Eagle Cam

[Scylla]

Osprey Dulas from the Dyfi nest in Wales left on his migration today, he could hardly have picked a worse day. Instead of flying south-ish to cross the Channel to France he got blown all the way to Essex and last heard of was over the sea on the way to Belgium - not good.

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[magicma]

Oh dear!! MM

[Scylla]

Poor Dulas! The Dyfi Osprey Project peeps who do the tracking thought that he was floating in the sea 5 miles off Essex, but then they realised that his altitude was consistently at 10m - so he's probably overnighted on the wind turbines there, flitting from one to another It's a dangerous place for him, he must be very confused. No more updates until tomorrow night-ish

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[magicma]

fingers crossed. MM

[Scylla]

On a lighter note - the bird feeder at Loch Garten.

The woodpecker had been peacefully feeding with smaller birdies, they scarpered before the red squirrel made his entrance. Squirrel wouldn't even let his own kind share > (He does later.)




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[Scylla]

Pot-plant owl doesn't bat an eyelid when householder does noisy housework:




The story of Pot-plant Owl (C&P from website) in case I haven't already told ya:

The Potted Plant Eagle Owl live stream is a window into the world a pair of wild Spotted Eagle Owls who were forced to nest in a potted plant on the balcony of a Allan and Tracey in Johannesburg South Africa. Developer's greed and the destruction of their natural nesting and feeding habitat has been the backdrop to an amazing story of how these Eagle Owls have adapted to survive and breed in man's harsh environment for the last 4 years.

Initial attempts to local environmental agencies to stop the developers fell on deaf ears and the trees were felled and the wetland left devastated. Allan and Tracy decided to fight back and with the help of a live camera and Africam, started a petition to stop any further development. Within days more than 27 000 people from around the world had signed and they were inundated with emails with people willing to help both financially and with advice. A further case was laid with the Department of Agriculture and Forestry to stop all further work and rehabilitate the wetland.

On the 25th of June 2011 the decision came back and the courts ruled that no development was allowed on the wetland site. The developer has since put in an application to appeal the decision and the Spotted Eagle Owls need your support again to save their natural nesting and feeding habitat from destruction.

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[Scylla]

Dulas is now (or was earlier) 46 miles north-east of Paris!!! Apparently the nasty windfarm may have saved his life from high winds. They say that it's flocks of migrating birds that are at most danger from windfarms, more so than birds that migrate alone.

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[Scylla]

Pot-plant dad brings mum a meal (I thought she was giving him a kiss at first )...




The evening light isn't friendly for clarity, and the owls are not for positioning to our advantage, but it's nice anyway. At first I thought there was a chick sleeping in front of mum, but surely it must be her breast feathers fluffed out over the eggs ???


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[magicma]

Thanks Scyll - only just caught up with the above ^^^^^ Lovely pics and stories.

Went to see new flat today - am happy with it. Fair size rooms and windows. Everything need redecoration though - HA's no longer do it!! But that's a minor thing, I can cope with that.

There is a wet room (no bath) so I shall be happy with that as well - once I find out how to use it!!

Grandson Liam has just taken my light fittings down in here. Will clean them up ready to go.

So, fingers crossed, everything ok so far. MM

[Scylla]

It's so nice to have good news from you, MM, what with the sadness we're going thru now.

My SO had to get his HA flat redecorated when he moved in, 'twas in a bit of a state. He had all new carpets and a couple of months later the heating engineers flooded the place and the HA wouldn't cough up from their insurance so SO had to pay for the lounge carpet to be replaced. HAs ain't what they used to be >

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[Scylla]

Quiet here, isn't it? Well here's my vid of PP-owl having a nice dinner:







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[Chrissie]

I couldn't really make it out Scylla, was it a mouse? or maybe a rat PP had for dinner?

[Sue (AKA ) milosmum]

When my daughter was little we lived in a country park (my late husband was manager of the nurseries) our house was beside the wildlife centre in the park & my daughter was the 1st person to see an eagle born in captivity. She would sit for hours with the centre manager watching the egg waiting for it to hatch amazing!

[monster74]

Mmmm rat for dinner, how tasty yum yum

[Scylla]

Oct 5, 2011 14:45:32 GMT Chrissie said:

I couldn't really make it out Scylla, was it a mouse? or maybe a rat PP had for dinner?

I wasn't expecting you to watch it at all, Chrissie, but were you able to wait for the tail? I should have edited off the front bit.

Natz, I thought that the tail looked a bit too furry for a rat, but the quality is pretty poor, lord knows what it was. Apart from a spectacle

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