Late, late Monday edition of Bird World

15 June 2026

Hello Everyone,

It’s the end of the day and I have two great offerings for you.

We have SK Hideaways video of all of Clark’s fish deliveries the other day. My mailbox thought it was ‘Junk’ Mail – geez, what do they know!!!!!!! Ugh.

Clark Answers Iris’s Fish Calls ~ Chick #1 Gets Its First Meal ~ 2026 Jun 11

Hellgate Canyon Ospreys ~ Missoula, MT ~ Iris, Clark, Chick #1

Iris and Clark’s first chick hatched today, but Iris waited some 48 hours for Clark to bring fish. No one knows why he was delayed, but he certainly made up for it with 4 fish deliveries (as of this video). Once Iris refueled, she fed chick #1. Congratulations, Iris and Clark, and welcome to the world #1.

Video: https://youtu.be/Jkv-aKoTUBk

Courtesy CornellLab | Hellgate Osprey Cam | Montana Osprey

Nest cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qvYCbvbeN8

So sorry I missed it but I know that each of you won’t want to miss seeing Clark and all those fish again!!!!!!!!

Clark just keeps bringing those big fish in.

Louis delivered a late fish at Loch Arkaig. It is included in the daily summary.

Geemeff Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch ArkaigMonday 15th June 2026

There was the odd chick fight today but not much, and not too serious so perhaps as both begin to develop the oily look of the reptilian phase, and with Louis bringing plenty of fish, the aggression will taper off completely. It was an otherwise calm day – Garry LV0 delivered two fish taking the Nest One tally to one hundred and nineteen, and he and Aurora continue to incubate their unviable egg. Louis delivered five fish, the first arrived as this season’s earliest shortly after day cam came on, and the last arrived as this season’s latest, with night cam coming on as he landed.The chicks lined up squeaking and will go to bed with full crops. The Nest Two tally rises to one hundred and forty four. The weather today was dry and warm as forecast, but also as forecast, is set to change back to wet with a 70% chance of rain overnight and a low of 11°C, and light rain, light winds, and a high of 18°C tomorrow. Actually, change that 70% to 100% because at the time of filing this report (midnight) it’s started raining and both females are pearled with raindrops.

Today’s videos:https://youtu.be/SICO1fO_G6U N2 Season’s earliest fish arrives, a feebly flapping trout 03.45.00https://youtu.be/tRcC-7CQYvs N2 Louis brings another lively trout 04.12.32https://youtu.be/1I4mu5_gtoA N1 Garry brings a large trout for Aurora 10.41.48https://youtu.be/ns1e7EHoVBM N2 Louis’ third fish is another frantically flapping trout 12.29.53https://youtu.be/05W6xEO7yfQ N2 Louis’ fourth fish is another whole trouthttps://youtu.be/g64K0qXZQEA N1 Aurora departs as soon as Garry brings fish two 19.11.41https://youtu.be/DyxghGADNlI

N2 Louis’ fifth fish arrives as night cam comes on, and is this season’s latest 23.10.26

You’re invited to join the lively community at Woodland Trust’s Osprey forum, it’s friendly, free and everyone’s welcome:

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

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Thanks so much for being with us! The rain and hail have stopped. The sun is out. Cats are fed along with Toby, and Don is fast asleep. I have a new bird book that I am going to start, but to my shock, it doesn’t contain anything about ospreys. What a disappointment. I was hoping it would be a gem so that it could be the book I donate to the final raffle for the Loch Arkaig group.

See you soon!

Thank you to SK Hideaways and Geemeff for their incredible work documenting the lives of our raptors through video and summaries.