Osprey mating/ eggs (1 Viewer)

[Robin Harrison]

Anybody know how soon after mating you could expect the female to lay and remain on her eggs ?
I can observe a nest from my deck (in Southern Ontario) with my Kowa scope.
The pair arrived within a day of each other on Saturday. They may have come together, I don't know.
Yesterday I saw them mating.................................when would you expect the eggs to be laid ?
Last year they produced 2 young ( see image) and the year before 3.
Over the winter I read that other birds will use the lower levels of an osprey nest as a nesting site and in fact I can see other smaller birds flying in and out..................I can't yet make out what.
Thanks for any insights.
Robin

 

[delia todd]

Hi Robin

Egg laying starts around 10-12 days after a successful mating. Then subsequent eggs may follow after 1-3 days.

You can read all about Ospreys in our Opus article and in this Scottish Wildlife Trust fact sheet.

Wonderful birds.

 

[Robin Harrison]

Thanks so much Delia.......a lot I did not know in the articles.
As a a 10yr old lad in Somerset, England, I would have given my as-yet unerupted eye-teeth to have seen a Loch Garten Osprey!
And here I am now in Paris, Ontario, living on the Grand River watching these birds fish and a nest visible with a spotting scope from my deck.
How lucky am I.....Tx again.