Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020-2022

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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Ferenz » Thu Sep 03, 2020 10:11 am

Lucky girl JJ8 got a 2nd meal: Tea time fish at 16:50 :yes: :yes:

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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Woodlands Bleu » Thu Sep 03, 2020 1:29 pm

A second meal is a good thing. :)
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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Ferenz » Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:42 am

12:58 AM first delivery of Louis > living platfish for JJ8

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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Ferenz » Fri Sep 04, 2020 8:43 am

15:05 - Louis is stuffin' his daughter. After eating first fish now remain three fish on the nest, girlie JJ8 can't get enough...will she stay over the weekend?

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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Ferenz » Sat Sep 05, 2020 4:37 am

10:16:31 Veras' first brunch of the day with delivered trout of Louis

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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Woodlands Bleu » Sat Sep 05, 2020 8:05 am

We'll see...the South is calling. :)
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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Ferenz » Sat Sep 05, 2020 10:31 am

Yes, carolyn, I expect she is migrating tomorrow afternoon - weather forcast is good - until monday morning. There will be more rain and worsening conditions...

Vera arrived with full crop, Louis delivered 2nd fish, Vera took it immediately & left to her safer favourite eating place I guess.
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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Woodlands Bleu » Sat Sep 05, 2020 11:21 am

It is truly amazing that, by the weather forecast, we can predict migration and I am sure it will be correct. Bravo.....
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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Ferenz » Sat Sep 05, 2020 3:23 pm

18:22 - A third fish arrives on the Loch Arkaig Osprey nest for Vera -
5 Sep 2020. She ate it on the nest, wasn't worth to leave...


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_cont ... e=emb_logo
Geemeff: Sunny intervals and a northerly wind forecast for tomorrow, heavy rain on Monday, means tomorrow should be a good day for travelling, so here's another 'just in case' potential final look at JJ8 video as she departs the nest, fishtail stuck to her foot, at 18.37 tonight. Goodnight all..
https://community.rspb.org.uk/placestov ... nt-4292=69
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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Ferenz » Sun Sep 06, 2020 9:52 am

Geemeff 06.09.2020

Vera (JJ8) departs at 06.40.19 taking the remains of the two day old flatfish with her. She was heard calling off camera from 06.18.30 and arrived still calling at 06.19.41, had a quick look around then grabbed the two day old flatfish (delivered at 12.28.57 on Friday 4th) and started eating with enthusiasm. Is this her final visit? Vera will head south when she's ready, however, today just feels right for her last visit - she didn't really call for food in her usual vociferous way, just picked up the old flatfish and dived in for a good munch before leaving with the rest of it.

Is she grabbing a quick bite before heading south? Dare we ask, yet again - is this the last time? And the answer still is... time will tell! But at 97 days old today (6th September), with a full crop after lots of fish yesterday and the previous day, and a northerly wind today, Africa is beckoning, and the siren song is getting louder.
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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Farniente » Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:06 am

Hello,

Louis is back! :woohoo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrQBuVEGVyc

Made a quick visit.
A stranger Osprey is here since wednesday.

Aila hasn't returned yet.
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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Woodlands Bleu » Sun Apr 11, 2021 11:58 am

Thank you Farniente.....Please visit often!
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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by Ferenz » Sun Apr 11, 2021 10:37 pm

Welcome Farniente & Louis...

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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020

Post by JudyB » Mon Aug 02, 2021 9:16 pm

2021 Cam Maintenance
Matching Drive

A little over 17 weeks ago, we met Tiku from our Surrey Reserve nest; this is just before he or maybe she made it all the way out of the shell:
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And now Tiku and Tucca from Surrey Reserve and Hope and Chase from Delta 2 have all set out to explore the world.

We do still have one young eagle to watch - this is Romeo from our White Rock nest, who hatched 6 weeks later than Tiku:
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At 11 weeks, he (or maybe she) is practicing perching on the nest supports and exercising those big wings. Eaglets generally fledge (take their first flight) between 10 and 14 weeks, and it's my guess that will happen in the next week or so.

And you know - I haven't really thought about this before - but our little window to access the nests and clean the cams and do any other necessary work isn't always that much longer than the 35-40 days it takes an egg to hatch. Last year the Surrey Reserve adults didn't leave until August 14 (though they weren't visiting very often after Thor left in mid-July) - and Dad Sur was back on September 26. Different pairs have different schedules - and it can vary from year to year - so it would be great if we could get ready now.

With that in mind....
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We will be posting more details about our Adopt-a-Nest program, the new option to adopt one of our eagles with a tracker (details soon), the Monthly Donor program - and the work we need to do on the 10 cameras we now have at five different nests.

The important thing to know is that at least the first $1000 in donations toward our cam maintenance fund drive will be matched by long-time supporters of Hancock Wildlife - so the time to donate is now!

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Details about How to Donate

If you have questions, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]

Thank You!

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Re: Loch Arkaig Pine Forest (Scotland) 2020-2022

Post by Farniente » Mon Apr 11, 2022 9:55 am

Hello Loch Arkaig watchers;

Louis is back at nest two (new camera, thanks). Welcome home Louis! He arrives on the same day : April 11th :)
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And this is Dorcha, his new partner since last year (Aila didn't come back unfortunately) arriving the same day! Hello beautiful bird!
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Camera 1 is still running, so perhaps we'll have 2 nests to follow. :luck:

I'm pretty found of Louis, from lonesome to multiple time daddy

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