Updates
No chicks for PLO again this year
Ospreys Mum and Dad in Port Lincoln, SA, sadly gave up on their eggs again this year. Though we can't know for sure, the best guess about why this happened is that warming sea temperatures have made it so hard for the ospreys to catch fish that Mum hasn't been eating enough for nesting to be viable. The observation board has more details. Very sad and frustrating to see these obvious impacts of the climate crisis while our governments are tripping over themselves to approve new data centres and fossil fuel projects to speed up the disaster.
More from the nest: Port Lincoln Ospreys
Āwheo has fledged!
This year's royal albatross chick in New Zealand was just the second chick in the colony to fledge, leaving on 4 September. Unfortunately the live cam didn't catch his first flight but he's now off on a new adventure, learning to feed off the coast of New Zealand before he flies to the Humboldt Current near Chilé for his first migration.
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Third egg for CSU falcons
Diamond laid her third egg today, so she and Gimbir can start full-time incubation now. Last year only one of three eggs hatched, which seemed like a blessing since it was Gimbir's first time as a dad. It'll be interesting to see how well he manages providing for Diamond and 3 chicks if they all hatch this year.
More from the nest: CSU falcons
Egg #2 for Diamond and Gimbir arrived today
Diamond laid her second egg late last night (7 Sep). We'll expect a third egg in another 2-3 days, I think (apparently it's about 60h between eggs on average, for Diamond).
More from the nest: CSU falcons
Happy vulture day!
I made a new page all about vultures yesterday, since it was international vulture awareness day. It has some facts about my favourite vulture species, and links to some vulture nest live cams.
First egg for Diamond and Gimbir
Diamond just laid her first egg of the season this morning!
More from the nest: CSU falcons
A sad end to the season for the Madrid booted eagle nest
This booted eagle nest in Madrid had been terrorised most nights by a marten looking for food. Overnight on the 14th/15th of August the marten finally succeeded at getting past the protective eagle mum and dragging the chick away out of the nest. A very sad end to the season in one of my favourite nests this year.
More from the nest: Booted eagle Spain
Welcome, SE38!
SE38, the second white-bellied sea eagle chick for this year, made it out of the egg this morning. You can see it's still wet from hatching in this image, where it had just tumbled out of the egg after an exhausting hatching process.
More from the nest: Sydney Sea Eagles
The sea eagles are hatching!
The white-bellied sea eagles in Sydney have two eggs this year. SE37, the first chick, has made it out of its egg, and SE38 has made a pip and is in the process of hatching.
More from the nest: Sydney Sea Eagles