Rutland Ospreys third egg is broken by a runaway huge headless flapping fish 14 May 2021

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Unedited raw footage from 14.19 to 15.11 showing a headless fish suddenly breaking loose from Maya as she feeds the two chicks, squashing the chicks, and breaking the third egg. The egg is shown to be addled, so that means it's just the two Osplets for Maya & Blue 33 this year. But both chicks are both strong and healthy, and growing by the hour. Actually the fish, a perch, only appears to be headless, poor thing was obviously still alive although Maya had been tearing into it, starting as usual with the mouth (21:32). She seemed bemused when it broke loose, and let it flap on top of the chicks until dad Blue 33 returned and intervened (46:30) after which she tidied up the eggshell and settled back down to brood the two chicks. Was the fish still alive although with most of its head gone? Or was it just the automatic reflexes still present, as seen in lizard tails which have been autotomised to allow the actual lizard to escape while the predator concentrates on the writhing detached tail?
Footage copyright LRWT Rutland Osprey Project, taken from their Live Webcam: • Video
From their website: Get a front row view of our Manton Bay osprey nest at Rutland Water Nature Reserve, where our star pair Maya and 33 have nested together since 2015.
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🦅 Key Dates 🦅
19th March @ 12:29: male 33(11) returned.
19th March @ 12:52: female Maya returned.
30th March: First egg laid.
2nd April: Second egg laid.
5th April: Third egg laid.
8th May: First chick hatched
10th May: Second chick hatched.
14th May Third egg shown to be addled

Пікірлер: 203

@LRon-ef7ni 3 жыл бұрын

The look of bewilderment was classic. The big bird did not look at that fish the same way. At least little brother didn’t go to waste.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

The highs and lows of nest cam watching - nature in the raw!

@Angultra 3 жыл бұрын

23:40 for when the fish goes nuts

@mickeyscott1054 3 жыл бұрын

@Fearless Investors Ah dad, can you squirt some lemon on my dish of headless fish?

@tachiroakisu5128 3 жыл бұрын

@Fearless Investors LOL Fish: "they may get me but I'm going to take atleast one with me"

@tachiroakisu5128 3 жыл бұрын

The parent gets an "OH CRAP!" look on their face at 24:34

@noblekingson6686 Жыл бұрын

O. Chicks: Mom was for dinner M.Osprey: Your dad went to get the fish for the sushi, I don’t know what took him so long. D.Osprey: Here you go.. there was huge traffic.

@MikeAnnunziato 3 жыл бұрын

I love how she walks around the nest with her claws tucked in

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Their feet are designed for gripping, they prefer to sleep perched on branches, so the only time they'll walk flat is on the nest looking after chicks.

@michellecoshow2927 3 жыл бұрын

It's sad the other egg broke 🥺 it's nice to see the babies though. I've been watching Bald Eagle nests and all their babies are gone. 🥺 So I'm glad I found this nest.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

The nest is in a beautiful location in Manton Bay on Rutland Water, and the remaining pair of chicks are thriving.

@TheGunnCat 3 жыл бұрын

Bald eagles in Iowa: watch?v=eTAsANPVqB8

@Nook747 7 ай бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff They have HUGE fish at Manton Bay...and most come in alive and kicking !!

@GulfNZ 3 жыл бұрын

Did the baby on the right ever get something to eat?

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Frieda, yes it did - and three weeks on, you'd hardly recognise them, both chicks are huge! Check this video from 7th June: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odWGnpB0rJmZfac.html

@GulfNZ 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff That is great, thanks. Wow how they have grown🤭 happy for them

@Iqbal_sibia 3 жыл бұрын

These little ones are so adorable .. 🐣💕🐣

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

And in just a few fews, they'll be fledging and then flying off to Africa on migration - nature is amazing!

@susanm8581 3 жыл бұрын

Maya didn’t seem to know how to deal with the headless fish sitting where she should be sitting. She circled round, distracting herself by adjusting the furniture, then attempted to drag the fish away, before giving up and sitting on chicks, broken egg and half the fish! Luckily, Dad arrived and dragged it off, leaving Maya to deal with the egg. I wondered if the previous flapping fish had damaged the inside of the egg.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

It was an interesting incident. It has been mooted that broken egg was actually the first egg laid and was never going to hatch - that may be why the first egg to hatch was a bit late, because if that theory is correct it was actually the second egg laid. In that case, egg 1 failed and eggs 2 & 3 turned into chicks 1 & 2 .

