Ossi the Optimistic Osprey returns home to Satakunta Nest 1 this morning 9 Jul 2021

Why is he optimistic? Well, he's a handsome bird in his prime, possessor of a very desirable nest, and newly single - and he's had three female visitors since he lost his long term mate Alma last month. A ringed female visited 7th July: https://youtu.be/INl143hAWIA; an unringed female visited 29th June: https://youtu.be/1uHij6OOMg8; and a very pale female with almost no necklace visited 28th June https://youtu.be/ugdMeaRHuMo. Which makes these females showing an interest in Ossi and his nest very interesting and bodes well for him finding a mate and raising a new family next year. He spent a few minutes on the nest alone this morning, but it's interesting he keeps returning and obviously isn't ready to give it up - he brought a branch to the nest on 7th July: https://youtu.be/GILVLIjaHrAeven. Although both Alma and his chicks are gone - they were relocated to a non-camera nest in hopes the parent birds would raise them with their own single chick, updates awaited - he is keeping a proprietal watch on his nest..

25th June attack: 10.31 a raven attacked causing the death of Alma and one of the chicks. Another chick was injured, Ossi tried to defend to no avail and wounded Alma was taken on the ground by a fox. Later Osprey Project management removed the two chicks, relocating them to another nest, leaving Ossi on his own https: (https://youtu.be/vOSb3v83EZo).

All footage copyright https://www.nestcam.eu/ watch live here: https://www.saaksilive.fi/live/sataku...

What is known about Alma and Ossi? How old are they and how long have they nested in the nest being monitored?:

Nest #1 is located in the Satakunta region in Western Finland. Ospreys have nested there since 2005. Camera surveillance at the nest began in 2017 and throughout the follow-up, Ossi and Alma have nested in the nest. The male, Ossi, has inhabited the nest since 2014. He has a ring on his right leg and according to the ringing data he hatched in Karkku, Sastamala in 2009. Alma, the female, didn’t have a ring and therefore her age and hatching location are unknown, it's not possible to assess Alma's age, for example, on the basis of plumage characteristics. However, based on data from previous nesting sites, indirect conclusions can be drawn about Alma’s age.

Ossi was first seen at the nest in 2014. There is no definite information as to whether Alma was Ossi's mate at that time. However, it is known that in 2012-13 there was still a different female in the nest, whose mate is again uncertain. It's therefore theoretically possible for Alma to have been the resident female since 2014 at the earliest. At that time, there was only one chick, which could be explained by the inexperience of the young female, but there is no evidence of this and there may be other reasons for the one-chick year. The year 2017, when there were three chicks, is the first year Alma is definitely known to have been the resident female. Successfully raising three chicks on a normal schedule suggests that Alma is not quite inexperienced, and it can therefore be concluded that if Alma had started breeding at the age of 4 right away in 2014, she would have been 11 years old at the time of her death on 25th June 2021.

In 2019 Alma and Ossi’s nest failed due to a Goshawk predating the three nestlings. Nevertheless, the pair returned the following year and raised three fledglings. Since 2017 Alma and Ossi have raised a total of eight fledglings.

Lue keskustelun säännöt http://bit.ly/chat-saannot
Tehonäkymä eri pesille https://www.saaksilive.fi/live/kaikki... (All cameras on same page)
Ilmoita saaliskalahavainto https://saaksilive.fi/kalantuonti
Lähetykset 2021 (Live streams)
1 Päänäkymä (Main view) https://saaksilive.fi/1a
1 Toinen näkymä (Alternative view) https://saaksilive.fi/1b
2 Päänäkymä (Main view) https://saaksilive.fi/2a
3 Päänäkymä (Main view) https://saaksilive.fi/3a
3 Toinen näkymä(Alternative view) https://saaksilive.fi/3b
L-S Päänäkymä (Main view) https://saaksilive.fi/4
Kaikki pesät / All nests https://saaksilive.fi/live/saaksikamerat

Appropriate permits have been obtained for the description of the nests from both landowners and the Southwest Finland Center for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment.