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I asked from you what you think about names:

Male: Madis
Female: Piret

Both are old Estonian names...

17.16


What is there? Show me!




Happy family!

I think Piret & Madis are good names. Mutikluti thank you.
In all the confusion of seeing several ospreys I forgot all about their names.

Male is doing just fine: 3rd time since the egg was laid, he is here with fish, SHE has to grab it. But doesn't so far.

And now he is simply pushes the female aside and wants to be on the egg.

So,Jopie,Madis is incubating the eggs now ?

Congratulation for the first egg

Hi Macdoum, I really could not say I did miss if he pushed through, and the differences are difficult to see ( I am working on it )

Macdoum, I think I have found a major difference: it is in the tail. Male's tail has rounded ends and female's tail has "square" ends. So, this would be Madis then? (another edit: I am still not sure who this is)

Edit: And the tail of the female seems much longer then of the male, and brown breastfeathers start lower with the male, more white feathers there. (meantime I cling for the ring to tell who is who )

18.15 found female laying in nest ? then read all the good news
best wishes for good luck for the Osprey family

18.23 Madis arrived with a fish, but although Piret looked a bit interested in the beginning, she didn´t take it from him then he ate it all himself

Macdoum, there was the answer, female was on the eggs

Piret don't want to give her place to Madis...she don't trust this treasure to him.

19:18 Madis arrived on the nest. I didn't see any fish.
He is very curious,wants to take over. Piret isn't moving so he is shifting sticks around the nest... getting in the way really.
19:26 Madis is still on the nest,perched on the right side.
Madis,go and get some nice soft nest materials,like moss or grass.!! You need to cushion the egg.

Jopie Madis has a ring on right leg.

I know (a long time already)

Family on a nest

And I am trying to find physical differences, so when we don't see his leg, we know anyway who is who.

20:11
Piret is digging out the nestbowl. She needs to to keep the egg safer under her.

20.01
At last Madis saw this egg from the closer distance... But he couldn't be with an egg long time, Piret decided that she can not fly away and sat on the egg again.

Congratulations to Piret and Madis

Thank you for the pictures everybody, and thanks for the video, unp, I´m glad that you have recorded this moment.