Looduskalender

Sunshine, thank you. These soft pink colour shades and Ivo kicking the ground make the photos special.

07:58

Ivo

8:29 Female brought a big piece of bark
8:32 Mating(?) on the cam stand

9:25 Female on the nest, Ivo brought a big fish, was mantling and flew away with the fish
9:29 Re-delivery, female took the fish and flew away, 9:47 female is back and cleans her beak

10:12 Ivo brought another fish and flew away with it, no female in the nest

13:02
Kerfuffle on the nest - a third osprey involved!

I think it was a second female, with a metal ring only

13.02 time stamp, there was a third osprey for a moment. Was it the other female? Was it Irma? What is going on?

13:02

First the current unringed female comes over from the dead tree, then Ivo lands on the nest, making his submissive gestures* and then a third osprey with metal ring on right leg lands. Current unringed female beats it off the nest.

* because of this I think the stranger was a female

13:49 Female is back, mating attempt, Ivo is mantling
13:54 Another mating attempt and sitting on the female's back , Ivo left
13:55 Female flew away

14:02 Happy Ivo !! Mating again

14.34 Ivo arrives with big branch, nestoration going on. Female in dead tree.
14.38 Ivo leaves


15.33 mating attempt

What's going on in this nest this year?
Has Ivo changed his perfume so that all females come to this nest?

All...except Irma.
She's still well in the window of time but I'm getting restless.
In view of the other ladies.

16:09 mating on the nest. Then Ivo leaves.

16:34

16.44 Ivo delivers a fish, female takes the fish and flies to the dead tree.

Ivo still has a red mark on his left leg.

@ You, who have a control of happenings at this nest

When did the "older" lady vanish from the scene?
The osprey with only right leg metal ringed can mean an osprey born in Finland ...

16.44 Ivo with fish for female.
16.45 F flies off to dead tree to eat her fish. Ivo does some digging.

cama

Jojo wrote: April 23rd, 2019, 4:47 pm Ivo still has a red mark on his left leg.

I am convinced that it is only fish blood - he wouldn't move that smoothly, digging the nest, if his leg was not ok.
The red color is less than yesterday - and will be less and less as much as he fishes and dives in water

Owlie wrote: April 23rd, 2019, 4:57 pm I am convinced that it is only fish blood - he wouldn't move that smoothly, digging the nest, if his leg was not ok.
The red color is less than yesterday - and will be less and less as much as he fishes and dives in water

Good to know. Ivo will need his strength

17.07 Two Ospreys on the dead tree.

Who sits in the dead tree during the day for many hours ............... IVO?! ............. I am losing my hope that IRMA will come back...............

In 2014 Ima arrived on April 24th, but I too am losing hope for her return this year. She is getting on in years. Her first year on this nest was 2013, and if she was at least 3 years old then, she would be at least 9 years old now.
Perhaps she decided she has raised enough babies, and stayed in Africa.