Looduskalender

renandeli wrote:If she didn't accept the male? Sometimes it happens that the male does not bring enought food for example, and the female abandones the nest. She has to be sure that everything goes just right, - Or if something bad happened to the male (!)

Something happened with female, the male was in the nest morning, he brought branchs etc,
later he brought the prey.
This is out of question (that the male didn't bring enough food or female didn't accept the male)
It was happy family-life this morning and earlier!

EDIT: but there was poor food bringing 13-14 May though

Kuremari wrote:there may be still 2 eggs, but that really doesn`t matter now?!
no chicks this year in this nest, sad!

I think there are still 2 eggs
I agree with you....really- that doesn't matter now ( is there one or two....the problem is the parents are gone)

Lili wrote: Something happened with female, the male was in the nest morning, he brought branchs etc,
later he brought the prey.
This is out of question (that the male didn't bring enough food or female didn't accept the male)
It was happy family-life this morning and earlier!!

Yes, Lili.. you know better this situation! This looks bad.. anyway.

16 May - Oh, this is sad indeed! No eagle on the nest at this early morning time.

Adult eagle flew to the nest about 7:24, turned eggs and begun incubating. I don't know if that is male or female - had a look too rarely before.

But fortunately eggs seem to be not broken, only these could be not alive anymore...

Woodpecker passed close by, but has no chance for look at eggs, also blue tit came for small feathers, but was unsuccessful this time.

8:08 adult eagle found something to eat, stood up, took care of its feathering - seems not to be interested of incubating - and 8:11 took off...

Even if the eagles visit the nest a few hours a day, it means they stopped incubating.
Why not take those eggs, check if they are still alive and place them in incubator before instead of harmless tits and woodpeckers ravens or buzzards appear here.

Empty nest and the quest at 10.36


10.56

back to the nest at 15.17

15.40 adult bird is sitting on eggs

This situation is strange. I'll put the fraps automat on and take every 30 sec pictures till the evening. I'm out in the garden and with dogs..

I have to shut the Portuguese cam ;( ..but the BS family there is fine, everything all right..

The nest is empty at 17:40

The eagle was incubating till 16:17. Then it stood up and disappeared.
15:50


16:04



16:17:32


16:18:02

there are two eggs! But no eagle..

Now it is 17:44, empty nest with two beautuful eggs.

18.16 eagle is back

At 18:13 I noticed the fraps had stopped at 17:56 (tne nest was empty).

At 18:13 there was an adult sitting on the branche. Now the eagle is incubating again. It's 18:26

pics later

Yes, there it is!

18:13



18:15






at 18:16



at 18:18



at 18:22

Everything looks better now! The eagle is sleeping. It just corrected the position of the body some few times, stepped a bit on the cavity, rolled eggs and at last fell asleep

at 18:50

Seems like it is male who is missing and she is going to search food at day time...

katsik wrote:Seems like it is male who is missing and she is going to search food at day time...

Let's hope the male will return! I guess it might be very difficult to take care of chicks all alone.. So, the problem is not solved yet!

We have to wait to see the other eagle..

Rendandeli thank you for all pics!
20.15 she is still on eggs and it looks this nest female (almost white brows and darker head)

(The eagle who was incubating till 16:17 doesn't look to me this nest female, but I'm not sure is it male or somebody stranger)

Perhaps here is still hope
I wonder does the bird feel if the eggs aren't alive

Later in the evening the (female) eagle is still incubating

at 20:07



at 20:48

Weather colours seem sronger, but the light is not anymore so pale and bright as earlier..


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Ih this the same eagle... at 16:04



...as this one at 18:35



I can't say. Maybe I have better pictures in the folders..
The lightning has changed, is difficult to see.

(fraps had stopped again, at 21:02, the eagle was then on the nestI

Next picture, nest was empty! at 21:21



But soon the eagle came at 21:23



21:24 etc till









at 21:28, sleeping, light wind is blowing

renandeli wrote: at 20:48

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Ih this the same eagle... at 16:04

...as this one at 18:35

I can't say. Maybe I have better pictures in the folders..
The lightning has changed, is difficult to see.

I never compare single pictures, but whole serie...because of lighting.