Looduskalender

17:35
Ivo brought a headless fish for Irma



.. and settles on the eggs

At the empty net of kalakotkas1 camera there were several ospreys visiting it. Maybe youngsters looking for a next season flat?

Good evening !

19:19
Ivo is on the nest.

Hello, Ivo !

I turned on the camera at 19:19, since then Ivo is on the nest. Irma is not visible.
20:39

20:41

Irma comes on the stand for the camera. Ivo gets up to leave the nest.
See how his feathers on his chest swelled, they are usually smooth. That's how warm a pillow he has for eggs.

20:42
Ivo flew out.
Irma comes on the nest.

Ivo and the beautiful sky in the left corner.
21:32

Ivo incubates and collects from the chips the puzzle on his back.
21:44

And this is the beginning of the second puzzle.
21:51

Yes, the little sticks on his back! is this a camouflage trick?

Maria&Xavier, I dont know.
Irma does that too. But she breaks the big twigs into small pieces and spreads them around herself. And Ivo, he always puts them on his back.
There seems to be little camouflage.. Too small detail.

22:00

Irma returned and Ivo again flew from the nest

22:11
sleep well, Irma

May 18


05:19 good morning, Ivo


05:22 Irma is here
http://up.picr.de/32714178jy.jpg

May 18 - 8.55 AM
Irma and Ivo exchange their sitting position

09:42

Shift change - Ivo was on the eggs when Irma arrived with a stick ..... he decided to better fly off quick when Irma began to search for the right place for this new furniture

Hint for those of you who are also interested in other species than ospreys ... the first Estonian Black Storklet is about to hatch ....

http://tv.eenet.ee/must-toonekurg.html

Bea wrote: ↑May 18th, 2018, 2:27 pm Hint for those of you who are also interested in other species than ospreys ... the first Estonian Black Storklet is about to hatch ....

http://tv.eenet.ee/must-toonekurg.html

Thank you so much Bea for the link. During the day I switch to all the interesting nests to be informed what's going on.

15:11
Ivo brought a fish for Irma - she was screaming loud and seemed hungry

Bea wrote: ↑May 18th, 2018, 2:27 pm Hint for those of you who are also interested in other species than ospreys ... the first Estonian Black Storklet is about to hatch ....

http://tv.eenet.ee/must-toonekurg.html

Thank you Bea! How it is known the chicks are about to hatch? Because of the number of days since they were laid?