Estonian Osprey Nest ~Irma & Joosep~ (I&I)DOCUMENTATION 2015

[Bea]

This is the third camera-season for Irma & Ilmar´s nest.

Ilmar, the male, wears ring with letters AF

Irma, the female, has ring with letter/number U5
Both have metal rings on their right ankles, but designations are not readable in cam view



Last year two chicks were raised, Elar (DI) and Aino (AR)


Ospreys reach body heights of 50-66 cm, and wingspans of 1,27 - 1,74 m. Females are bigger than males.

- Winglength ♂ 448 bis 495 mm ♀ 470 bis 518 mm
- Weight ♂ 1,12 bis 1,74 kg ♀ 1,21 bis 2,05 kg

Usually two or three eggs are laid and incubated 36-41 days.
Young Ospreys fledge after 50-54 days.

Nest is located in South Estonia, not far from a fish farm. Natural river and ponds are in vicinity, too.

This topic is for documentation of what we see on Ilmar & Irma's nest.
1) Something that you saw yourself on the cam
2) Include the date and time
3) Posts here are meant for a quick review of events. Comments and discussion should be posted HERE:
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=765

Link to forum topic 2014: viewtopic.php?f=56&t=661
Post with seasonal summary 2014: viewtopic.php?p=302925#p

Link to forum topic 2013: viewtopic.php?f=56&t=550
Post with seasonal summary 2013: viewtopic.php?p=217199#p217199

Links for Ilmar's Nest Cam
http://pontu.eenet.ee/player/kalakotkas2.html
http://www.eenet.ee/EENet/kalakotkas2.html

VLC link (also works for Android): rtsp://193.40.133.138/live/kalakotkas2

iOS (iPhone/iPad): http://193.40.133.138/live/kalakotkas2/playlist.m3u8

(Sample) Link to Pontu archives

http://193.40.124.24/2015-kalakotkas2-ftp/

http://193.40.124.24/2015-kalakotkas2-ftp/2015-04-06/

Change the date (in two places) and the time (in 24-hour style) to see the archived picture for a particular day and time - there is one picture per minute.

Pontu picture viewer (from debianuser): http://pontu.ca/

We ask members to post no more than three pictures plus one video per posting,
and pictures should not be larger than 800 x 600 pixels.

Too many or too big pictures/videos will be edited by admins/mods and non-documenting posts moved to discussions topic.

[Bea]

Major events 2015

06. April - camera goes online

12. April - an Osprey is spotted in the dead tree viewtopic.php?p=374851#p374851

14. April - Osprey with ring J3 appears on the nest viewtopic.php?p=375475#p375475
J3 is identyfied as Estonian Osprey, ringed by Joosep Tuvi in 2011, in a clutch of three in Alam Pedja Nature Reserve viewtopic.php?p=375484#p375484

17. April - female Osprey arrives on the nest, metal ring right ankle, no ring on left side viewtopic.php?p=377215#p377215

19. April - Unknown, unringed female Osprey on the nest viewtopic.php?p=377890#p377890

24. April - New unknown huge female Osprey on the nest, metal ring right ankle viewtopic.php?p=379743#p379743

24. April - Irma (U5) returns! viewtopic.php?p=379827#p379827

3. May - J3 is named Joosep

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3. May --- Egg #1 is laid (Endel, Endo) viewtopic.php?p=383376#p383376
6. May --- Egg #2 is laid (Aasa, Aase, Asse) viewtopic.php?p=384769#p384769
8. May --- Egg #3 is laid (20:53 ECT) (Timmo, Timmu, Timo) viewtopic.php?p=385752#p385752

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4. May - unringed Osprey trys to land on the nest viewtopic.php?p=383989#p383989

15. May - Intruder alarm viewtopic.php?p=388185#p388185

25. May - Osprey with red ring/white numbers 718 (Latvian?) as an intruder on the nest viewtopic.php?p=391567#p391567

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9. June --- Egg #1 hatched viewtopic.php?p=397393#p397393 (Elar, Haljand, Hallar, Helar, Helari, Hellar)
10. June --- Egg #2 hatched ~16:00 viewtopic.php?p=398126#p398126 (Amalie, Maali, Maila, Maile, Maili, Mailis)
12. June --- Egg #3 hatched ~10:00 viewtopic.php?p=398900#p398900 (Eskel, Esko)

