![]() ![]() What are the chances?īridget is still exploring the coast just north of Vero Beach in Florida. Of course the bird in the photo is Bridget (her data points confirm that she was right in the area at the time that Libby took her photos). When she got back to New Hampshire she shared the images with a mutual friend who shared the images with Iain MacLeod. She noticed it had an antennae and snapped some pictures. Her night roost sites have been quite scattered (unlike her stopover in Milford, CT), but she certainly favors the wooded islands.īelieve it or not a New Hampshire-based photographer named Libby Corbin was visiting Vero Beach in Florida earlier this week and noticed a fishing Osprey near John’s Island. It’s almost a month since she arrived in Florida.īridget is still hanging in Vero Beach. All the rest are either in the Caribbean Islands or in South America already.īridget is looking very settled in the Vero Beach area. She is now the only one of the 20+ Ospreys with tags being followed by Rob and me remaining in North America. America, so it’s not too late for her to “get the urge.” Time will tell. My colleague Rob Bierregaard has had one of his tagged birds stay for as long as five weeks in Florida before renewing its migration and heading for S. ![]() She is staying within a very small area and seems to be doing just fine. Must be fish aplenty!īridget is blanketing Vero Beach. She seems to like the water traps scattered around the course. stay tuned.īridget is dodging golf balls on the Grand Harbor Golf Club. We assume that she will stay here for the next 16 months before getting the urge to return to New Hampshire, or will she get a renewed urge to head to South America, or will she become part of the Florida breeding population, or. She splits her time between fishing on the tidal areas along the shore and on the ponds on several golf courses. and to our Ospreys, Donovan, Artoo and Bridget.īridget has been very predictable over the last month and has stayed in the same small area near Vero Beach. Happy New Year to all our OspreyTrack fans. She was doing so well and seemingly in a great spot to spend the winter, but. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that if it was just a blip, but I’m not holding my breath. This is very worrying as the transmitters are regular as clockwork and usually when they miss an upload, it’s bad news. ![]() There were three “odd” points from an unexpected mini upload on 31st and then nothing since (her transmitter should have uploaded on February 3). Her last normal upload was on January 30 (when all looked normal, although one of her fishing spots was right next to the highway!). We may have lost Bridget! She moved a couple miles south of her regular area on the 28th and was fishing in various ponds and ditches close to a golf course in South Vero Beach. ![]()
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