cilla Stones. When he got an opening, he exited the nest at full speed. Later, he brought prey, but Diamond was out. He waited a good long time before departing with the gift. Maybe he’ll try to gift it again later. 

Courtesy FalconCam Project, Charles Sturt University

Gimbir is ‘very cute’ and he is beginning to take good care of Diamond.

FalconCam Project, Orange NSW Gimbir Brings Diamond First Food Gift ~ It Wasn’t Starling (5 Sept 2025)

An important next step in Gimbir’s courtship of Diamond ~ a food gift. She happily accepted the offering.

Courtesy FalconCam Project, Charles Sturt University

Jenny Powell caught Iris at home at the Hellgate Canyon, Missoula on Saturday.

Iris came to her nest with a stick for the rails shortly after 7pm on Sunday! Hello, Iris. So good to see you.

Some falconry history from The Archives of Falconry:

Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Sunday 7th September 2025
One little songbird and a lot of rain, with a goodly helping of wind too, was today’s action. However, there’s plenty of interesting content on the rest of Woodland Trust’s website, once you can tear yourself away from the Osprey FAQs and behind the scenes info, 

and it’s always worth a trawl around. On this day in 2017 Louis & Aila’s very first chick Lachlan JH4 was still around, and Louis & Dorcha’s fourth chick Sarafina LW6 likewise in 2022 – both were still coming to the nest and Louis was still bringing them fish, links in the blast from the past section.
Night cam switches on (day cam): Nest One 20.44.58 (

05.53.18); Nest Two 20.42.04 (

06.02.19)
Today’s videos: none

Bonus read – the vital role of managing the Woodland Trust’s estate for wildlife conservation: 

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/vital-role-managing-woodland-trusts-estate-wildlife-sam-tarrant-z3spe

Blast from the past, this day in previous years:

https://youtu.be/MLfW-peV_XQ  N1 Lachlan’s first landing 2017 (thanks Scylla)

https://youtu.be/I0uoAC0dlUQ  N1 Louis brings fish for Lachlan 2017 (thanks Scylla)

https://youtu.be/_FLrEFyGezQ  N1 They’re all gone: nest is empty except for a songbird 2020

https://youtu.be/aeXz-KzosR4  N2 Sarafina, Hoodies, Louis, a fish and a flypast 2022

https://youtu.be/MG1nx4CSbgE N2 Four types of little birds visit the empty nest 2022

https://youtu.be/o7A0pWVlZuk  N2 Louis brings Sarafina a mackerel 2022

https://youtu.be/z7eY4ch5_7g N2 Louis’ crop is full when he brings the first fish 2022 (slo-mo)

https://youtu.be/vp8aULxjQAY  N1 Great Tit (Parus major) investigates the empty nest 2023

https://youtu.be/39uwe2TbACQ  N1 Arachnophobes beware!  Spider gets up close and personal 2023

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam

Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Saturday 6th September 2025
A visit by a Tawny Owl to Nest One and a Robin visiting Nest Two was the extent of the action today but in previous years Louis and some of his female chicks were still around, links in the blast from the past section.
Night cam switches on (day cam): Nest One 20.56.10 (

05.50.12); Nest Two 20.47.50 (05.57.58)
Today’s videos:

https://youtu.be/sCb2ipoH3K8 N1 Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) visits 02.22.09

https://youtu.be/VRxbEZsSP8Y N2 A Robin (Erithacus rubecula) visits 06.00.02Bonus read – are migration patterns for UK Ospreys changing?
https://scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/2023/09/osprey-shortened-migration/

Blast from the past, this day in previous years:

https://youtu.be/Xl_8AxlIfkc  N1 Cheeky Hoodie invades the nest despite Rannoch nearby 2019

https://youtu.be/poMrwR2FX_w  N1 Confirmed: Final sighting of Rannoch on the nest 2019

https://youtu.be/hL6JazzmUEg  N1 Confirmed: Vera’s final visit to the nest (short version) 2020

https://youtu.be/I0aAo6YU6F8  N1 For fans of Vera: her final visit (long version) 2020

https://youtu.be/Y3XChI4pFV4 N1 Small raptor (Sparrowhawk?) visits the empty nest 2020

https://youtu.be/rkJolVwk_Y8 N2 Business as usual for Louis and Sarafina 2022

https://youtu.be/HHXIj2ufC50  N2 Hoodie alert! Sarafina exits hastily with her fish 2022

https://youtu.be/o5NcT2J4KTc  N2 A Hoodie targets Sarafina and her fish 2022

https://youtu.be/n85DjMBiPQY N1 September sunshine tempts a Coal Tit onto the nest 2024

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam

Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Friday 5th September 2025
Breac’s sighting in Spain got an article in West Coast Today (

https://walkingwithdaddy.com/osprey/?ht-comment-id=27886985) and the usual handful of songbirds visited, otherwise no action on the nests today. But there’s plenty of action to look back on, all contained in Woodland Trust’s 2025 Osprey cam clips playlist: 

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbKmvYI09ziwqjG5qfUnNdty4hB4uSFXT
Night cam switches on (day cam): Nest One 20.57.26 (

05.45.31); Nest Two 20.50.26 (

05.49.33)
Today’s videos: none

Bonus recipe from our very own Woodland Trust Scotland George – make some bramble whisky!