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6. July --- Irma delivered a fish to the nest (first time) viewtopic.php?p=406771#p406771

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20. July --- Osprets are getting their rings (NN, NT, NY) from Joosep Tuvi viewtopic.php?p=410620#p410620

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27. July --- Osprets are named Niina (NN), Thor (NT) and Yolanda (NY) viewtopic.php?p=412342#p412342

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2. August --- Niina (NN) takes off for her maiden flight viewtopic.php?p=413829#p413829
3. August --- Thor (NT) off for his maiden flight viewtopic.php?p=414032#p414032
4. August --- Yolanda (NY) makes her maiden flight viewtopic.php?p=414264#p414264

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19. August --- Irma was spotted last time on the nest viewtopic.php?p=416864#p416864

4. September --- Unringed, unknown Osprey for a touch-and-go on the nest viewtopic.php?p=419496#p419496

5. September --- Yolanda (NY) is seen last time on the nest viewtopic.php?p=419701#p419701
15. September --- Niina (NN) last time spotted on the nest viewtopic.php?p=421163#p421163
18. September --- Joosep (J3) delivers the last fish and is not spotted any more viewtopic.php?p=421551#p421551
19. September --- Thor (NT) is seen last time on the nest viewtopic.php?p=421666#p421666

[Bea]

20. July
Ringing datas, given by Joosep Tuvi viewtopic.php?p=410620#p410620

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All got black rings with white letters on left leg and aluminium rings on right legs

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Niina (NN) - Aluminium ring A16121

Winglength complete - 36,0 cm
Length shoulder wing - 19,0 cm
Length of leg - 67,2 mm
Tarsus diameter - 10,5 mm
Weight - 1,76 kg

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Thor (NT) - Aluminium ring A16123

Winglength complete - 33,0 cm
Length shoulder wing - 19,5 cm
Length of leg - 64,9 mm
Tarsus diameter - 9,7 mm
Weight - 1,64 kg

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Yolanda (NY) - Aluminium ring A16122

Winglength complete - 36,0 cm
Length shoulder wing - 20,0 cm
Length of leg - 67,8 mm
Tarsus diameter - 9,3 mm
Weight - 1,78 kg

[Bea]

Reserved

[Bea]

Finally!

Aha - there is still work going on

And the dead tree has lost its top during winter

[-Thumper-]

April 9th

5:47 Good morning! Still no sign of Ilmar nor Irma. Wind is blowing the tree the nest is in back and forth.

[Gavril]

April 12. 7:52. Good morning! While only a bird flew in to check the nest. Irma and Ilmar! We are waiting for you!

[lispet]

There is at least one bird on the dead tree.
Edit: two

[Gavril]

08:09. Yes! And this bird with a white chest! lispet
8:11. They left each other.

[Gavril]

9:00. Another bird sat on an old tree.
9:06. She flew off. This bird was like...greasy chicken.

[-Thumper-]

9:06 They flew toward the nest, but passed it. Wishful thinking!

[-Thumper-]

9:13 A tit visits the nest.



Goodnight!

[Bea]

12:11 - An Osprey in the dead tree


Transmission breaks all few moments - unfortunately.

[Gavril]

12:26. It's some kind of white osprey....it's Hard to understand, because the wind and the thread is interrupted.

12:34. Osprey flew away. Perhaps it is migrating osprey. Flew to Finland...
12:41. Thread not found!

[Riitta]

12:31 This is an osprey, but he or she doesn't show us the ring.


12:33 ...no longer to be seen!

[Liz01]

April 14
Date was corrected by mod

good morning
6:31 a Osprey in the tree?





Lianaliesma

[lianaliesma]

[Liz01]

6:42 he does not move. Would be nice if he would come closer

6:44 he call and flew away



Bea, thanks for this thread
I am in the right thread? Can upload pictures?

6:50 Osprey is back on the tree

EDIT: I'm wrong here.
Bea, can you push in the right thread? Thank you

[kyfisher]

4-14
There is a large bird (osprey?) sitting in the dead tree for about 20 minutes.

Bird flew away while I was typing

[Chimega]

J3 black ring on left leg, silver ring on the right leg.