Not a dull moment with these guys

Screenshots from nest#4 of Sääksilive Osprey nests, which has had a rather dramatic afternoon today.

Older chick Una feeling the wind under her wings at the edge of the nest...

...and then fledging! Younger chick Jouko seems startled and does some wing flapping of his own.

Alone at the nest for the first time in his life.

Una returns to the nest, finding their mother Nuppu there with Jouko. She doesn't get a warm welcome, though.

Nuppu's behavior following Una's fledge has been rather strange, and upsetting to many viewers, as she gave both of her chicks quite the beating, and especially Una upon her return, and hasn't really seemed to relax since, the chicks being careful not to make any sudden moves that she might perceive as provocation.

It was definitely unpleasant to see, but I'll remind myself I'm here to observe and not to judge. Whatever the reason for Nuppu's behavior, even if it's something that doesn't make sense to humans, animals will be animals. A wildlife camera is not a reliable source of unproblematic cuteness, and shouldn't be treated as such, nor the animals as characters in a TV show despite having names and numerous viewers. So with that in mind,

From what I can tell, the fledge coincided with an intruder alert. Perhaps that confused Nuppu about which ospreys are supposed to be at her nest and which are not? I can only speculate, and I'm hardly an expert, but that's one guess. In any case, an interesting insight into the bizarreness of bird life.

Nightly visions

Fishraptorlets at their most handsome

Screenshots from nest#4 of Sääksilive Osprey nests, and later in the post from Sydney White-bellied Sea-Eagle nest. Latter includes views of fish prey.

Osplets Jouko (left) and Una as seen from their most flattering angle. :)

New seaglets and osplet closeups

Screenshots from two raptor nestcams. The latter includes views of fish prey.

First a couple of peeks at the two little eaglets at Sydney White-bellied Sea-Eagle nest. Older chick SE29 hatched July 18th, and the younger SE30 early this morning. It's already night now on their time zone, so I'll have a better look at them tomorrow, but both are doing well, brooded by their mother Lady.

Raptor is the new doodle

And in this enclosure we have a Hydra.

Widening wings

Screenshots from nest#4 of Sääksilive Osprey nests. Includes views of fish prey.

Osplets having a shared stretching break after their nap.

A shared bathroom break, too.

Then back to napping.

Can we make turtleducks next?

Moving on to the Tacaño Research Facility map.

Well, what do you know, this being a top secret research facility is actually reflected in the people wandering the streets. I was wondering if I'm supposed to make guest buildings to make money since supposedly no one knows about this place except people hand-picked by Dr. Wu, but yeah, no tourists seem to be using them, it's all security personnel and scientists.

Clicking on the buildings does say there are guests in them, though, I guess just not setting foot outside. Maybe it's people like those attending the auction in FK and they got a special, secret invitation. Sadly they are not on the menu, then, if a dino does break out.

The Ankylodocus looks ridiculous, but that's not her fault.

"Who would cross the Gate of Death must answer me these questions three."

Well, I did pull off getting her to look dramatic in a photo, I think.

I trapped a ranger team to be on standby for health boosts if necessary during the Stegoceratops mission, lol. Otherwise they keep wanting to return to the station the moment I stop driving the jeep myself if they haven't been assigned a specific task. Didn't need them in the end, I don't think any of the poor carnivores that had to fight the also ridiculous-looking Stegoceratops even got to bite her once, but maybe I'll trap rangers more often when I need them to stay put somewhere away from the station for a while, the dinosaurs are enough to keep an eye on. It's not like they can starve or something, right? Lots of ethical treatment of staff and animals taking place here.