@brownwarrior6867 3 жыл бұрын

Mother : Less housework for me Chick: More fish for me Dad : Less fishing for me Human : So sad

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Humans do tend to go with their emotions in a way that nature can't afford to.

@Andijt 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff Well said.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@Andijt 👍

@dryflyman7121 3 жыл бұрын

This is just unbelievable. How does a perch with no head or gills, manage to slap down an egg and two chicks?? Worse still, the Mother just watches it do it !!

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Seems bizarre, doesn't it? But that's just our human point of view.

@deebop4904 2 жыл бұрын

Watch the video

@choonjalee1200 2 жыл бұрын

So beautiful babies 👶 Nature’s wonderful gifts 🎁! Feeding is unbalanced one gets more than other. Eventually all gets some foods to grow up. Wonderful to seeing Eagles family !!! Thank you 🙏

@waynes6ws 3 жыл бұрын

24:34 , the chick showed how scared it was ! :)

@jademoon5996 3 жыл бұрын

is this Rutland Vermont?

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

This is Rutland Water in central England. You can read more about the Rutland Ospreys, which started as a translocation project with Scottish birds in 1996, here: www.lrwt.org.uk/rutlandospreys/about-rutland-ospreys

@Venuslove123 3 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful family of Osprey 🥰🙏❤

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed, a lovely Osprey family. Fingers crossed for them to fledge the two chicks despite the problems UK Ospreys are having with awful weather, and human & avian intruders.

@janetturner7489 3 жыл бұрын

Obviously the reflexes were in motion, have heard that with geese, but fish? Having just looked at the footage, the fish's tail flipped up a few times whilst Maya fed the chicks. Then when she stopped and after little while with Maya away from the fish it took a great leap. I saw this happen twice. So it's reflexes must be working still. Any idea , Geemeff?

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Think it was still alive, only half the head was gone, the Ospreys start tearing at the mouth first. Poor fish - but at least it got away from Maya long enough to expire without her ripping into it.

@shep7894 3 жыл бұрын

this has to be her first brood.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@shep7894 No way, she's been at Rutland with this mate since at least 2015

@johnceyesdaby 2 жыл бұрын

is the video of flaping fish still online

@stephenm8133 3 жыл бұрын

Tis a tough life for baby ospreys - living on an open platform, exposed to the elements, being attacked by your dinner ................ That was a cracking perch (pun intended)

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

It is a tough life for nestlings, so many things could go against them, amazing so many survive to fledge.

@gazzadon2447 3 жыл бұрын

To be fair, that did look like a cracking perch

@BicheBug1996 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone calling anyone else BIRDBRAIN is actually complimenting them look at that engineering piece of work on his house

@carlwilliams6977 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting you consider the nest engineered. I've always considered the ospreys nest building abilities more as Helter Skelter! 😆 I've seen the same stick change locations six times over a week, only to fall to the ground! The nest obviously serves a purpose. However, when you compare it with other birds (i.e., hummingbirds) it's hard to classify it as engineered. Even eagles seem to have more method to their madness. Then again, some birds don't even bother with nests, and simply raise their brood on the ground! Why any animal that can fly would do that is beyond me! Want to see where Osprey really shine?! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ncCRdpuAvaixg5c.html

@agl1138 3 жыл бұрын

but no so intelligent to realise a live fish might break one of their eggs

@shep7894 3 жыл бұрын

Video caption should be: FISH TAKES REVENGE

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

LOL!

@mickeyscott1054 3 жыл бұрын

The last Swish of the Fish.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@mickeyscott1054 before it turned into a dish which was delish.. 😬

@ds_the_rn 3 жыл бұрын

They’re so beautiful! Look at the parent move sticks around (I watch a lot of nest cam from the Big Bear eagles and the male is obsessed with sticks)! The little behbehs are so cute with the stripe already on their faces!

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Nesting birds do a lot of 'dancing with sticks'!

@scottgaremko9870 2 жыл бұрын

They are the worst bird parents I have ever seen!

@eagletwatcher 9 ай бұрын

So beautiful she moves sticks around while a fish is bouncing on top of her chicks. This mother is ridiculous

@carolynwoodman1734 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful pic of Dad dealing with the out of control fish, just when he thought he was doing well with the fishing. Still hoping for successful outcome on the two little ones.. cx

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

With only two to look after, mum and dad should have no problems raining this pair.

