This is going on at De Mortel!! 49 minutes ago! It kills me this nest is under so much attack!!

http://youtu.be/DK3IMqXs3sA  One or both will get hurt, this is heartbreaking to watch!!

Who is this?!  I don't watch..just read some comments.

never leave an owlet alone with a reflective surface

        Good one!

Reading posted cam watchers observations on BCAW today..VM (1st new guy) sleeps nightly in the box or seeks refuge there when Pa's around like he knows Pa won't fight in there with the eggs. Today, it sounds like a 3rd male and another female are in the mix.  VV was off the eggs for quite a while, possibly battling with intruder female. VM 2 (2nd male) was in the box for a few minutes.  Posted on stream times VV was off eggs: 22 min, 3 min, 28 min, 20 min, 34 min, and last 54min.

Not looking good for the eggs..what a mess!   

Yes, it was an absolute mess.

So, VM got displaced by VM2 today.  But I honestly think VM2 came in with a female & tried to take over tower because VV was leaving eggs and engaging.  This evening (box time), there was VV, Pa, Orange band (possible female), and VM2 seen on steam and captured on video. 

I think VV is engaging the female (orange).  At one point, Orange was in the box & VV was on the porch. She would not engage in box, so flew off.  When all were out, we had VV & Pa in the box with heavy bonding and a 3rd falcon on the porch, just watching.. So strange.  I have never seen anything like that before. There's so much more to this brief story and so hard to keep track of who was or wasn't in the box. 

I was trying to keep up with all the comments that were being posted but was getting so confused.  It's been some very sad past few years for Pa.

Reading posted cam watchers observations on BCAW today..VM (1st new guy) sleeps nightly in the box or seeks refuge there when Pa's around like he knows Pa won't fight in there with the eggs. Today, it sounds like a 3rd male and another female are in the mix.  VV was off the eggs for quite a while, possibly battling with intruder female. VM 2 (2nd male) was in the box for a few minutes.  Posted on stream times VV was off eggs: 22 min, 3 min, 28 min, 20 min, 34 min, and last 54min.

Not looking good for the eggs..what a mess!   

Saw this on BCAW:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/scotland-s-famous-osprey-lady-could-get-memorial-1-3744207

I just took a look and the new female has laid the first egg!  Couldn't grab a pic tho.

Wow!  She moved fast!  I guess The Lady didn't make it this year..sad, but she had a good, long run.

Hello,Have no idea what i am doing but after pressing lots of things,this came up.Think I may not be suited for this.Anyway,happy to hear MAK is on road to recovery.I miss her "watches" but know she will be back.Raising her in prayer.   

You did awesome!  It gets easier with time..don't give up!

http://youtu.be/o_Y_9fha4c0


OMG!!! LOOK, Pa! And aren't they HAPPY to see each other!!!!   OH praying for them!!

I saw a pic of him on the eggs..hoping for the best here!

                                   


                                                

Love the chirps and looks..priceless! 

How cute is he..hope all goes well for him!

Lots of action at the Loch of the Lowes!   

http://blogs.scottishwildlifetrust.org.uk/osprey/2015/04/11/three-is-a-crowd-four-is-a-mob/

That was an odd look she was giving that little egg.  Kinda like 'what the heck is that?!'

I know but now it looks like she's got it..someone on the eggs now but don't know who.  Hope things go well here.

Still no word on Belle 

But Allen and Liadan now have four eggs.  Got this pic from Toledo's Facebook post.

It took her quite a while to "get it".  She would lay on the other side of the box, after laying the first egg, and stared at it..must be young.

It appears that Eole, that was with Spirit over the winter, turned out to be a 2-timer, having another nest site and hasn't been seen in a while. Recently, an unbanded tiercel named Arthurin by watchers, has been seen frequently wooing Spirit.  She laid her first egg today! A pic of him on FB today shows he has a cracked beak!

I give up on these falcons!! Too many changes and  aches!!

I wonder whatever happened to her mate, Roger, who disappeared late fall-early winter.