Lay Lady lay ... record-breaking osprey does it again with egg #59

[Judi Lynn]

Lay Lady lay ... record-breaking osprey does it again with egg #59
Scottish Wildlife Trust says Lady, a 26-year-old osprey in Perthshire, has confounded fears she might never breed again
Severin Carrell guardian.co.uk,
Wednesday 13 April 2011 16.20 BST

A venerable osprey that has already set records for breeding success has delighted conservationists and bird lovers by laying her 59th egg, confounding fears she might never breed again.

The Scottish Wildlife Trust said that Lady, a 26-year-old osprey nesting at the Lowes wildlife reserve in Perthshire, had laid her first egg of the breeding season after her latest mate returned to their nest.

Reserve staff spotted Lady hunched protectively over the egg in her eyrie high up in a Scots pine at lunchtime. The trust has now put in place a round-the-clock guard to prevent egg thieves and vandals reaching her nest.

Ospreys normally lay two to four eggs per season, so the reserve is hoping for at least one further egg to be laid, with the first chick expected within a week. The drama is being streamed live around the world, with a "nest cam" trained on the eyrie.

More:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/apr/13/wildlife-endangeredspecies

[Cleita]

1. Is she the Michelle Duggar of the bird world? n/t

[Judi Lynn]

2. Here is the live "nest cam"

http://www.swt.org.uk/wildlife/webcams/loch-of-lowes/

The osprey is in.

[Lefta Dissenter]

3. awwwwwwwwwwwwww,

what a good mommy! :)

[xchrom]

4. kick