@peterkohl1863 3 жыл бұрын

she sure does not feed the other one as much

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

The instinct of the parents with small clutches is to feed the biggest, usually the oldest, chick the most food, and only then the second chick who is pretty much an insurance policy against the survival of the first. If there's enough food then the second and subsequent chicks get a chance.

@eagletwatcher 9 ай бұрын

@GeemeffGeemeff stop pushing thst propaganda. It only happens in a few nests....the nests with inexperienced mothers like this one obviously. The job of the mom is to protect her chicks, she didn't do that, the branches were more important

@kevingarner8930 3 жыл бұрын

That was a big perch wow and fantastic to see osprey chicks again :)

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

It is lovely to see chicks, it's an empty nest over at Loch Arkaig this year with no chicks as sadly Aila didn't return.

@guitarplayer1434 2 жыл бұрын

spouse says 'um, honey , why is there yolk on this fish",, yolk , what you talking about

@LordLoMR2 3 жыл бұрын

The headless fish slapped those baby birds pretty hard... I thought for sure one of them was dead. Lol

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

They're tougher than they look!

@Angultra 3 жыл бұрын

They got a strong Shiatsu massage by the fish! Egg couldn't handle it though.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@Angultra LOL

@outdoorguy845 3 жыл бұрын

Sometimes I wonder if birds have the ability to count. Seems like the mother gives most of the food to one chick and doesn't have the ability to decipher between the two, and realize one isn't getting the food. I guess the most aggressive chick will grow up the strongest

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Parents feed in response to the begging of the chicks and their gape reflex. If it's too weak to beg, it won't be fed, thus freeing the parent to save the resources for where they'll be most useful.

@sandragreenwald3885 3 жыл бұрын

Those chicks will have headless fish trauma!!! May not be so healthy for eating! Once they tear the head off they will have Osprey PTSD!

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@sandragreenwald3885 Ospreys are piscivorous, exclusively fish eaters, so I don't think this will bother them!

@bealynn2258 3 жыл бұрын

QUESTION: 19:20 - 20.00 Was the Chick on our Right BEATING UP 😳 its sibling that the Parent was feeding?? Thank you!! 💖 LOVE your Channel!!

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@Bea Lyn The chick on the right is the younger one, hatched 10th May (older hatched 8th May) It's still weak and wobbly, bobbing around, which is why very young chicks are referred to as bobs, short for bobbleheads. It's just trying to get to the food.

@RoadRyder 3 жыл бұрын

cool nice video baby chicks 😍👍

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Very entertaining little family.

@samanthafordyce5795 2 жыл бұрын

It looks like only one of the chicks is being fed. The smaller one is cut out of the feast. Do ospreys not dole out food evenly among the chicks? This seems to be a poor survival tactic.

@GeemeffGeemeff 2 жыл бұрын

They concentrate their efforts on the one most likely to carry their genes forward, that's usually the eldest. The 'spare' comes second and will survive if there is sufficient food to go round.

@samanthafordyce5795 2 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff I know some bird species feed all chicks equally, some feed chicks as they demand, and some species kill off the weaker young until they reach an instinctive survival level. I've seen videos of some species where a second egg is laid a week to ten days after the first, but when the egg hatches, if the older chick is healthy, it drives the younger, weaker chick out of the nest so it's (the older chick) the only survivor. Mother Nature is a harsh bitch. I watched some bird videos this week (especially storks, apparently) where the mother kills off the weaker chicks and eats them, or feeds them to the rest of the nestlings. Yipe!!

@GeemeffGeemeff 2 жыл бұрын

@@samanthafordyce5795 The parenting methods of storks leave a lot to be desired! Sometimes they have as many as five chicks, and you know 3, 4, 5 are in trouble... a difficult watch. I prefer Ospreys!

@eloraprettyman3268 3 жыл бұрын

looked like babys took quite a beating.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Luckily they're tougher than they look!

@MacDaddyRico 3 жыл бұрын

That fish had some nerve..!

@rajasingammuthusamy959 2 жыл бұрын

best sushi in town!!

@GeemeffGeemeff 2 жыл бұрын

Freshest for sure!

@marco1950-s2b 3 жыл бұрын

😱🐟

@lizb7433 3 жыл бұрын

How on earth did that happen? It’s headless??

