Scottish Osprey Nest

Fantastic news, GP. Thanks for the update.

He appears to be spending his first night off the nest in a nearby tree.

Bad news. Seems the chick has not been seen since fledging Monday. Tomorrow they hope to get a satellite position on him.

Oh no. That's not good.

Just checked and there has been some movement by the chick, seen by the satellite data, which gives some hope. They are still searching.

That's promising news. Fingers crossed.

He has been moving quite a bit, and they have decided to stop searching in order to not scare him further away. They do feel the parents have been feeding him, and it is not unheard of for a fledgling to remain off the nest. They were get new data every four days, those will be long days for those worrying about Blue44.

Good news. No, great news. The fledgling is back on the nest.

Yes, I just saw that...and hungry!

They've posted on the blog that when it returned to the nest, the female really gave it what for, scolding it and pecking at it. Don't tell me birds don't have emotions.

Dad just dropped off a fish and the youngster is feeding entirely on his own now.

A couple of days of food and rest and Blue44 is off again.

It's wonderful. I've been checking throughout the day. This reminds me of when the chick known as Harmony, from the nest I watch, fledged a few days too soon and the anguish I felt at that time. She returned to the nest after two days but was obviously having food provided to her during her absence, with both parent's behaviour very much as described on the Loch of the Lowes blog.

I see he came and went from the nest a few times today, so he is flying very well now. Fledging rarely goes smoothly, I guess. At another nest the male osprey did not realize a young bird returning to the nest after a maiden flight was his own, and attacked her so viciously she had to be rescued.

It sure is a perilous time for the young.

I actually live not far from Dunkeld where Loch of Lowes is, Resin directed me to this forum after I posted some pics of the osprey chick on the Daily Pictures forum in birdwatching.
Heres some of the pictures I took at the visitor centre at Loch of Lowes, they have 3 hides open to the public, with spotting scopes and binoculars to view the ospreys. I took these through one of the spotting scopes, with the camera hand held over the eyepiece, so not the best quality but a bit clearer than you what you see on the webcam.
1st pic taken with camera only, showing the view across to the nest, the others were all shot with the camera looking through spottting scope.

Thanks for posting the shots of the youngster, DMersh. What a stunningly beautiful area.

Thanks Margaret, its only about 40 miles from the Scottish town of Perth!
Heres a wider view, showing the loch and some of the best shots of the Osprey.
Picture 5 shows what the scope pictures looked like before being cropped and edited.

Wow, lucky you, living so close to this special nest. Have you seen "Lady?"

Nice to have a new perspective on this nest. Final shot you can see the camera we watch with. It is a beautiful area for sure, lush and green.

How neat to have some one that is so close....Welcome!!

Lady has flown the coop, headed South. Dad is still providing fish for Blue44 and the youngster is starting to learn to fish for himself. Wonder if we will see Lady next year? I sure hope she makes it back. With the tracking device on Blue44, we will be able to watch his perilous journey also when he leaves in a few weeks. Have to hope he survives his first year also.

I hope she returns next year, too. And bonne chance to the little one.

Blue has left on his migration. They do have a tracking map on the site to follow his journey.

Thanks, GP. The two young ones from the nest at Loch Garten have well and truly departed. One is already in Senegal and the other, the last time I checked, was in Spain. Amazing. I guess we'll all be waiting anxiously to see if Lady returns to Loch of the Lowes next season.

Blue44 has successfully crossed the English Channel....in three hours.

That sure would have been something...to see him pass over. I'm worried about the path taken by the other tagged young Osprey. He will be over water a LONG time.

Theres a lot of ships to rest on in the English Channel if he gets tired, its one of the busiest shipping lanes in the world.

New data is in and both birds are safe and doing well on their journeys.

They lost contact with Blue44 on November 9th. They are hoping it is a problem with the transmitter and not with the 6 month old Osprey. He had crossed into Spain recently after spending a lot of time in France.

Ewww. Let's hope t is the transmitter.

The 27 year old female has returned to the nest! Cam was down this morning, but should be back up soon. The male returned a few days earlier and had mated with a younger female at the nest, but when the older female returned she took over. Still no news from Blue 44, he is probably deceased. The other young Osprey with a transmitter is doing well.

Sorry GP, I started a new thread a few days ago but neglected to put the link here. What an amazing bird she is. Here's the link. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1304949/

Thanks, Margaret. Glad everyone is updated.