watching the ospreys at loch of the lowes ?? and are you a bit concerned with how Mrs Osprey looks this morning ?? She looks a bit groggy - hope all is well
I understand that bringing up chicks can wear out any mother bird, but she looks very flat. The babies are breathing quite heavily too, I wonder if it's warm up there this morning?
just popped back in seekerz, not looking very good - Mum has her wings spread out as if she's trying to cool down. Has there been movement in the last half hour?
not really, she tries to lift her head, but it goes down again. the chicks have been preening themselves, but they haven't had a meal yet today and I haven't seen dad since early on.
Can the wardens intervene if the bird is sick, or do they let nature take its course? I saw a message about ringing so presumably they do go to the nest if they have to?
oh god i hope so - just that i don't know whether they're aware of it and how long it takes to get to them.
The camera runs all the time - I've logged on at night, just to watch for a bit [ nothing better to do with my time ] there's a number to contact the Edinburgh office but that's about it. though I hope someone in the Uk is able to get through - fingers crossed
I think they are using webcam 2 now, or Mum has moved to the other side of the nest - she'sstill lying down but looking round and a bit of minor wing-flapping. She doesn't look very vigorous, but the tree is moving so perhaps it's really windy - a north wind is forecast today.
I saw that Drf! Dad just flew in, sat on the edge and cheeped, nobody took a blind bit of notice so he flew off to the nearby tree. I wonder if the wind is making them all lie below nest-wall level - but mum is looking very flat.