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Sadly for the fish, I had a good look and I think only half its head is gone so the poor thing was in its death throes when it made that leap.

@Silent_Spaces 3 жыл бұрын

Look up the story of Mike the headless chicken. As long as the brain stem is intact, they can still do a surprising amount.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@Silent_Spaces Thanks for the reminder, Mike's story is simply astounding.

@mickeyscott1054 3 жыл бұрын

@@Silent_Spaces Muscle memory working till it dies.

@learnvoiceart18 2 жыл бұрын

অনেক সুন্দর।

@Nook747 7 ай бұрын

HA these giant fish can sure move with no head on !! JEEPERS

@carolynwoodman1734 3 жыл бұрын

Apologies again, Geemeff, spelt your name incorrectly on a previous post. Cx

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

No worries, Carolyn!

@BirdPlusAnimals 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful video

@MikeAnnunziato 3 жыл бұрын

Feed the one on the right! Lol

@bill0273 3 жыл бұрын

Beast of a perch lol

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

It's a huge fish! I'm rubbish at fish ID but many, like you, have said it's a perch, thanks for that.

@ds_the_rn 3 жыл бұрын

I’m surprised the fish was still alive after being out of water for that long and being partially eaten. How very sad. By smashing that egg, the fish avenged it’s own death, along with those of all of the other creatures who were prey. In Fish Heaven (😉), it was greeted with a hero’s welcome. All hail Pat the Egg Smasher! Joking aside, I’m sad for the osprey chick. Although, two behbehs are easier to raise than 3.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

That third egg was never going to hatch, it was quite rotten. Not sure if the fish was actually still alive or if those were reflexes. Either way it was quite an event.

@HenryRaeburn367 3 жыл бұрын

The fish had no head ,what your witnessing is unconscious reflex action you don't need a brain to trigger this response its like blinking or removing your hand from hot iron

@samanthafordyce5795 2 жыл бұрын

@@HenryRaeburn367 Isn't that the result of spinal cord reflexes?

@alstonatkins4353 3 жыл бұрын

That is a big fish

@garethhawkins4710 3 жыл бұрын

it is a perch

@master-n-teachvirgo8557 3 жыл бұрын

It's the title for me😃

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@isabelcarvalhopontesrodrig7263 2 жыл бұрын

Os filhotes têm que esperar a mãe preparar o jants😥

@GeemeffGeemeff 2 жыл бұрын

(google translate Portuguese) The chicks have to wait for the mother to prepare the dinners Answer Às vezes os jantares se tornam um problema, como aqui! (Sometimes the dinners become a problem, like here!)

@jlodog 3 жыл бұрын

That one chick got so much food

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, the oldest usually gets the most food. The others have to wait their turn.

@RoJoMe 3 жыл бұрын

Wow...that fish beat them like red-headed stepchildren!😂

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

?? What's wrong with red-heads? Proud Celtic heritage over here..

@ringslangetje 3 жыл бұрын

What t this reaction all about 🥴

@eagletwatcher 9 ай бұрын

And mom acting like the wicked stepmother

@RoJoMe 9 ай бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff : Mea culpa to all of the gingers here. I meant no harm. Please don’t cancel me! LOL

@fabs_site 3 жыл бұрын

It's just a fish's natural reflexes.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Those reflexes made for an interesting few minutes!

@bealynn2258 3 жыл бұрын

May 9, 2021. The FIRST CHICK that hatched GETS BONKED & BEATEN UP by a FRESH FISH!! These Chicks are💖 TOUGH to 😳survive FISH Beating & Smashing them!!

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

They are toughr than they look!

@bealynn2258 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff They sure must be!! Thank you for these Videos!!😃💕

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@bealynn2258 my pleasure - I love watching this family! Have you seen how big they've got? Check them out here, this is from 7th June: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/odWGnpB0rJmZfac.html

@bealynn2258 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff Yes!! They have grown so much!! It looks like I am devoted to checking in DAILY morning AND evening to watch them and also several other LIVE FEEDS concerning Birds!! Better than T.V. !😂😂💕🐣🐥🐦

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@bealynn2258 Much better than TV!

@yolandaaedo2108yolalla 2 жыл бұрын

Mami esta vivo aun!!! Callaos, alega el padre enojado. Lo que hay comereis... Una pequeña obra que a diario hacemos todos nosotros.

