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carly:
Lady just laid her second egg!!! (We need a bowing/worship icon!!!)
Fantastic news here at Loch of the Lowes!
Today at 14:16 we were all thrilled to see our resident female lay her second egg of the season. This brings her grand total up to 60 eggs and increases our hope of seeing her 50th chick fledge this year. Last year our resident female laid 3 eggs and we may see another egg over the next few days. Osprey eggs take between 35 and 39 days to hatch and throughout this period the female will carryout the larger portion of the incubation responsibilities. On average males will incubate for 20-35% of daylight hours but this does vary from male to male.
Kinderchick:
This is an amazing story considering Lady is 26 yrs. old!...:o "Female ospreys live an average of eight years and produce about 20 chicks in that time. Lady has produced 56 eggs and has now seen 48 fledge." ;D 8)
Elaine L:
What a wonderful story! This 26-year-old female has defied all the odds. She had a strong will, and great genes, and these genes have been passed on to her chicks. The only sad news in this whole story is that they have to protect her from wildlife poachers.
carly:
The Lady of the Loch has returned!!!! :-* :-* :-* ;D ;D ;D
http://www.swt.org.uk/news/bird-experts-baffled-by-old-ospreys-return/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-12891743
bcbird:
Awww,....round the clock babysitters!
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