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Jollypolly
02-06-2011, 22:40
Did anybody see the young osprey flying high over Sueno Azul yesterday, it eventually landed on an electricity post near to the large water tank at the top end of Sueno Azul. I havent seen one before but wondered if they are a regular sight here in Tenerife
sunspot
02-06-2011, 22:46
Im sorry i missed that Jollypolly,seen Parrots and a lot of hawks over Sueno but not an Osprey
Jollypolly
02-06-2011, 22:50
It was quite a size, my husband managed to get a photo of it, I got the bird book out!
imablue
02-06-2011, 23:18
can you get it posted on here ...... not heard of Ospreys in Tenerife before .. this has got to be a first, if it is you could be onto something very big ......
TenerifeTeddy
02-06-2011, 23:24
There has been an Osprey nest in the cliffs at Los Gigantes for 3 years or so now. They get easy pickings from the fishermen and also now the fishfarm, but I haven´t seen one in Callao, excellent news, they are wonderful to watch when hunting.

There are resident harriers that roost on the satellite dishes and roof of Agua Viva, hunting over the ground towards Callao Beach and Mirador de la Gomera.
Sylla
03-06-2011, 16:31
Back here in the UK near where I live by Rutland Water we have an Osprey nest with a webcam ....you can see the little ones being fed ...and the Mum and Dad so careful ....and just in the last couple of days they have grown ....

http://www.ospreys.org.uk/webcam/
Sylla
03-06-2011, 16:45
Looks like their webcam is down for the moment .....
Jollypolly
03-06-2011, 16:45
Hi Imablue, I have the photo downloaded on my desktop. I am not sure how to download it to the forum, can you or anyone help. Simple instructions please...
Sylla
03-06-2011, 18:02
Webcam is back on and Mum ( or may be Dad ) baby sitting ! ,....

http://www.ospreys.org.uk/webcam/
sunspot
03-06-2011, 18:04
Back here in the UK near where I live by Rutland Water we have an Osprey nest with a webcam ....you can see the little ones being fed ...and the Mum and Dad so careful ....and just in the last couple of days they have grown ....

http://www.ospreys.org.uk/webcam/

Thanks sylla,lovely moment and lovely location by the looks of it
Harmonicaman
03-06-2011, 18:07
Hi Imablue, I have the photo downloaded on my desktop. I am not sure how to download it to the forum, can you or anyone help. Simple instructions please...
I've explained what to do in 2 other threads Jollypolly. Just have a look, they are both asking the same as you.
imablue
03-06-2011, 18:16
HM,s instructions should be easy to follow Jollypolly.....he the man ....:)
if you get stuck just holla on here..........
Jollypolly
03-06-2011, 18:28
not sure if I have done this right..... I wait and see
Harmonicaman
03-06-2011, 18:29
not sure if I have done this right..... I wait and see

Beautiful...easypeasy lemon squeezy.:lol:
Jollypolly
03-06-2011, 18:33
achieved with your help, many thanks Harmonicaman
sunspot
03-06-2011, 18:35
Well done Jollypolly,nice picture
Chris P. Bacon
03-06-2011, 18:39
Another forum member saw a guinea fowl here in Tenerife a couple of weeks ago...



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imablue
03-06-2011, 18:40
well in jollypolly....nothin gonna stop you now .........:crazy:
Sylla
03-06-2011, 18:46
That's the one definately an Osprey !
Harmonicaman
03-06-2011, 18:53
Here's a nice piccie of one catching a fish...

http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy13/harmonicaman_photos/80190647.jpg
Sylla
03-06-2011, 19:10
Here's a nice piccie of one catching a fish...

http://i773.photobucket.com/albums/yy13/harmonicaman_photos/80190647.jpg


Wow ! ....you can go on a boat trip on Rutland Water and see them doing this .....Yesterday Mum or Dad Osprey was pulling a big fish apart ( seen on the webcam )...to feed the babies .... they grow every time I look in !
Margaretta
03-06-2011, 19:57
What a fantastic photo....you could enter this for the Countryfile calendar?
Harmonicaman
03-06-2011, 20:48
What a fantastic photo....you could enter this for the Countryfile calendar?
I couldn't...I nicked it from Google images...:lol:
Sylla
04-06-2011, 14:01
tut...tut ..... :fryingpan: :eyebrows:
HarryH
04-06-2011, 18:38
Ospreys have been nesting on the cliffs at Los Gigantes for many years - I first saw them there about six years ago and they were already well established. About eighteen months ago an adult osprey passed over our heads whilst we were sat on our roof in Sueño Azul - possibly only about eight meters above us.