@mrdrummer7600 3 жыл бұрын

21:35 Baby got fish-slapped...slow mo it for dramatic effect

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@MrDrummer I already did! Watch the slo-mo here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/oLd3jcSS2cXRdY0.html

@nigelparker5886 3 жыл бұрын

Geemeff Surely not the same moment?

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@nigelparker5886 same type of event, different day - that one was shorter so suitable for slo-mo.

@shiva72945 3 жыл бұрын

It happens at 21.35.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

👍

@hotelsierra86 3 жыл бұрын

After 25 minutes of dismemberment the perch is kicking. I love nature,I.hate nature. Where to go from here?

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Acceptance?

@user-tt2fs4oq4n 8 ай бұрын

어머 겁많은 엄마네요 빨리물고기 다른곳으로 옮겨야지 꼬마들 얼마나 놀라구 아플까 안타깝네요

@terised 3 жыл бұрын

The fish is brain dead but it's muscles can continue to contract for some time. It's a very common occurrence but since the fish is dead it does not feel pain.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Lizard tails that are autotomised (broken off), so the lizard can escape predators, continue to move and twitch for a considerable time.

@elianeaparecidamatos7382 3 жыл бұрын

Parece que esse peixe ainda estava vivo. Esse peixe está literalmente encima dos bebês.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Sim, o peixe estava cobrindo os filhotes! Felizmente, nenhum dano foi feito a eles. Yes, the fish was covering the chicks! Luckily, no harm was done to them.

@deebell8727 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff I like how you translate. Thank you for that.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@deebell8727 thank goodness for Google Translate!

@deebell8727 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff I was trying to learn to use that but couldnt figure it out.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@deebell8727 Like everything, it's easy when you know how...! Open a new tab and search for google translate, or use my link below, and you'll get a big box divided down the middle. First select 'Text' from the two options over the box on the left hand side (Text or Documents - you want Text). Then below that on the left hand side of the big box, type or paste the text you want to translate. if it's English you want to translate into another language, look at the heading over the box you've just entered text in, and select 'English' from the options. Then look at the heading on the box on the right hand side, and select the language you want to translate into, eg 'French'. As soon as you select a language, google will do the translation and show it in the right hand box opposite the content you typed or pasted in the left hand side. If you want to translate a foreign language but don't know what it is, enter the text in the left hand side and then look at the heading over the box you've just typed in and select 'detect language'. Then select 'English' in the right hand heading, and google will translate for you. If you know what language you want to translate, you can just select that language from the left hand header language options, but personally I always just use 'detect language' because it's faster and more accurate. For example if you think it's Spanish but it's actually Basque which is a Spanish dialect and quite similar (sorry :-) any Basque people reading this), google will reject it and not translate, so it's easier just to use the 'detect language' option. Hope this helps - have a try.. translate.google.co.uk/

@bentramer8201 3 жыл бұрын

I think it’s a perch

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben, several people have suggested it's a perch so I've amended the description.

@bentramer8201 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff No worries, great footage

@marianadiah4131 3 жыл бұрын

Bayi burung dua ya.

@lorrainefolkes4908 3 жыл бұрын

My lesson: we tend to put human feelings into a situation like this and and think...shouldn’t she check on the little ones....are they hurt....let me move this fish so they can free themselves.....but no.....she’s operating on pure instinct.....nothing to do with loving concern for the little ones.....or the egg. And that’s just the way it is.

@carlwilliams6977 3 жыл бұрын

That's called anthromorphization. These creatures have such otherworldly abilities, that it's easy to attribute more intelligence than they actually have. A classic example is where a male osprey brought a ball cap to the nest. He was so fixated on it, that it irritated the female. She eventually picked it up, took off, and dropped it into the bay! On the other hand, the same male recently brought plastic bag to the nest. The same female not only tolerated it, but seemed to value it as nesting material. Obviously, the plastic bag was more of a threat to the chicks than a ball cap! Unfortunately, people also commonly anthromorphosize dogs, to the detriment of both, IMHO! If I can find the link to the ball cap video, I'll come back and post it here. It's a classic! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z92he7Z40sjNqac.html

@lorrainefolkes4908 3 жыл бұрын

Very interesting, Carl. Thank you so much. We are following a pair of Osprey here in NL, Canada. I could watch them for hours. 3 eggs now.

