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Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 24th, 2011, 12:05 pm
by Jo UK
Lussi05 here is the link to the topic about the "Spot" year.
viewtopic.php?f=25&t=106&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Health warning - there are more than 200 pages!
I think we had to wait for them to settle down, once the eggs arrived.

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 24th, 2011, 5:35 pm
by NancyM
In 2009, Eha laid the first egg on April 21 (late afternoon), so I think there is still time here.

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 25th, 2011, 10:55 am
by Felis silvestris
I had not the time to constantly watch the nests yesterday as I had my daughter and her boyfriend over for Easter brunch, I sneaked a peek from time to time and also heard eagles calling (was the form BS nest I guess), but I don't think that I saw anybody on this nest yesterday. :puzzled:

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 25th, 2011, 4:43 pm
by asteria
Eha also laid the second egg on 26th of April and if now she laids only one egg it will be much better than two.

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 26th, 2011, 5:33 am
by Kitty KCMO
April 26th

5:31 AM-- :slap: No one here, unless they were here before I could look this morning.

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 27th, 2011, 5:09 am
by Kitty KCMO
April 27th

:unsure: *Sigh* Nobody here . . . such a lovely nest, too. I hate to see it empty & abandoned (apparently).

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Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 27th, 2011, 6:53 am
by NancyM
Kitty - nearly 2 hours later - and I see no one here .... :cry:

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 27th, 2011, 7:19 am
by Kitty KCMO
:puzzled: :cry: :cry: Why did they abandon this nest? Could they have another in the area? Sometimes I think I hear them in the distance. And once in a while (but seldom) they show up here.

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 28th, 2011, 4:06 am
by Kitty KCMO
Some pictures I made on 27 April. The male, Koit, appeared suddenly with a lizard in his beak. He looked around as if wondering where Eha was, dropped the lizard down for a moment, then picked it up again & flew off to the right side of screen, as if he had remembered where an alternative nest is located where she would be. So I think they do have another nest nearby that they preferred for some reason.

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Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 28th, 2011, 4:54 am
by Kitty KCMO
4:52-- Cam is on, shows empty nest.

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 28th, 2011, 8:28 am
by Urmas
8:23 Koit appeared on the nest called intensively and left couple of minutes later.

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 28th, 2011, 10:02 am
by Kitty KCMO
Urmas wrote:8:23 Koit appeared on the nest called intensively and left couple of minutes later.
Urmas, do the LSEs make secondary nests & then choose one to use when egg-laying is close to happening?

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 29th, 2011, 6:20 am
by Urmas
We have no such knowledge, that they build up several nests (though exceptions could happen, like everywhere). But there is a lot to investigate in their behavior...
6:08 (probably) Koit arrived to nest with a bill full of dry grass, arranged that, jumped on branch, preened and left 6:13

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 29th, 2011, 7:16 am
by NancyM
April 29

Eha (I think) arrived with a branch around 7 AM

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She tested the nest bowl for a brief time

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Then she went to the branch and flew off. The whole visit was about 3 minutes.


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Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: April 29th, 2011, 12:22 pm
by asteria
Soon the egg may appear in this nest too.

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: May 4th, 2011, 7:39 am
by Katsa
Morning visitors:
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Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: May 4th, 2011, 8:14 am
by Lussi05
may 4 - 08:11
This is the year of surprises, Wood Pigeon in Koit & Ehas nest :2thumbsup:
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Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: May 4th, 2011, 8:20 am
by Lussi05
08:18

The happy couple are working hard :nod:

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Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: May 4th, 2011, 8:28 am
by alice44
This seems a little dangerous as eagles have been here recently.

Re: Estonian Lesser Spotted Eagle Webcam 2011.

Posted: May 4th, 2011, 8:28 am
by Felis silvestris
:faint: Looks really like the summer of taken over nests! :rotf: