NEST OBSERVATIONS ESTLAT Osprey Nest 1 Madis & Piret ~ 2012

[Kukelke]

17:01 - Madis delivers a large fish.


17:02 - Piret looks away, and both Uno and especially Nori want that fish.


17:03 - Lil' Nori is a smart (and hungry) osprey chick and claims the fish for himself, dragging it underneath that branch and away from the others.


17:05 - Piret moves in and helps Nori with the fish.

[Wil Muller]

17:01 fish delivery

[pinkish]

Nori didn't eat anymore

[Kukelke]

17:19 - Elo decides that Nori has gotten enough fish and that it's her turn, thus again pecking violently at Nori.


Poor Nori squeals and moves away.


17:23 - Uno moves in and demands his share. Elo has still, after all previous eating, pecking and flapping, this downy dot on her beak.

Nori didn't eat anymore

Nori ate about half the fish before Elo chased him away.

[Havoc]

Nori didn't eat anymore

Pretty sure i just saw Nori get fed half a fish (maybe even more) by Piret, then Elo moved in to check for left overs (with teh fluff still on her beak ) and then finally Uno became a bit interested and checked too. (With Nori resting and digesting after a quite a good meal i think).

[Kukelke]

17:52 - Elo is satisfied, moves away and is bothered by that branch sticking out. Nori moves in for more food.


Nori gets fish and Elo finds out it's best to step on that branch.


17:55 - Uno moves a bit closer again but lets Nori eat the rest of the fish.

[maroni]

ok, now I can eat the next fish, oops.

[pinkish]

..
Nori ate about half the fish before Elo chased him away.

Pretty sure i just saw Nori get fed half a fish (maybe even more) by Piret, then Elo moved in to check for left overs (with teh fluff still on her beak ) and then finally Uno became a bit interested and checked too. (With Nori resting and digesting after a quite a good meal i think).

really??
you make me happy I didn't see Nori eat anything for a long time, but I trust you

[jopie]

Thank you all for the lovely pictures, messages aso

Good evening/night/day

[NancyM]

16:42 - This is the coolest and cutest I've seen today. Uno finds another fishtail in the nest, and starts to eat from it. Nori moves closer and Uno feeds Nori! Not once but he fed Nori three pieces.

That is sweet indeed!! Uno is female and already has motherly instincts?

[Millie]

Three well fed chicks relaxing on nest. Reminds me of song " Together in perfect harmony"

[Moana]

upps..i always thought, that Uno is a male bird ...and Nori , Elo are females....i am confused..

[NancyM]

Moana, we are just guessing - no one knows which ones are male or female.

20:55 Nori stretches




21:25
Madis delivers a late snack - it looks like a small fish. One of the chicks tried to get it away from Piret, but I think Piret herself had a morsel or two. Elo and Nori were fed some bits, Uno did not assert him(her)self.











21:34 Piret flies away.

[meierlein]

21:25h



fish delivery

[meierlein]

:peek:

I suppose NORI and ELO are females
and UNO is a male ^^

[Moana]

That is sweet indeed!! Uno is female and already has motherly instincts?

Thanks for the information...but it looks as if UNO really have mother- instincts...so lovely!

[Birdie]

Hi there

I suppose all three are females

Thanks for all the pics from today! I´m away from my home computer and cannot post pics or watch the cam the day over.

[Kukelke]

That is sweet indeed!! Uno is female and already has motherly instincts?

I thought that Urmas said that most likely Uno is male, and that Elo is female? - until the DNA-samples will tell what they are ofcourse.

But yes, it puzzled me too... what triggered these maternal/paternal instincts?
I've seen that with barn owlets too, but there it was the youngest who 'fed' his older sibling from a stockpile of mice and voles he had (and after he had eaten the 'good' parts himself first).

Also, on more than one occasion I've seen Uno wait 'till Nori is fed before he moves in. When Elo is alone with Piret, he doesn't seem to do that. And Uno never pecks at Nori, while Elo does it on an almost daily basis.

[Kukelke]

Just before Madis arrived with the late night fish:




And head to head after the fish was finished:




And another picture for the family album - all gathered on the nest during an epic sunset:

[NancyM]

August 1

4:05 dark and quiet


4:52 Three sleeping with their heads together ♥



4:56 Elo in front, up and makes a poopshot
then Uno, to the left, same drill
Piret lands on cam box, and osprey calls (in the distance)


Elo preening



5:00 Uno exercising