Dyfi Osprey Project

[Kukelke]

June 18th

A double feeding this afternoon:




EDIT:

Better quality picture from Dyfi facebook:

How's this for teamwork?

Mullet to left of me
Flounder to the right
Here I am, stuck in the middle with you



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[Uta]

June 19th

Pictures from Feeding between 16:58- 17:01
Monty feeds his checks

[Kukelke]

June 21st

Today's updates on the Dyfi facebook site:

DAY 13: Getting stronger and fitter by the day. Bob 2 is now starting to turn into a dinosaur also.



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And great video footage about the oldest osplet nearly hit KO by a flapping fish (video under the link below):

Boxing Bob
We received a large number of emails late on Thursday night - everyone was worried about Big Bob.

Bob ended up in a fight with his/her dinner and took a smack in the chops. Bob was floored and failed to get up after a standing eight count.

Bob 1 eventually came 'round however and quickly tucked in to his assailant.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=78 ... =2&theater

[macdoum]

Sea Bass fights back;

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=78 ... =2&theater

Sorry for the repeat.

[macdoum]

Dyfi blog today;24th June 2014

Dyfi Osprey Project
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Here's Big Bob and some useful information.

Bob is 16 days old today and the adult feathers are really coming through now. The egg tooth is disappearing, but will still be visible for another couple of weeks.

Bob's eyes have reached that deep amber colour which is normal for osprey chicks - they turn yellow by the age of one to two years (unless you're Monty!).

Bob is becoming more independent as time passes and can thermoregulate much better with each passing day.

We will ring Bob 1 and Bob 2 at the age of five to six weeks. No decision has been taken on tracking yet. We'll have a pretty good idea what sex each chick is when we ring them and we can then give them names. We'll follow the same protocol as previous years in naming both Bobs after rivers

[Kukelke]

June 26th

All is going well with Bob1 and Bob2, here a picture from yesterday:




And here is today's Dyfi facebook update:

Bore da

Both Bobs are now in the very quick growth spurt stage. They will triple their weight in the next two weeks or so.

Here is Big Bob showing his/her primary feathers developing - these are called blood feathers or pin feathers at this stage.

Big Bob is 18 days old today - he'll be flying in just over four weeks!!



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[Kukelke]

June 29th

No real special events to record the last couple of days. The osplets are doing great and give the Latvian osplets stiff competition in 'who has the biggest crop'. Blue24 is still about, but she keeps her distance to the nest. All is well with other words.

Here the two latest Dyfi facebook updates:

Both chicks are moving around the nest freely now, getting more independent every day. Big Bob is three weeks old today.

We will not satellite track the chicks this year but they will be ringed in a couple of weeks time. By then we should have a pretty good idea of their gender and they will be named after Welsh rivers.

Pronounceable ones



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The Bobs haven't exactly been seeing eye to eye this moring.

Bit of a Sunday lunch fisticuffs going on!



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[Kukelke]

June 30

All is well at the Dyfi and Bob1 & Bob2 are again giving some stiff competition to the Latvian osplets in the World Championships in Crop-Bulging:

[Bea]

Heavens, they look as if they had bulb for dinner

[Kukelke]

July 1st

Interesting and pretty advanced behaviour for his age by the oldest Dyfi osplet this morning; he attempted to self-feed and managed to tear off some small morsels by the look of it:

Watch the video here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=78 ... 9554&saved

[Kukelke]

July 2nd

Like last year, Monty tries to build an extra nest on top of the camera pole, but this year the camera pole is made 'nest proof', so Monty will have a hard time if he wants to succeed, but he tries:

[Kukelke]

July 3rd

Very neat close-up. How many osplets can you see?

[Kukelke]

July 5th

All is going well at the Dyfi. Here a picture of both Bobs (bobbleheads) looking into the cam this morning:




And Monty is still trying to build an extra nest on top of one of the camera poles:

Kids growing up fast, 27 and 24 days old today.

Dad is building a summer house. Again!



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[Kukelke]

July 7th

All is still going according the osprey rulebook, and this afternoon we got some very neat close-ups of one of the Bobs. You can see every detail, even the reflection of the camera pole in his eye:

[Malewitsch]

from fb

[Kukelke]

Dyfi facebook update:

You know the male intruder that has been around?

Well, here he is. A big thank you to photographer Barry Lowe who has sent us these three photographs (combined into one) he took on Saturday.

Certainly no satellite tracker and we don't think any rings either. What do you think?



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[Malewitsch]

[Kukelke]

July 11th

Today's Dyfi facebook update:

Monty has caught his 200th fish of the season this week - he is again this year proving to be a master fisherman and provider to his family.

The chicks are nearing the end of their huge growth spike this week, we will now see a slightly reduced consumption level, but a lot of feather growth.



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And a screenshot from late yesterday evening when Glesni & Monty were having some quality time together on one of the perches near the nest:

[Kukelke]

July 12th

Everything is still going according the osprey rulebook. Here two screenshots, both close-ups. The first is one of the bobs, the other Glesni's talons:






And today's facebook update from the Dyfi:

Big Bob isn't so small anymore!

I believe I can fly..



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[Kukelke]

July 14th

All is going well at the Dyfi, and it seems that Bob2 is eating more than Bob1, and passing Bob1 in size and volume. Here a close-up of one of the Bobs from yesterday:




And today's update on the Dyfi facebook site:

Both chicks will be ringed tomorrow with these ring numbers.

QUICK COMPETITION: Guess the weight of both Bob 1 and Bob 2 and we'll send you a Monty pin badge, a Glesni pin badge and a DOP baseball cap if you get them both right.

£2 per entry, donation can be made on the LIve Streaming page. All donations go towards running DOP.

http://dyfiospreyproject.com/stream

Clue: Females tend to weigh a bit more than males. Last year's girls weighed 1,660g (Cerist) and 1710g (Clarach). But do we have one boy this year?

Good luck



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