18 August 2025
Good Morning Everyone,
Oh, my goodness. The weather has turned. We have had some nice rain, much needed. Not enough to quell the fires raging in the north of our province, sadly. As we look out to the garden with the golden rays of dusk settling on the tops of the lilac bushes, we can see the leaves beginning to change colour in the large trees about a block away. While I welcome the cooler temperatures which are much nicer for walking and sleeping – and much easier on the wildlife – it only reminds me that in a few months winter will be setting in. I have already said that I am dreading this season this year.
The rhythmn in our lives has changed for the good. I told my husband’s doctor that ‘knock on wood’, life is boring. Boring is good. It is calm, routine, life is anticipated. We had a big hiccup around a trip that turned out to be rather hilarious. We went to Pelican Lake. It was gorgeous. Don associated ‘pelican’ with the pelicans we see at Hecla Island and things began to unravel. Ever since those revelations came ‘out’, something changed. This coming week, in an effort to check on the pelicans and see some amazing Golden Eagles migrating through, this coming week we will be at Hecla Island. That was where Don thought we were going when we went to Pelican Lake – so again, something familiar is best! We will stick with Hecla Island for now!
The Guardian reports that the UK is set to reintroduce Golden Eagles into the landscape:
Golden eagles poised for reintroduction in Englandhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/17/golden-eagles-poised-reintroduction-england?CMP=share_btn_url
I want to start off with something that is beyond sad and if you live near Virginia, I want you to reach and help if you can. There are wildlife rehabbers who have rescued starving osplets but cannot get any fish to feed them! Debbie Campbell posted the link in the FB group Menhaden – Little Fish, Big Deal: https://www.facebook.com/groups/765772041406313/permalink/1484585112858332/?mibextid=W9rl1R
I have corresponded with the rehabber, who is not the only one in Virginia struggling to feed these babies. In the comments of several posts, Ben Wurtz, who you will know from the Wildlife Conserve of New Jersey, has said that they are also having difficulty. Maybe Omega Protein – who is taking all of the Menhaden they can find in the region should step up and provide some fish!!!!!!!!
Or maybe someone to organize a ‘fish train’ to Virginia to feed the ospreys in care that might draw national attention to their plight that would embarrass those individuals who could help but aren’t. Oh, how I wish I lived closer and could take this on. Anyone reading this want to help?
Ospreys are being photographed taking needlefish – not a great substitute but when you are starving, you have no choice.
In other areas, the ospreys that are surviving are dying due to human garbage. Unbelievable. In each instance, the deaths of these amazing fish hawks is at the hands of humans.
Are we truly the only animal that destroys its own home? APCA reminds us about the tragedies associated with fishing.
That one didn’t make it but, there is one at Christine’s Critters that will survive fishing line! Thanks, ‘J’. I really need some good news. Please check out the video in the link below.
Christine’s has a young osprey at the moment that was hurt by fishing line.
https://www.facebook.com/reel/763677599586928
S/he is beautiful.
When the cam went off at the Tremealeau Eagles Live Stream and highlights came back on, I am certain that more than half of you shed a tear. What a year it has been – the most bittersweet I remember. TE3 was certainly one of the highlights. A single mum, Mrs T, raising such a beautiful eaglet to fledge. How many doubted this miracle would happen? I sure did at times!
We will never know the fate of this much-loved fledgling. There is no Darvic Ring. If several things could change on these streaming cams, it would be the will to try and band every raptor – eagles, ospreys, falcons, etc., so that the thousands of watchers (and those studying the birds) could track their migration and their longevity and breeding. We are only lucky that Iris is so distinctive, or we might never know that she is getting close to being 30 years old and still much in love with her new man.
SK Hideaways sends us some great videos!
Southern UK Hobby Falcons ~ banded female, unbanded male
In their short, 30-day life, CT and CV captured our attention and our hearts. The adorable hobby falcons were vibrant, energetic, adorable chicks, whose fans cheered them on to thrive. Tragically, their lives were cut short when a goshawk took them both from their nest.
This tribute attempts to help us remember the good times with CT and CV with scenes from each week of their lives. Fly high and rest in peace (16 July – 15 August 2025).
