Re: Dyfi Osprey Project
Inviato: gio mag 12, 2016 8:01 pm
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from fbDyfi, Wales ...a new life is starting its journey on the Dyfi, it's tiny egg-tooth pipping out of its egg shell that has protected it for the last 37 days...We have our newest arrival at the Dyfi, hatched safe and sound at 22:27 last night.
Just a quick glimpse of young Bob getting his first ever mouthful of food this morning while we compile a video and blog.
http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/blog/e ... is-troubleAt eight minutes to midnight last night there was an almighty kerfuffle on the nest and when we checked the cameras this morning, it appears that Ceri somehow 'fell' off the larch perch. We were frantically searching for her this morning on the cameras (hence the poor camera angle of Tegid fledging) and found her grounded...
So Ceri made it back to the larch perch under her own steam having spent just under 12 hours on the ground. The fact that she could lift off from a standing position in tall rushes is hopefully a good sign.
She seemed a little shaken, but was preening and behaving normally on the larch perch as far as we could make out.
At 14:20 Tegid managed to push her off the larch tree, but she managed to fly to the nest okay a few seconds later.
Soon after she started to droop her head, close her eyes and kept her wings half-dropped. Two fish have been brought in since, but as I write at 20:10, she is still not showing any interest in feeding, just standing by the edge of the nest, head drooped down. She last fed yesterday evening, around 24 hours ago...
As I write on Wednesday evening, 20th July, Ceri has gone almost three days without food. She last ate at 21:05 on Sunday evening.
Since she flew back to the nest on Monday at around 2pm, she has not flown since and despite making some modest food soliciting calls, she has not followed these up by facing Glesni when she has been there to feed her. Her appetite has not returned - yet.
http://www.dyfiospreyproject.com/blog/e ... i-has-diedAt a few minutes before midnight last night, after being stood up for practically the whole day, Ceri lay down on the nest and quietly passed away. It was three days to the minute almost to when she fell off the larch perch late on Sunday night - her first night roosting off the nest. Ceri dies at 57 days old, six days following her maiden flight last week.
Between Monday evening and Tuesday evening Ceri had been struggling. Her head was bowed down, stooping with her eyes closed, propping herself up on her knees. By Wednesday however, she looked a lot better. She was more mobile, standing on two legs with her head up looking around, alert, responding to behaviours and calls around her.