@carlwilliams6977 3 жыл бұрын

@@lorrainefolkes4908 They won't disappoint. Not only are they amazing raptors, but they tend to be characters! In case you haven't seen this video, it's not to be missed. Not sure how they shot it, but I'm glad they did! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ncCRdpuAvaixg5c.html

@lorrainefolkes4908 3 жыл бұрын

@@carlwilliams6977 Thank you so much! Love the photography. Ospreys are Os-some!🤣

@deebell8727 3 жыл бұрын

@@carlwilliams6977 that was an amazing video! The mother so irritated by the hat she just picks it up anf goes and dumps it in the water. Dad is like so disapointed he lost his "toy". 😁

@georget7166 3 жыл бұрын

Magikarp use Splash!!!

@elainecocciadiferro7990 3 жыл бұрын

And the offending fish is removed!

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Dad to the rescue!

@srana8137 3 жыл бұрын

I think beheaded fish took it's revenge before it's last breath with damaging a unhatched egg of it's murderer. 🐟🦅

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha @SRana, that's a very human way of looking at things!

@ChongQingWu 3 жыл бұрын

It was the reflex of the fish at work. The fish was already murdered by Maya (for a good cause of raising her young, of course). They are lucky the flapping headless Halloween didn't sustain any damage to the two hatched chicks. Dad Blue never cared about the situation. He was just picking up his ration and enjoy the meal on a quiet spot nearby. Reflex of a dead fish is common. I had entirely scaled, gutted and cleaned a whole fish. By the time I cook it half an hour later, it flapped in the pan. So the title of this video is a bit sensational.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I saw a lizard still curling and uncurling an hour after being euthanised. Strong reflexes.

@Charles61284 3 жыл бұрын

Most likely wouldn’t have survived anyway or infertile, we used to call this late developers stragglers. If they rear two they’ve done exceptionally well, good luck

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

It's thought this was actually the first-laid egg and something went wrong early on so it was never going to progress to hatching stage.

@Charles61284 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff cheers for the update, I didn’t know that. I’ve bred raptors in captivity mainly Harris Hawks and Kestrels with a few seasons doing Red Tails, let’s hope the parents can manage to fully rear the chicks. I have a massive soft spot for Ospreys, anyway cheers 👍

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@Charles61284 Ospreys are special, aren't they, and being piscivorous means we're not going to see all manner of tragic little prey brought back, unlike the raptors in your CB programme. Of course, when the fish is still flapping, it's hard not to feel sorry for it but it doesn't give me the stomach-lurch like my recently viewing of a cat in an eagle's nest. Envy you working with raptors, how thrilling, the closest I've come is spending the night in the cottages at the Raptor Foundation near Oxford, going to sleep to the hooting of the owls and waking up to the shrill whistles of the hawks, before doing the morning rounds with a keeper as part of my pre-booked birthday 'experience day'.

@Charles61284 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff I agree with you 100%, CB isn’t without its tragedies, often the parents refuse to incubate the eggs, then there’s the problem that some will even attack and eat their own chicks, or each other usually the females killing the males being they’re a third bigger. Overall it’s very satisfying and rewarding and most of what I’ve said is usually but not always due to inexperienced parents. On the odd o occasion we’ve had to hand rear raptors when the parents just abandon them, definitely to be avoided if at all possible. Imprinted birds can be fearless making them very unpredictable and sometimes even dangerous. Once again thank you for your update on the Ospreys 👍

@bealynn2258 3 жыл бұрын

21:36 FISH Flattens CHICKS!! Both CHICKS stay DOWN until 22:10 . WAS this like what EAGLE Chicks do?? EAGLE Chicks BONK each other right after hatching to determine which one is Stronger and the Weaker will be the Submissive chick. Siblings Constantly BONK each other for Food. Weaker Chicks go into SUBMISSION pose ( head down body tight to the nest) until the Strongest chick is fed . Then the weaker gets food.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, Osprey chicks also fight each other to determine hierachy - literally the pecking order, that's where that expression originated.

@ninjabluewings 3 жыл бұрын

What a stupid fucking bird dropping that big slab of fish on it's kids 😂😂😂

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@ninjabluewings She didn't drop the fish on her chicks, the fish flapped violently and landed in the nest cup. Please don't swear, school children watch my videos, thank you.

@bealynn2258 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff Thank you for the information!😃💕

@yolandaaedo2108yolalla 2 жыл бұрын

Hoy comeremos pescadito. Anuncia esa gran ave a sus pequeñitos. Otra vez pesacado mami Alega el mas pequeño.