With gratitude to and courtesy of Dorset Raptor Study Group (https://drsg.co.uk/),
SK Hideaway’s second video showing our beloved Eagle family from the Big Bear Valley:
Big Bear Valley, CA, home of Jackie & Shadow
A juvenile eagle roosted on Twin Pine until a Great Horned Owl struck in the wee hours. It’s possible that it could be Sunny or Gizmo, but a positive ID cannot be made. Jackie and Shadow settled on their roost tree overnight. They gifted us with long and loud chortles and snortles before traversing separately to the lookout snag at dawn. After they departed, cam ops found a beautiful red-tailed hawk first on the cactus snag and then on the headless tree. It was a busy morning in the habitat.
Sunny is 165 days old, Gizmo is 161 days old.
WBSE 35 and 36 have had fish and bird prey in their feedings. We also have a video installment from SK Hideaways about these two adorable fluffly little snow people…seriously, watching these two, even with the expected bonking, makes you smile. So far prey deliveries have been good.
E35 & SE36 Feedings and Fluff ~ Parents Deflect Marauding Magpies
Sydney White-Bellied Sea Eagles, Lady & Dad (17 Aug 2025)
In this video, SE35 is 3 days old, SE36 is 2 days old. Their jobs are to eat, sleep, and try to stay upright at this point. They’re both doing a brilliant job, as are Lady and Dad. In addition to caring for their chicks, the parents are dealing with swooping magpies ~ a common nuisance at this nest.
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
Beautiful family portrait at the Olympic Park nest.
‘A’ catches up with the Australian nesting season: “These two are just so cute. They are eating strongly and the bonking has begun. Fortunately, they are very close together in size and ability – both can hold their heads up and both are keen to get to the table. Lady is such an experienced parent – she is so skilled at putting small pieces of fish into tiny swaying beaks, although these two are better than most hatchlings at keeping their heads still. Once they can see properly, they will be all over this feeding business.
Dad is a wonderful provider, although his diligence has not really bought him much in the way of chick time or even glimpses of his offspring. Lady is very protective indeed, and so very gentle with those sharp talons around the littles when she is positioning herself and enfluffeling. (I did love your blog mentioning that this is a real word. It’s long been a personal favourite of mine.)
So far, so good. I do worry that there is bonking on day three for SE35, but there is no real size discrepancy and SE36 does not appear intimidated, plus Lady leans across SE35 to feed SE36, who is in the safer position when it’s behind its sibling! They have no strength to hurt each other yet nor the eyesight to aim with any precision, so hopefully, they will be sweet with each other. Neither will go hungry if Lady is brought enough fish to feed them with. She really is so good at feeding newly hatched chicks. Such a vital but difficult task.
We are nearing egg time for the ospreys at Port Lincoln AND the falcons at Orange – it is just 10 days until 27 August, which is the date Diamond laid egg number one last year, and nine days until 26 August, when the first egg was laid at Port Lincoln Ospreys last season.
It’s still about six weeks until we can expect to see the breeding birds beginning to return to Taiaroa Head. Eggs are laid from about mid-November, with a 77-day incubation period and hatches around Australia Day (26 January), which means that courting should be getting underway by early October.
So within a fortnight, we should be watching eggs at two Australian nests as well as the adorable pair of sea eaglets, and waiting for a New Zealand fledge (our precious princess at Taiaroa Head, SSTrig chick). Of course any progress in the 2025 breeding season of the Collins Street falcons will not be revealed to us until a second egg is laid, assuming the falcons return to their scrape on an upper ledge of the Mirvac building in Melbourne’s CBD. “
Rutland is looking at their connection with Poole Harbour.
Knowing who is returning and breeding is so important! Cannot be done without those Darvic Rings.
While the owner of this camera had great luck seeing CJ7 with her fish, our dynamic Mum, who has now raised several clutches of four, including another this season, lost her fish en route to feeding those babes. It will not be long til she has departed for her migration, but, being the great female she is, it might mean she remains til September to help Blue 022 get their four on their way in good health.
It isn’t wildlife stealing from wildlife in Canada but the wild fires that rage from one end of my country to the other that are causing serious issues.
A Dyfi Osprey Project fledgling who appears to be drying off after trying his luck at fishing.
Poole Harbour: 5R3 had three fish on Sunday!
Harry was sky dancing and delivering flounder to the nest at Alyth SS hoping that Flora might show up. She has not been seen and it is believed she has left for migration.
