Donations pour in for Jackie’s care…Tuesday in Bird World

21 July 2026

Good Morning Everyone,

Today is my daughter’s birthday so there is a party which hasn’t turned out to be a surprise like I thought it was – but we will have a great time celebrating her special day.

It is also cool at 18 C and Toby and Don will get to have a wonderful walk with Ann as long as the rain stays away!

Ojai Raptor Centre is the BEST place for Jackie. They have treated Victor, Andor and Cruz’s chick, which had zinc toxicity. He fell off the nest in 2022. Only after 36-48 hours, Ojai Raptor Centre had raised $250,000 towards Jackie’s care. That is brilliant. I will also remind you of the other wildlife centre, San Dimas, that transported and cared for Jackie the distance to get to Ojai. They are San Dimas.

The world’s most famous eagle is getting a lot of attention and I hope that some of that generates the remaining funds necessary to purchase the land so that it cannot be developed. That would be tragic. CBS LA carries the battle by the water: https://youtu.be/0WX9ayTQiUs?si=_NzC92LEVBWMjshG

Update on Jackie:

We also have an update about Sol in Norway – the smaller osprey rescued so that it could survive with the understanding that lack of fish, heated streams, and heat domes are human caused. Bless them. https://youtu.be/2XeVWs9zgkU?si=EHqysyTCKDGfHH3R

All appears alright at the nest of Iris, baby, and Clark at Hellgate this morning.

We still have one chick surviving at Osoyoos.

The only surviving chick of three at Field Farm fledged this morning. Congratulations! They beat the odds and have one to fly.

The only surviving chick on the nest (one is in rehab but we do not know the status) fledged at Great Bay this morning. Again, congratulations. One fledge at a nest is great in a time when so many have their entire clutch perish.

One chick flapped and fell into the river at Blackwater and died – two remain. We hope they fledge successfully.

Great news from Viki:

LB leaves his perch before I toss the fish now so he’s sure to get to it first …. It’s not quite throwing popcorn to gulls, but I think the local ospreys are paying attention. And when I flubbed a throw LB chased a heron away from the shore., presumably on its way to grab the fish.

Once this morning LB was full enough to not bother with one of my offerings himself but to drop the still frozen fish in the nest and Big Girl took a while but she managed well. I can’t tell the difference between the two chicks now, although one seems very submissive, but if I can’t pick them apart as big and little I figure Little is doing as well as can be hoped.

Jack is working w/ a local fish house to get frozen bait fish (alewives) but I’m not sure LB will go for the mangled ones – maybe as time goes on, but as for now I think he needs a face and tail to believe it is worth going after.

Nevertheless, I feel we humans are making a small mark for good each time LB grabs one I throw!!!”

Second fledge at Borders.

Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Monday 20th July 2026 Quite a dramatic day today, with two serious intruder Osprey encounters, both involving Dorcha. The first took place in the morning when a ringed intruder kept divebombing Dorcha on the nest until she flew off and chased it away. It was a Scottish female with a left leg blue Darvic ring which unfortunately couldn’t be read, and was possibly the same Osprey who attacked Dorcha in the afternoon. That time the ring was read, Blue 9A6, a 2024 female from Loch Fleet, the same area where Aurora 536 fledged in 2022, so potentially siblings. The attack was fierce – 9A6 flew onto the nest and locked talons with Dorcha for a moment then Dorcha went for her and both went tumbling over the side and crashed down through the branches of the nest tree in dramatic scenes. However both were seen flying in the distance, and Dorcha returned unharmed to the nest where the chicks were still safely pancaked. When Louis arrived with a third fish an hour and a half later, the family were ready for a meal and tucked in eagerly. He brought a fourth fish later but Dorcha got most of that one as the chicks appeared to be still satisfied from the previous one. His four deliveries take the Nest Two tally to three hundred and six. Over on Nest One, Garry LV0 brought one fish for Aurora 536 taking his tally to one hundred and seventy five – she thought she was getting a second, but when Garry answered her calls, he arrived fishless and attempted mating instead. In other news, the chicks were intrigued by a dragonfly and made lazy attempts to catch it in their beaks as it flew around the nest. The weather was settled again, and not too warm, and the forecast is pretty much the same – light winds, partly cloudy with a low of 12

 °C overnight and sunny intervals with a high of 20

°C tomorrow.
Today’s videos:https://youtu.be/cFjdcEiU3IE N2 Louis brings a small breakfast trout 04.25.00https://youtu.be/qPeJAHQFafQ N2 Dorcha defends vigorously against a ringed intruder 09.19.53 (+ screenshots)

https://youtu.be/2wmTvJSc-f4 N2 The chicks are intrigued by a dragonfly 09.53.06 (slo-mo zoom)https://youtu.be/8Xt-D9QC_oI N1 Garry brings fish for Aurora then does housekeeping 13.05.25

https://youtu.be/NaNKoloCJyA N1 Aurora ‘s calling for fish but Garry has other ideas!16.48.26https://youtu.be/kguJ6F2p0rg N2 The chicks gather round as Dorcha grabs fish two 17.36.44https://youtu.be/jlldcuuNsHg N2 Intruder Blue 9A6 locks talons with Dorcha, both go overboard! 17.58.10 (slo-mo repeat with zoom)https://youtu.be/-QzxCCkoFSg N2 After the dramatic intrusion, the family’s ready for fish three 19.24.57https://youtu.be/Ze8SMQn9Yl8 N2 Dorcha gets most of fish four to herself 21.58.07 

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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Thank you for being with us today. We are off to a birthday celebration. Take care. We hope to have you with us soon.

Thank you to everyone. Thank to Geemeff for her videos and daily summary, to PB for news on Jackie, to dear Viki for being my heroine – who else is feeding osprey to keep them alive? To those who posted on FB and the owners of the streaming cams who allow us to watch these incredible birds.