LR1 at Loch of the Lowes fledged! Only one more to go for NC0 and Laddie (LM12). Here is the big moment: John Williams has been trying to figure out where Dylan is getting his nice trout for the Lyn Clywedog Nest. Today, our sleuth detective, reports that an unringed male was seen leaving NantContinue reading “Alan Poole’s talk on why Ospreys are special and some other news tidbits from Ospreyland”
Friday Morning in Bird World
Have you ever started looking for something and found something else, equally as interesting? As it happens, yesterday I was looking for a short film about a Japanese man living in Hokkaido with his falcon. What was found was a new film released on 1 June 2021. The documentary is the story of the onlyContinue reading “Friday Morning in Bird World”
Bird Tales
Wow. I just want to sit and watch this short video over and over again. If you know someone who tells you that Ospreys are not intelligent and cannot problem solve, please show them this video of an Osprey nest in Vaasa, Finland: https://fb.watch/6Da1-VNcEo/ I am going to recommend a lovely little book. It isContinue reading “Bird Tales”
White-Bellied Sea Eagles and the birds that visit their nest
In a 2014 article in The Smithsonian Magazine, Rachel Neuwer asks why there is a Sulphur Crested Cockatoo in a Renaissance image of the Virgin and child, Madonna della Vittoria. Rebecca Mead examines the image by Andrea Mantegna, painted in 1496. You can see the painting of the Madonna and child with saints in theContinue reading “White-Bellied Sea Eagles and the birds that visit their nest”
A surprise visit to see the Ks
I was not expecting to see a notification that Ferris Akel was on the Cornell University Campus in Ithaca this evening. What a wonderful surprise! The reason that everyone wants to see Big Red and her family is not to see spectacular things but, really, it is just to know that each and every oneContinue reading “A surprise visit to see the Ks”
What is gorgeous in Ospreyland?
This entire day has been ‘weird’. It started with only four hours sleep after checking on Tiny Tot’s nest all night. I have no idea what I was thinking. Tiny wouldn’t have flown from wherever she was just to be bounced about, would she? And then there was the intruder on the nest. This intruderContinue reading “What is gorgeous in Ospreyland?”
A hurricane, two nests, and falcons
Elsa was a category 1 hurricane when she bore down on the Southwest Florida coast last evening. The two chicks on the Sarasota Bay Osprey Nest had their talons anchored, riding out the gusts and the rain. This was the pair of them at 23:08 Tuesday, 6 July. Whew! No chicks blown off the nestContinue reading “A hurricane, two nests, and falcons”
A quick look at Osprey chicks in care — and is it really goodbye, Tiny?
You may have heard that osprey chicks do not do well if they are taken from the nest and placed into care. But is this true? Last year, anyone watching the Port Lincoln Osprey Nest knew that Little Tapps was not going to survive. Solly was too big and too aggressive and when the middleContinue reading “A quick look at Osprey chicks in care — and is it really goodbye, Tiny?”
Monday Nest Hopping – to keep my mind off Elsa
There were some lovely letters in my inbox today – articles and quesions – to keep me busy and to try and curtail me from checking on Tropical Storm Elsa every half hour. My friend Wicky – lover of books and hawks as long as they leave her songbirds alone – pointed my noise toContinue reading “Monday Nest Hopping – to keep my mind off Elsa”
Late Sunday and early Monday in Bird World
It is raining this morning. The three juvenile Ospreys at the Foulshaw Moss Nest are drenched this morning. Blue 35 left a piece of fish on the nest. Wonder if she is watching for self-feeding action? And will she make certain that Little Tiny Bob is fed? This amazing and uplifting story of how anContinue reading “Late Sunday and early Monday in Bird World”