All of the Danish ospreys have left for migration.
J Castnyer catches Zeus working on the nest at Goitzsche Wildnis, but it appears that Fjona has started her migration.
At Escherbach, J Castnyer catches Hermine. She writes, “Hermine is still in the nest territory, although she doesn’t show much. Today she came perhaps because she saw that there was no one there and that Herbert had just taken a fish out of the water. She gave us a few minutes, but she left as soon as one of the young ones arrived. The teak for the boys, she must think. She can fish by herself, although it’s beautiful when your partner does it for you.”
Runi, 13L, continues to get some nice fish at the Fru Rauer nest in Norway.
Beau continues to wait for Gabby at the NE Florida Bald Eagle nest (in fact he is more than a week early on his arrival). It wasn’t Gabby but there was a visitor – a Black Vulture!
There are two Turkey Vultures! Wonder what Beau thinks.
Charlo, Montana: Lola and Charlie are still at the nest with C19 and C20 getting fish at the nest.
Dunrovin: The 4th hatch, commonly known as Little Buckaroo, is getting some height and should be fledging soon.
Hellgate Canyon: Iris and the NM continue to visit the nest.
Boulder County: Osprey fledglings continue to get fed well at the nest.
Golden Gate Audubon Ospreys with Richmond and Rosie: Fledglings fly about! https://youtu.be/z0HKZsf1bbA?
Dyfi Osprey Project:
Not Ospreys. These are Black Eagles at the Selati Wilderness Nest: https://www.youtube.com/live/AW4oNVgjYb4?
Black Eagles or (Verreaux’s eagles) practice siblicide. This behaviour, where one sibling kills another, is particularly prevalent in nests with multiple chicks and is often driven by competition for limited food resources. This gorgeous youngster is already jumping about the nest and will hover like we see in the osprey nests as there is no place on the side of this cliff for it to branch.
An article on siblicide in Black Eagles:
Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Sunday 17th August 2025
Louis only brought one fish to the nest today, taking the nest tally to four hundred and thirty, and Darach 7P0 was there to get it. No sign of Breac 7P7, last seen 15th, nor any of the other Arkaig Ospreys, and no visitors to Nest One other than a Great Tit. Darach entertained us with a barrel roll as he left the nest, but his manoeuvre, lovely as it was, was nothing compared to the heroics of Morag Hughes who completed her epic swim down the eleven miles of Loch Arkaig in 10 hours, 6 minutes and 37 seconds. Congratulations Morag! She even got to see an Osprey during her swim, and was seen by the nest cam watchers as she swam through the nest view, albeit as a tiny white dot, you can see it in today’s videos. Link to photos on Woodland Trust’s blue sky social media (you don’t need an account to view them) in the bonus section along with the fundraiser link. So far she’s raised nearly £5,000 for Woodland Trust, and her just giving fundraiser is still open for contributions. The weather cooperated – it was sunny and the loch was calm, and after some overnight mist, tomorrow’s forecast is for more of the same.
Night cam switches on (day cam): Nest One 22.07.34 (04.36.51); Nest Two 22.22.38 (04.57.06)
Today’s videos:
https://youtu.be/z3xqSXc15mY N2 Aerial antics: Darach does a barrel roll 06.05.33 (zoom)
https://youtu.be/jGdaIym_CQM N2 Darach gets a mackerel from Louis 14.02.49
https://youtu.be/82sO7EuH77Q N2 Morag Hughes seen on Osprey Cam during her Big Swim 17.07-17.17 (zoom)
Bonus read and / or action – photos of Morag on her epic swim, and donation link:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/mary-cheadle-3
Blast from the past, this day in previous years:
https://youtu.be/u6uN8ZibHro N1 Aila gives her fish to Lachlan (2017)
https://youtu.be/-_FoOMH8mkc N1 Finally! Vociferous Vera gets a fish (2020)
