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Oh - this big dark prey is gone - so quickly!

About younger one - hate so say that but it's fate depends from one more thing (besiders weather and Eha’s way to treat it)
I searched a web today and found out about C a i n i s m - Cain and Abel syndrome - the killing of a nesting bird by a nestmate, always the first and oldest bird. It is most dramatic in eagles, especially Aquila.
http://dml.cmnh.org/1998Jun/msg00013.html

Here is a bit more about Cainism w i t h i n t h e L e s s e r S p o t t e d E a g l e s p e c i e - seems like reliable source of information- scroll a bit down to see the Introduction -
http://www.raptor-research.de/pdfs/a_sp ... ainism.pdf

Of course it doesn’t happen every nest - but it’s likely, and evidently Nature has it’s own reasons for that.

Eha is digging in the nest and re-arranging the green twigs before settling down again.

Did it ever happen that both chicks killed each other like the sons of Oedipus?(no idea how to call it)

Sulev made a delivery. Eha ate it straight away.!! Eha, you are supposed to keep
SOMETHING for feeding. :protest:

asteria wrote:Did it ever happen that both chicks killed each other like the sons of Oedipus?(no idea how to call it)

? fratricide.

Maybe Eha is chewing food for littleones.

21.12

Feeding the chick, can´t recognize which one

yarko wrote:Oh - this big dark prey is gone - so quickly!

About younger one - hate so say that but it's fate depends from one more thing (besiders weather and Eha’s way to treat it)
I searched a web today and found out about C a i n i s m - Cain and Abel syndrome - the killing of a nesting bird by a nestmate, always the first and oldest bird. It is most dramatic in eagles, especially Aquila.
http://dml.cmnh.org/1998Jun/msg00013.html

Here is abit more about Cainism w i t h i n t h e L e s s e r S p o t t e d E a g l e s p e c i e - seems like reliable source of information- scroll a bit down to see the Introduction -
http://www.raptor-research.de/pdfs/a_sp ... ainism.pdf

Of course it doesn’t happen every nest - but it’s likely, and evidently Nature has it’s own reasons for that.

Given that Eha seems to sometimes eat instead of feeding Spotlet #1, Spotlet #1 might end up rather hungry at some point. I guess we will learn...

I have missed everything but i so happy that the second egg hatched
Now I hope both chicks will survive

Both chicks were just feeded and Eha did a good job, little pieces each time

I missed the feeding -- I was looking at my excel spread sheet.

This is Spot with egg in the morning, alone and with Eha about 9:45

It is so little yet..

These are my best pics of the second Spot in the evening at 19:22 an 19:23

what tiny but brave it is

yarko wrote:Here is a bit more about Cainism w i t h i n t h e L e s s e r S p o t t e d E a g l e s p e c i e - seems like reliable source of information- scroll a bit down to see the Introduction -
http://www.raptor-research.de/pdfs/a_sp ... ainism.pdf

yarko, thanks for posting that link - that professional article was also recommended to me. The Introduction (and actually, all of the paper) is very interesting. I read the paper, but could not find the link this morning.

(and there are some nice color pictures of spotlets in there, too)

I believe if both get food enough they will be soon the same size..

1 The first Spot in the morning
2 The second Spot in the evening..actually there are both Spots

So Spot Senior looks to be white and Spot Junior is grey, at the moment.

Yarko and bociany, thanks for the Cain and Abel information.

Oh well, wait and see.

Pictures from earlier feeding at 21.12

First got some food younger eaglet:



And then older eaglet:

And now, when I watch those pictures, not quite sure who was who?

Good evening Everybody !

I have made a video about today's last feeding.

The very interesting part is the middle of the video.

Please watch it in HQ mode!

Video

Article about this nest on LK
http://www.looduskalender.ee/en/node/4114

Thank you George.
It looked as though both chicks are being fed!