NEST OBSERVATIONS ESTLAT Osprey Nest 1 Madis & Piret ~ 2012

[jopie]

10.41

Feeding

[Bea]

Mum, Dad, two chicks, an egg and a fish

[jopie]

12.52

Feeding

Edit: Mom's testing the goods first

13.00 Feeding finished, both have eaten well, Mom also have eaten well, tail was for Piret

[jopie]

14.42

Chicks are peeping, Piret has been calling, no reaction from Madis so far.

[jopie]

14.46

Madis left the cam, so will he go on a fishhunt?

[jopie]

14.54

There Madis is....carrying a big bunch of....straw

[jopie]

14.59

Little ones have to struggle themselves from under there



Madis left again.

[jopie]

15.08

And now it starts raining

Edit: 15.18 rain stopped already

[jopie]

15.37

And a large crack in the last egg.

[jopie]

15.56

Vèry strong winds for more than half an hour already

[jopie]

16.44

Madis brought a fish and Piret has it!



Feeding!

[jopie]

17.46

Now, THAT's what we call a fish (salmon, I guess?) Well done Madis.



Feeding!

[NancyM]

Macko, are we saying the second chick hatched on June 16 or Jun 17 (Estonian time)?

The second chick started hatching on June 16, but until it is out of the shell completely I would say it is in the process of hatching. When chicks fully emerge at night, sometimes all we can say is when they were first seen. This is how I recorded it on page 1:

Egg #2 May 10 - Hatched June 17, first seen at 3:51

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beans, your pictures with the video actually are there with the video - if they disappeared, they came back again

[maertha]

17:42 Very windy
17:43 Piret leaves the nest
17:45 Madis arrives with a big fish (with head), Piret arrives a moment later and takes the fish, feeding begins
17:48 Madis leaves the nest

Fish delivery and feeding
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[jopie]

19.12

Madis brings another fish.

Edit: Piret starts feeding; soon after Madis flies away

[Millie]

So pleased to see second healthy chick. Well done Madis and Piret. Only able to look briefly this morning. Have now caught up.
A very big thank you to all for the wonderful pics and very informative posts.
It appears to be extremly windy at the nest. Hold on tight Piret!!

[Galina]

19:14
Piret ist feeding the chicks. I think I can see a hole in the 3rd egg?! It's just in the middle of the 2 chicks.



Manu hello, thank you .

[beans]

They are growing so fast!

In the video I posted (previous page?), Dad osprey seemed almost alarmed when he arrived with a fish and Mom was not there. He looked around, almost stepped on the babies, and seemed relieved when she returned.

Taking care of their young is instinctive, and each parent has a job to do. I wonder whether or not he would have fed the youngsters himself if Mom had been gone much longer.

[jopie]

Galina, that's right. It has a crack also.

[macdoum]

Thanks to all for posts,pics and videos.
I see its very windy but Piret is sitting snugly on the nest.
Its been a busy day for me,visitors and voting. So I could only catch glimpses now and then.