https://youtu.be/3_bmzl48f7I N1 Go away, this is mine: Vera pushes Captain off the nest (2020)
https://youtu.be/jlBKU00ODG8 N2 Sarafina crash lands and makes Willow depart (2022 slo-mo)
https://youtu.be/lmkgO09bCrg N2 Willow’s turn to crash land! (2022)
https://youtu.be/x73ZF4gTIHo N2 Would-be thief Willow gets what for (2022)
https://youtu.be/6Vlp-KsbJLo N2 Dorcha waits in vain for fish 2023
https://youtu.be/RPwIVtERtIk N1 Little birds and a Tree Creeper visit 2023 (zoom)
https://youtu.be/bVpNB4iHLPY N2 Handsome pair – father and son 2023 (zoom)
https://youtu.be/K86m0Q234Sc N1 Something scares Garry and Affric off the nest 2024
https://youtu.be/_qwTc6b2sdY N1 Affric wants to see Garry’s fishing skills, not nest-building ones 2024
Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Saturday 16th August 2025
It was a three fish day and all for Darach 7P0 as there was no sign of younger brother Breac 7P7, last seen leaving the nest at
09.11.28 yesterday. Has he headed south, or is he still in the area, either attempting to fish for himself, or being fed off-nest, or both? As always, the answer is wait and see. Darach didn’t appear very grateful for the fish, he launched a sustained attack on poor old Louis, grabbing him firmly by the leg and then lunging at him with open beak when Louis didn’t leave the nest after delivering the fish. Darach probably didn’t realise that Louis was unable to leave due to being firmly held in his talons. It made for uncomfortable viewing, but experienced adult that he is, Louis just tried to duck away from the worst of the attack and didn’t retaliate. He returned later with two more fish, taking the nest tally to four hundred and twenty nine. Darach was harassed by marauding Hoodies and stood up to one persistent individual, forcing the crow off the nest and away from his fish which he’d left unattended, luckily it was too big for the crow to carry off and Darach was able to rescue it. Garry LV0 brought a stick to Nest One and did a bit of tidying during his brief visit but there was no sign of Affric 152 today. The weather was sunny and the loch was mirror calm today and forecast to remain the same tomorrow, which will aid Morag Hughes in her epic fundraising swim. Link to the details and her just giving page in the bonus section. With luck, we might be able to make out her escort of kayaks as she passes through the nest view.
Night cam switches on (day cam): Nest One 22.14.47 (04.48.40); Nest Two 22.28.33 (04.52.56)
Today’s videos:https://youtu.be/Sd4KB7rZLmU N1 Spring Sonata sunrise 04.50.39 (Classic Ospreys – Beethoven time lapse)https://youtu.be/uLFmU8IPOag N2 Poor Louis suffers a sustained attack by Darach 07.18.51 (zoom)https://youtu.be/HLhGx6GKPyk N2 Darach gets rid of a Hooded Crow who’s after his fish 08.05.11
https://youtu.be/45pZ-bgAsDE N2 Louis brings a second fish and gets away unscathed this time 10.07.35https://youtu.be/UQAvIJ9oiAE N1 Garry LV0 flies in with a long thin stick and does a bit of tidying 10.40.39 https://youtu.be/mzaHv6MUFtY N2 Darach rescues his fish from a marauding Hoodie 17.59.51
https://youtu.be/IrYYqCnBBDc N2 Louis brings a third fish and waits patiently for Darach 19.27.46
Bonus action – you can still support Morag who’ll be swimming Loch Arkaig tomorrow to raise funds for Woodland Trust:
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam/?ht-comment-id=27390542
https://www.justgiving.com/page/mary-cheadle-3
Blast from the past, this day in previous years:
https://youtu.be/plpQ3BYG-Rc N1 All grown up: Rannoch defends her fish 2019
https://youtu.be/K4Kbj7NQ0q8 N1 Aila brings fish but looks like she needs it most 2020
https://youtu.be/qcBatA6qgTY N1 Size matters! Split screen 2020
https://youtu.be/hiFrQx0H8TQ N1 Captain steals Vera’s fish 2020
https://youtu.be/XaxM2NwNUCg N2 Dorcha stays on the nest until Sarafina gives her a nip! 2022
