Today our youngest osprey watch volunteer, Alasdair aged 11 years, was on duty at Kailzie Osprey Watch with his Dad. Alasdair has kindly written the blog for us about what was happening today.
Alasdair wrote: Friday 22nd July
Today there has been a lot of activity on the nest. Earlier on there were two jays on the nest thought to be an adult and a chick. The chicks have been coming back and forth. ZP (the stay at home bird) has spent most of his day on the nest. At one point in the afternoon all three chicks were on the nest. There has been a lot of calling in the vicinity.
For ZP, the day has been a bit of a 'hokey kokey' because he has been in and out but not shaking it all about. When the nest is empty you can hear the family calling in the distance and when ZP is on the nest you can here them replying to his constant calling. Unluckily for ZP there hasn’t been a fish delivered to the nest so he is probably quite hungry so that explains the calling. At the moment he has been flapping about and has just left probably to be back soon. The female is probably thinking about leaving for Africa in two or three weeks time. At the moment mid afternoon seems to be the best time to come to visit the centres.
Thank you to Alasdair and we hope he will write for us when he is on duty again.
Friday, 22 July 2011
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Thanks Alasdair! Hokey Kokey - now there's something that took me back a few years!
ReplyDeleteSo nice to see a person so young with a great interest in the osprey. Keep up the good work Alisdair. I enjoyed your post.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the call Alasdair, always good to know the progress through the season from our neigbouring sites,We are sure you are enjoying yourself and best for the remainder of the season.
ReplyDeleteGoodshoutsur!!!!
Aberfoyle