@shawna.4601 Жыл бұрын

Kinda funny how parent wasn’t about to step in to stop the chicks from getting “fish slapped” prob thinking “been ripping fishes face off, no way I’m getting near that thing!” I wonder if this is a juvenile because wasn’t the reaction I expected, moving sticks, pretending not to see the “slappening” I only play the “must’ve missed it” card with other ppl’s kids, but to pull that shiz with your own kids/chicks, BOLD!

@pennypink3759 3 жыл бұрын

Battered fish & chick's.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Very good @Pennypink! 🤣

@joyceheintzman1563 3 жыл бұрын

Did I just watch her eat the chick??

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

There was no chick embryo inside the egg, just a bit of old matter

@carlwilliams6977 3 жыл бұрын

Edit: just read the description, and it claims that the fish only appeared to be headless, but was only wounded and was still alive. What drew me to this video was the idea that an intact fish had crushed an egg. I've always found it interesting that often, the male will decapitate the fish elsewhere, apparently rendering it motionless, before bringing it to the nest. However, sometimes they bring an intact fish to the nest and it wreaks havoc. I've always wondered why the first approach isn't SOP. While it still seems prudent, it's apparently no guarantee of safety! Yet another example of why these cameras have proven invaluable to science! By the way, I didn't have time to watch the whole video, I'm just going by the comments. A timestamp to the actual incident would be helpful.

@ds_the_rn 3 жыл бұрын

That’s an interesting thought - they bring it in headless to make sure it’s good and dead. I always thought maybe the head was delicious and the parent would eat it first, but you pose a great theory! I’d certainly rather they bring fish to the nest than other creatures. At least the fish usually die quickly out of the water. How this one survived as long as it did, especially being partially eaten, is sad.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@CarlWilliams there's a timestamp on the video bottom left and also in the description..

@carlwilliams6977 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff Not seeing the bottom left timestamp. To actually make a timestamp in the description, you need to use a colon with no spaces, not a dot or period. I.e.,11:03 . In comments, that will show it highlighted in blue as a timestamp. Don't know if it works in the discription, but it's the proper way to show time anyway!

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@carlwilliams6977 Yes, thanks for that, I know how to make a time stamp / clickable short cut but I didn't put one in the description because the actual incident occurs over the entire period of the video which is why this clip is longer than usual. For anyone wanting to know the date and time this clip covers, the livestream has a date and time stamp on the bottom left.

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@ds_the_rn Fortunately Ospreys are piscivorous so we'll only see fish brought to the nest, and not like an eagle cam I was watching where a cat was brought!! The male usually opens the fish and eats the head, but not always and sometimes live fish are brought. Occasionally the fish does get away, see this funny moment from the Loch Arkaig Osprey nest: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qqx5aZyC3K-wfp8.html

@cababyboomerq6012 3 жыл бұрын

Yikes! Someone needs mommy lessons!

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Fortunately no harm done.

@elainecocciadiferro7990 3 жыл бұрын

Chicks were left alone for 14 minutes to recover from the shock while normal housework continued. Only when they were both recovering did the hugging begin. A lesson in psychology for us?

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

You're right, Elaine, humans can learn a lot from wildlife

@user-nl7vz4wt3t 3 жыл бұрын

Bird brain😂😂 fancy not dispatching the fish before risking the lives of the young and that egg

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Those chicks are tougher than they look!

@MikeAnnunziato 3 жыл бұрын

Zombie fish

@ancaberberich6533 3 жыл бұрын

Well, I sure hope the little ones are safe with this looney mother.. she brooded the dead fish.. ate whatever was in the broken egg... it took her a while till she started brooding at all.. and she is not very patient doing it.. at times, it appeared that she didn't know what to do.. 🤔🤨

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

Well, these two chicks are number 30 and 31 for Maya so she must be doing something right!

@ancaberberich6533 3 жыл бұрын

@@GeemeffGeemeff 😀😄 sure, but last year, and the year before last etc.. maybe she's too old?! Dementia praecox/senilis?! 🤔😳 I pray that it was only a temporary lapsus.. 🙏🙏👍

@GeemeffGeemeff 3 жыл бұрын

@@ancaberberich6533 I think that's putting human values on her! The oldest recorded Osprey lived to nearly 30 years old so Maya has a way to go yet, plenty more successful fledges to come.