Everyone at the Sydney Sea Eagle Cam, Birdlife Australia, and The Discovery Centre are working hard to provide videos and updates on the White-Bellied Sea Eagle Cam in the Sydney Olympic Forest. A number of days ago I simply had to quit watching the live camera feed. The level of prey had dropped coming intoContinue reading “Late Saturday and early Sunday in Bird World”
It’s number 4 for Collins Street
Mom was in labour for about seven minutes. This is a short clip of the last minute. You can see how she is contracting. The time was 10:20:11 on 29 August 2021. Dad, you are going to be so busy!!!! Oh, Dad, you are the cutest. Look at you incubating those three eggs just halfContinue reading “It’s number 4 for Collins Street”
Late Friday and Saturday in Bird World, 28 August
It is late Friday night on the Canadian Prairies. The much needed rain has paused and the weather news says it will start again soon. The rosemary and thyme growing in the garden boxes are thriving as are the Vermillionaires, planted specifically for the hummers. Perhaps they will find them as they return to theirContinue reading “Late Friday and Saturday in Bird World, 28 August”
Early Friday in Bird World
The Scottish Wildlife Trust has confirmed that the female, NC0, has left the Loch of the Lowes for her migration after receiving a fish from LM12, Laddie, on Sunday 22 August. This is a late departure. The female fledgling, LM1, migrated on 15 August, a week prior to her mother which is also unusual. TheContinue reading “Early Friday in Bird World”
Waiting for diamond to lay her first egg, 2021
Diamond laid her first egg of the 2020 season at 04:16:09 on 27 August! She looked uncomfortable during the day with her rear all puffed up. How grand! Here is the video of that magical moment last year. If you have never seen a bird lay an egg, have a good look. They go intoContinue reading “Waiting for diamond to lay her first egg, 2021”
Oh, our lovely fish eating birds
I love Ospreys – bet you can tell! Still, the anxiety rises when there are three eggs on a nest that, historically, simply cannot support that many mouths to feed. Right now the Mum at the Port Lincoln Osprey barge in Australia is incubating three eggs. In 2020, a drop in fish deliveries around dayContinue reading “Oh, our lovely fish eating birds”
The Sweet and the Bittersweet
Ah, the sweet and the bittersweet. All of my friends from the Achieva Osprey Club who loved Tiny Tot or Tumbles as so many called her, will remember that she was the last fledgling to leave the nest. She was there for precisely four months – worrying us, causing us to lose sleep, cry, hope,Continue reading “The Sweet and the Bittersweet”
Late Tuesday happenings in Bird World
There is an excellent and rather cheeky article on the penthouse of our Collins Street Peregrine Falcons in Meanjin Quarterly coming out of Australia. The author is Ester Anatolitis. It is outrageously funny and clever. Check it out! For anyone who missed the news, the female at Collins Street laid that second egg today atContinue reading “Late Tuesday happenings in Bird World”
Black Stork news – the good and the sad
All of the storklings from the Estonian nests of Karl II and Kaia and Jan and Janika’s have fledged. In Latvia, the three nestlings of Grafs and Grafiene’s nest in Latvia have also fledged! This is simply fabulous news. Some are finding their own food and others return to the nest at different times toContinue reading “Black Stork news – the good and the sad”
Outpourings of love for Malin
It is difficult to suppress the tears because of the enormous outpouring over the death of Malin. A reader from Japan wrote, “It is raining in Collins Marsh, but in Japan it is called “rain of tears” and is considered to be rain that falls in times of sorrow. I hope from Japan that theContinue reading “Outpourings of love for Malin”