ZitatThe nest is about 2 km from a fish farm and a lake is also nearby - both are good fishing grounds for osprey.
Last season, we watched Madis, a father for the second season, and Piret, a new female, raise and fledge three young. You can see pictures and videos from last season HERE.
Madis was ringed by Esa Sojamo in Finland, Lappeenranta region, Kymi, on 7 July 2007. According to Urmas, he probably started to nest in 2011 (the nest with two chicks was then about 200 m away and fell down in the winter), but there are no ring readings from 2011. The two chicks were not ringed in 2011.
Piret was a new mate in 2012. She was not ringed when she mated with Madis, but was fitted with a transmitter and rings in August 2012. We followed her migration to Africa in August/September and back in March/April.
So as it stands right now, Oxana (new female) has decided she likes Piret and Madis' nest and will not leave. Madis is continuing to "encourage" her to leave, pestering her with fly by buzzing overhead, wing slaps and sitting on top of her. From what their forum is indicating, they have actually mated though. No one seems to know where Piret is as her transmitter stopped signalling on April 5.
Taken from Jamaica Bay Osprey's blog at Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge.
ZitatThe longer the time interval between mates arriving on the breeding site, the more likely it will be that the first arriving mate will attract or be attracted to a new mate. Yes, Ospreys do mate for life as far as we know, but that bond needs to be reinforced each spring by the arrival of the second mate. If too much time elapses, the instinct to wait for their mate wanes, and they will accept another mate since the instinct to breed is far greater – and more important – than the instinct to wait for a mate that may have perished over the winter.
So xyz arrives to find that his mate has a new mate – what happens then?
In most cases, the late returning bird will drive off the new bird as the bond between the old mates will be stronger than the newly formed bond between the old mate and the new mate, especially if the new mate is a young bird. We often see three Ospreys on a nest and conflicts between two of them early in the nesting season. These conflicts are usually short in duration and no one gets hurt in the process. However, once I found an adult Osprey dead in the nest while two adults went about their business of egg laying and rearing young. I do not know if the dead bird was a former mate or an intruder.
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It was pretty windy today. Made for great pictures. After about 15 minutes of calling the mate finally came in.
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LOUD CHIRPING AGAIN AND FOOD BROUGHT IN, AND FLY-AWAY WITH FISH.
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NEST BUILDING CONTINUES AND A DEEPER NEST BOWL IS BEING MADE.
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Hi Bunnie-so glad you caught this. What excitement to see Piret back, and then POOF. Sure hope they can get it fixed. Did you see this link to all the cams- http://pontu.eenet.ee/player/tabel.html Think it will be my new screen saver. These osprey are fascinating.
WELL ACCORDING TO THE POSTS IN THEIR FORUM, THE CAM HAS BEEN FIXED! I THINK URMAS CLIMBED THAT HUGE TREE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH ONLY A FLASHLIGHT AND REPAIRED WHAT NEEDED TO BE. GEEZ ... WHAT DEDICATION! APPARENTLY THERE WAS NO INJURED BIRD AS WELL!
BACK TOGETHER AGAIN. TAKEN EARLY AM. THEY HAVE ALREADY MATED ON THE NEST AND MADIS HAS BEEN BUSY BRINGING NESTING MATERIALS. PIRET IS THE ONE WITH THE TRANSMITTER ON THAT QUIT WORKING.
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NOT THE GREATEST HOMECOMING FOR PIRET! SHE IS BEING ATTACKED OVER AND OVER, PROBABLY BY OXANA, FOR QUITE SOMETIME!!!
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Madis is cheating on Piret. He and Oxana did the deed again while I was watching this morning. I took a pic in case Piret wants to hire a lawyer and needs proof.
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Mating Oxana 754am ET 4-2
no transmitter 753am ET 4
AS IT STANDS FOR THE MOMENT...OXANA IS ON THE NEST AND NO SIGHT OF PIRET. BUT PIRET JUST MIGHT BE RESTING AND WAITING; WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT IN THE END. NATURE IS CRUEL SOMETIMES, BUT VICTORY USUALLY GOES TO THE STRONGEST.
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PIRET LANDED ON THE NEST ... NEXT TO OXANA! DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON HERE MADIS CONTINUES TO MATE WITH OXANA AND BRING IN NESTING MATERIALS. IN ANY EVENT, IT'S GOOD TO KNOEW PIRET IS OK AND LOOKS GOOD!
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So as it stands right now, Oxana (new female) has decided she likes Piret and Madis' nest and will not leave. Madis is continuing to "encourage" her to leave, pestering her with fly by buzzing overhead, wing slaps and sitting on top of her. From what their forum is indicating, they have actually mated though. No one seems to know where Piret is as her transmitter stopped signalling on April 5. 
BUT THE CAM HAS BEEN KNOCKED AT A WRONG ANGLE. HOPE THEY CAN FIX.
BUT PIRET JUST MIGHT BE RESTING AND WAITING; WILL HAVE TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT IN THE END. NATURE IS CRUEL SOMETIMES, BUT VICTORY USUALLY GOES TO THE STRONGEST.