https://youtu.be/5hvJRi33SFM N2 Sarafina practises flying with fish but isn’t quite there yet 2022
https://youtu.be/F0ys6FiFeeM N2 Cleaning crew arrive too early 2022
https://youtu.be/7XYT94gy-Ig N2 Louis and Dorcha do a rapid fish handover 2023
https://youtu.be/bLzUfkvwasE N1 & N2 USAF flypast 2023 (zoom)
https://youtu.be/rW3CJVJqZLU N2 Ludo waits ready to grab the fish 2023
https://youtu.be/RnY54XNtci8 Spain: more photos and tweets of 1JW and the other ten translocatees
https://youtu.be/rQYUcsjAKB0 N1 Affric joins Garry but he brings sticks not fish 10.51.20
https://youtu.be/lD-oLI2NjpA N1 Garry and Affric return later but there’s still no fish 16.20.59
Geemeff’s Woodland Trust daily summary for Loch Arkaig Friday 15th August 2025
Fish deliveries were the main event today – Affric 152 turned up on Nest One and received a nice sized trout from Garry LV0, whose tally, after stagnating since 4th August, finally moves up a notch to one hundred and forty one. Louis delivered three fish today, all mackerel, and the nest tally now stands at four hundred and twenty six including two deliveries by Dorcha, who was last seen a full week ago on 7th August. The three fish were all taken by Darach 7P0 as apart from a brief visit lasting 26 seconds this morning, Breac 7P7 hasn’t been seen on nest cam today. In his eagerness to get the second fish, Darach locked talons with Louis and got pulled off the nest! But returned unharmed a few moments later and claimed the fish before the Hoodies showed up. The weather was settled and sunny today, the overnight forecast is for mist and light winds with a low of 12°C changing to sunny with a high of 24°C tomorrow.Night cam switches on (day cam): Nest One 22.13.44 (05.04.19); Nest Two 22.34.20 (05.13.40)
Today’s videos:
https://youtu.be/LTj4hQvEr7Q N2 Both Breac 7P7 and Darach 7P0 visit the nest, fish calling 09.11.02
https://youtu.be/KBRLr1auvUQ N2 Darach gets the first fish, a whole mackerel 15.07.58
https://youtu.be/xPi3XmjMIZ0 N1 Fish for Affric! Garry brings a whole trout 15.22.35
https://youtu.be/SXP2ua3CrHA N1 Affric & Garry spend time together, leave in opposite directions 15.40.14
https://youtu.be/S2U6mrELCwg N2 Darach locks talons with Louis and gets pulled off the nest! 16.45.28 (zoom)
https://youtu.be/AOvludmDLRM N2 A third mackerel arrives and again it’s Darach who’s there to get it 18.18.10
Bonus action – support Morag Hughes who’ll be swimming Loch Arkaig this weekend to raise funds for Woodland Trust:
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/osprey-cam/?ht-comment-id=27390542
https://www.justgiving.com/page/mary-cheadle-3
Blast from the past, this day in previous years:
https://youtu.be/2EqB8ZLlLNQ N1 Get a grip, Mallie! (2019)
https://youtu.be/q4v0VblhLDE N1 Confirmed: final sighting of Doddie on the nest (2020)
https://youtu.be/JNjzfsGJMd0 N1 Stramash over the first fish (2020)
https://youtu.be/Btn2GxS_waQ N1 Fish delivery from Aila (2020)
https://youtu.be/41z2mZ9rRNI N2 Dorcha chases crows but they return to plague Willow (2022)
https://youtu.be/N-Z7Z-WV_1U N2 The Mystery Fish makes its appearance! (2022)
https://youtu.be/GOsbIENNolA N2 Spotted Flycatchers visit (2022)
https://youtu.be/_KZr32ZVd74 N2 Dorcha’s fish calls get no response 2023
https://youtu.be/3ReQ1_Bhj0I N2 Ludo does a faceplant 2023
https://youtu.be/mwUhXluhRss N2 Great Tit catches Ludo’s attention 2023
https://youtu.be/pL-09gIw4A8 N1 Garry LV0 brings moss, tidies, and has a preen 2024
https://youtu.be/1mt2ZZZhteM N1 Affric 152 arrives followed shortly after by Garry LV0 2024
https://youtu.be/U9CxLSmhoTM N1 Noisy RAF flypast doesn’t faze Affric & Garry 2024
https://youtu.be/-c3lZKY7Blc N1 Garry brings Affric a teeny tiny fish 2024
J’ sends us a good news story about a Black Vulture release from the World Bird Sanctury:
https://www.facebook.com/WorldBirdSanctuary
“Released after over a year in care!
