An egg for Nuppu (and Sara!)

The Osprey pair at nest#4 of Sääksilive nests have an egg! Nuppu laid the first one of her clutch yesterday evening.

Her mate figuring out how incubation works when left in charge of the egg for the first time. It seems like this might be his first nesting season, but he did manage to shuffle on top of it eventually and keep it guarded while Nuppu was away.

At nest#5/LS Sara already laid her first egg, too, but her equally inexperienced mate (banded as a nestling in 2019. Ospreys reach sexual maturity at 3-4 years old, so this is likely his first nesting season as well) managed to kick it over the rails while arranging the nest material. Well, it happens. Learning to be a parent is hard enough with guide books for beginners, let alone without.

ETA: Sara with her second egg that she just laid this morning:

Congrats, better luck with that one!

Osprey nesting season is starting

The finnish Osprey nests I've been following for a couple of years through Sääksilive have started filling up again after spring migration. There are both returning and new individuals among the future parents.

One familiar face is Nuppu, the female Osprey whose nest I've focused on the most so far, and whose return seemed pretty uncertain considering how much uncertainty her last nesting season ended with. The whereabouts of her previous season's mate and fledged chicks aren't known, but I'm happy to find out Nuppu herself seems to be doing well. She is at nest #4 like last year (closer to camera in the above screenshot), and has a new male courting her. He is not banded, and so far doesn't have a name.

Nest #1 has the same pair as last year, Eine and Eura; nest #2 is still empty, #3 seems to also have the same pair from last year, Tiuku and Tuulos; and #5/LS has the same female, Sara, with a new and also still unnamed male, who does have a band, but the ID on it hasn't been confirmed yet to find out more about him.

Worts this?

Pink liverworts (Anemone hepatica or Hepatica nobilis, they're usually blue).

Pajunkissat

Eaglet sunrise

Screenshots from the SouthWest Florida Bald Eagle nestcam. Fledglings E21 (now 15 weeks old) and E22 (turns 15 weeks on Saturday) perching together in the morning after sleeping on a branch of the nest tree.

Snacks with dad

Screenshots from CalFalcons Peregrine nest, featuring dad falcon Lou feeding the chicks. A few screenshots show prey.

Chicks woken up from their nap. The fourth egg seems to have been inviable as it still hasn't hatched, so it's three of them. They're about a week old.

Waiting...

Sprang