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/08/bramble-whisky

Blast from the past, this day in previous years:

https://youtu.be/LEMJm8XBfas  N1 Lachlan eats one fish, departs with another 2017 (thanks Scylla)

https://youtu.be/o-WY7x6x5Xc  N1 Whose nest is it anyway? Rannoch and a Hoodie 2019

https://youtu.be/VOXzZ-0vTSo  N1 Confirmed: final sighting of Louis 2019  

https://youtu.be/1310c1jFxaU  N1 Who’s on the nest before Vera gets breakfast from Louis? 2020 

https://youtu.be/7pj8uTDrCKc  N1 Confirmed: final sighting of Louis 2020

https://youtu.be/j4z65mVcjkI  N2 Sarafina departs and the Hoodies move in 2022

https://youtu.be/BV2mAedbJ9o  N2 Hoodies on the nest force Louis to abort landing with his fish 2022

https://youtu.be/vPO_llkryLo N2 Mobbed by crows, Sarafina loses her fish! 2022

https://youtu.be/4ekm0Uf7r7c  N1 Misty morning sunrise 2023 (Artistic Ospreys timelapse)

https://youtu.be/C5w-9s869M4  N2 Juvenile Sparrowhawk visits 2023 (zoom)

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam

They are calling it a dry autumn in the UK. Something similar is happening in Manitoba despite the rain we have. It is still drier than normal in our province.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/06/country-diary-the-river-runs-dry-in-this-false-autumn?CMP=share_btn_url

While we openly back protection for nature, things are not going as smoothly as they should – up in the NE of the US and other parts of the USA and now in Asia.

Public strongly backs aim of 30% of land and sea set aside for nature, poll findshttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/05/30×30-biodiversity-target-protecting-nature-land-seas-survey-public-support-aoe?CMP=share_btn_url

If the bays, the oceans, and the seas are drained, there is no food for the seabirds, like the Albatross, that depend on these fish to survive. Please work to protect the water ways.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/sep/05/fishing-south-east-asia-in-pictures-thailand-philippines-indonesia?CMP=share_btn_link

The fledgling at the Black Eagle nest at Sellati flapped its wings and then hit the rock face before sliding off. Did it fly?

Mum arrives and the eaglet clamours to get back on the nest. It is fine!

Fledge could happen any time!

From the Norway Osprey nest – thank you Anna-Liisa Heleniemi:

We have our second leg for Mum and Dad at Port Lincoln barge in South Australia.

Giliath stays close to Port Lincoln like dear Ervie did for years.

But where is dear Ervie and did he find a mate? Well, it seems he is staying around Port Lincoln and the barge, too. No word of a mate. Do we need PL to translocate some Scottish lasses?

Have you seen how an Osprey catches its fish lunch? Cornell Bird Labs has a great little film for you – it is amazing! https://youtu.be/doYuBVUUXZg?

They are the most amazing raptors.

American Bird Conservatory’s Bird of the Week: The Double-Crested Cormorant.

How can Puffins fly in the air and in the water? Want to find out? Cornell Bird Lab shows us: https://youtu.be/nz4kPuRjqOI?

Keeping an eye on the Hellgate Canyon nest of Iris. Iris had a fish early morning Sunday. Lucille Powell caught Iris for us:

9/7/25-08:02,08:13am MT- Owl Pole Cam- I am thinking this is Iris. She likes to perch on that branch of her favorite tree. If so,She had a lively fish that she enjoyed.. Good morning.

Thank you so much for being with us today. Please enjoy your week! We will be back with you on Friday.

I want to thank our notable contributors, ‘Geemeff, PB, SK Hideaways, ‘, the owners of the streaming cams listed in bold, the individuals who take the time to create videos and the authors of posts such as Jeff Kear at UK Osprey Information, and all others, often too many to name but who I have tried to cite in bold. I am very grateful to you and to the newspapers that still cover environmental issues as they relate to our precious feathered friends. My blog would not be what it is without your input into the world of birding.