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Loch Garten Ospreys (1 Viewer)
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Saphire said:
At the moment,it looks like incubation has started as she has been sitting on the eyrie most of the day.Henry has been standing alongside looking like the "Monarch of the Pine" with his chest puffed out.This however,is only my opinion based on todays photos.Would be nice if we could have this confirmed/unconfirmed on the Wardens Diary but they are probably deciding what biscuits they can inform us on next week..!
Tiger_mz
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Meanwhile the Conneticut osprey shows how it is done.
http://www.rit.edu/~cwcnvs/photos/osprey/Conn2006/images/2eggs.jpg
http://www.rit.edu/~cwcnvs/photos/osprey/Conn2006/images/2eggs.jpg
Hi,
Bet if they are Orange's eggs Henry's instinct will tell him and they will get kicked out like last year. He is one male who can't be fooled. He and I want his genes passed on not somebody else's. Remember how he recovered last year we/they need strong genes to survive.
Anybody heard or seen any youngsters anywhere on their first journeys back?
Ann
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Bet if they are Orange's eggs Henry's instinct will tell him and they will get kicked out like last year. He is one male who can't be fooled. He and I want his genes passed on not somebody else's. Remember how he recovered last year we/they need strong genes to survive.
Anybody heard or seen any youngsters anywhere on their first journeys back?
Ann
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:egghead: Happy Easter
Tiger_mz
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No reports of any youngsters yet....but then they usually arrive a bit later.A CHAPLIN said:Hi,
Bet if they are Orange's eggs Henry's instinct will tell him and they will get kicked out like last year. He is one male who can't be fooled. He and I want his genes passed on not somebody else's. Remember how he recovered last year we/they need strong genes to survive.
Anybody heard or seen any youngsters anywhere on their first journeys back?
Ann
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Happy Easter
wilmauk
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Sorry if this is a tad rushed I've just got back from the centre, what a great day. We arrived and checked the update board to find out that EJ has indeed layed an egg. At 0750 Henry had incubated the egg for approx 10 minutes. The anticipation in the centre grew around mid-day as henry returned with a fish and went to his perch to feed, at this point EJ was deafening with her food soliciting calls. At 1230 Henry arrived at the nest and EJ flew off for her lunch. At this point all eyes were on Henry, you could smell the tension in the air...would he lay down and incubate or would he roll the egg out of the nest. He must've known he had a captive audience because for 2 or 3 minutes he moved twigs and moss around and scared us a few times by raising his rear end as if to roll the egg out but finally our fella settled down and started incubating!!! I'm sure he must've heared the cheers and applause...it was fantastic. I returned a couple of hours later, Henry was on his perch eating again and EJ was back on the nest.
So good news folks, and a wonderful day.
I returned a couple of hours later, Henry was on his perch eating again and EJ was back on the nest. So good news folks, and a wonderful day.
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Tiger_mz
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wilmauk said:Sorry if this is a tad rushed I've just got back from the centre, what a great day. We arrived and checked the update board to find out that EJ has indeed layed an egg. At 0750 henry had incubated the egg for approx 10 minutes. The anticipation in the centre grew around mid-day as henry returned with a fish and went to his perch to feed, at this point EJ was deafening with her food soliciting calls. At 1230 Henry arrived at the nest adn EJ flew off for her lunch. At this point all eyes were on Henry, you could smell the tension in the air...would he lay down and incubate or would he roll the egg out of the nest. He must've known he had a captive audience because for 2 or 3 minutes he moved twigs and moss around and scared us a few times by raising his rear end as if to roll the egg out but finally our fella settled down and started incubating!!! I'm sure he must've heared the cheers and applause...it was fantastic.
So good news folks, and a wonderful day.
So maybe five days is an ok timespan to acept the eggs as yours. Thanks for a great report.