Turkey Vulture 24-380 originally came to our hospital on July 7th, 2024 as a fledgling that had either been orphaned or abandoned due to his numerous health issues. Even with the July heat, 380 was hypothermic. His feather condition was poor, with several flight feathers having broken and the rest covered in heavy stress bars that made them weak and prone to breakage. Despite being nearly full grown, 380 was severely emaciated and weighed less than half of what he should.
He had recently gotten into some feed corn and bird seed and stuffed himself full with it despite these items not being something that he could digest and get nutrition from. We used tongs to manually remove as much of the corn and seed from his crop as possible and got to work rehydrating 380 and giving him some easily digestible liquid diet. Emaciated juveniles are usually able to process solid food relatively quickly compared to adults, but when we tried to introduce some, it just sat in 380’s crop and ended up having to be manually removed.
It took 3 weeks of tube feeding liquid diet before we were finally able to transition 380 to solid food. In that time, 380 battled other illnesses including an infection with a protozoan parasite called trichomoniasis (which causes thick lesions in the mouth), intestinal parasites, mild lead toxicity, and a West Nile Virus infection that started causing his feathers to pinch off and fall out.
Between the West Nile Virus and 380’s initially poor quality feathers, he ended up with no intact flight feathers and had to remain with us until it was time to molt. He’s spent the last year with our foster dad, Volo, whose presence has been essential in keeping 380 from imprinting or becoming too comfortable around humans. 380 started his molt in April, but it took 3 months for him to grow a full new set of flight feathers. Thanks to a year of quality nutrition, this round of feathers came in healthy and structurally sound.
380 was released in late July. He wasted no time before spreading his wings to soak up the sun from a high tree branch. When he realized that he was partially shaded, he moved to a higher branch above the canopy to maximize his sun exposure. Turkey Vultures are known for their love of sunning and can be regularly seen exhibiting this pose.”
How many times do you happen to be heading to an appointment early in the morning and you see cars – so many cars – with only one person in them? or homes that could benefit from grants to help insulate them to save energy costs? Our use of fossily fuels and the growing decisions internationally to open coal mines are putting wildlife in further jeopardy.
Plan to extend Queensland coalmine would bulldoze ‘critical’ koala habitat https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/aug/15/plan-to-extend-queensland-coalmine-would-bulldoze-critical-koala-habitat?CMP=share_btn_url
Spilve and Grislis’s Golden Eaglet, Melders, has fledged but returns to the nest for prey. What a beautiful season it has been.
Speaking of Golden Eagles, they are arriving in the area of Hecla Island. We will be there this week and hope to see some of the migrants! That would be unbelievable.
Hurricanes and tropical storms are beginning to form for the Atlantic season which will run until the end of November. This is Erin.
The eye Saturday afternoon by Storm Chaser. Thankfully, our raptors and other migrating birds can sense the weather and will be able to take shelter. Erin went from a tropical storm to a Category 5 in a mere 24 hours. The storm has now settled down and as of the time of writing, Sunday afternoon, it has been downgraded to a cat 3.
Wind Turbines. There are a number west of where I live in the hills that provide the thermals for the migrating birds coming in the spring and departing in the late summer. They do not have to die. There is a simple solution. If you live in an area considering wind farms, please enter the conversation about how to make them safe for our raptors.
Lots of waterfowl rescues. Wildlife Haven, near to where I live, have just cleaned some Canada Geese that got into a ‘substance’ in the northern part of our City. They will be released just like these mallard ducks at another Canadian rescue.
Please put out water and/or food for the migrating birds, volunteer if you can, donate if you can, but please leave out water!
Thank you for being with us today. The osprey season is winding down. The Bald Eagles will begin to arrive slowly, with eggs expected in the US in November-ish. Focus will switch to the raptors in Australia, and we wish every raptor on their way to their winter home good winds and a bursting crop.
I will not be posting on Friday as we will be on our break at Hecla Island but I will be back on Monday the 25th of August. Please take care. We look forward to having you with us in a week.
Toby hopes that everyone has a great week and something wonderful to chew on like his Blueberry-Yak Milk Bully stick!
I want to thank our notable contributors, ‘A, Geemeff, J, SK Hideaways, PB’, 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, Debbie Campbell at Menhaden-Little Fish, Big Deal and all others, often too many to name. I am very grateful to you and to the newspapers that still cover environmental issues as they relate to our precious feathered friends including The Guardian. My blog would not be what it is without your input into the world of birding.
