RIP Alma: unedited raw video of the fatal raven & fox attack at Satakunta Osprey nest 1 25 Jun 2021

25 /7/ 2021 Statement from Satakunta Osprey project about Ossi & Alma's two relocated chicks:
Many have asked about the two babies of Ossi and Alma moved to the second nest as a result of the unfortunate events on Midsummer Eve. The chicks were ringed and investigated during the move.
The inspector of the nest visited the scene and found that one of the chicks had passed away. It was surprising that the deceased baby was the one who survived the raven attack with seemingly minor injuries. The cause of death of the baby was no longer able to be concluded at that point. The relocated chick has a yellow ring SRS, which was added during the relocation. On Thursday 22.7 SRS was photographed in flight near the nest, so this story seems to have a happy ending.
Midsummer's Eve events showed once again that anything can happen at the nests approach something you can't possibly prepare for. Hopefully Ossi will find a good partner for next year. A good sign is that Ossi has not abandoned his nest place due to setbacks, but has lived there in the last few days. And best of all, we've also seen females with Ossi on the nest. Next spring we'll see how the story continues in Ossi's nesting swamp.
The presence of ravens at Ossi's nesting swamp has also sparked discussion. However, they have been living in the same areas for a long time and they haven't been more harmful to the weather. The weathers have been nesting in that nest continuously since 2005; the first failure came only the other year as a result of a visit tby a goshawk and the second setback this year because of the raven.
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This is a remote nest cam streaming live. No camera operators are present. Footage starts at 09.52 with the family peacefully on the nest, shows the raven doing a fly-by of the nest at 10.01 and ends at 11.25 with Ossi alarm calling repeatedly after the raven attacked and wounded Alma leaving her on the ground unable to fly and then being taken by a fox. Footage copyright Satakunta Osprey project, links at the bottom.

The raven attack started with the fly-by at 10.01. It returned at 10.30 to be chased by Alma into the trees resulting in the sustained attack on her - persistently attacked Alma on the ground, for more than 15 minutes, the fight is visible in the trees in front of the nest. It returned to the nest at 10.45 with Alma's feathers on its beak, and attacked the chicks, killing one and injuring another, leaving the third unharmed before being chased away by Ossi with quite an aerial fight backwards and forwards over and around the nest. The fox came along about 11.20, Alma was still alive and fought the fox before it carried her off.

What provoked the sustained raven attack? Perhaps it has its own young nearby to defend? But who knows why. Just tragic for the family. The two surviving chicks have been removed and relocated on a non-camera nest with only one chick in hopes those adults will accept them and raise them with their own chick.

Statement from the Satakunta Osprey Project:
The progress of nesting became virtually impossible after Alma's death. Such small chicks cannot be flown by an Osprey male alone, i.e. fed, defended and protected from heat. Numerous experts were consulted on the follow-up and it was finally concluded that the only option for the larger chicks is in another nest.

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Tehonäkymä eri pesille https://www.saaksilive.fi/live/kaikki... (All cameras on same page)
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Lähetykset 2021 (Live streams)
1 (Main view) https://saaksilive.fi/1a
1 (Alternative view) https://saaksilive.fi/1b

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Key dates, reported fish deliveries on the same page.

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Nest #1 is located in the Satakunta region in Western Finland. Ospreys have nested there since 2005. The male Osprey, 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, doesn’t have a ring and therefore her age and hatching location are unknown.

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

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.