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Good morning!

6:03 mating

7:27










osprey_Estonia_4-30-2012 12.27.34 AM_07 by aurospio, on Flickr

7:27


7:28 PM




7:34 A few more branches are needed

7:38

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7:38

osprey_Estonia_4-30-2012 12.38.26 AM_20 by aurospio, on Flickr

7:27 mating

Top-of-head patterns

17:02 camtime
Both ospreys are on the nest,busy doing nestorations. M has left now.
17:05 F is still busy arranging the nestbowl.

17:15 M returns,attempts at mating. Unsuccessful. F said 'Ger off me" and gave him a 'look'.

17:18 M flies off,a moment later F flies off too.

17:22 Back at the nest..
17:29 Osprey still on the nest just looking around. (hasn't turned so I could see the breast feathers..
17:31 Male arrived,brief mating.
17:33 Mating,chirping.
(I'll leave for now)

18:10 Female (Dark Lady, no rings) is chirping, male flies to branch or ? up above, then jumps down onto her back.






18:13 Male flies off the nest. Female stays and preens.

18:21 Females sees someone coming and chirps. Male lands on her back, and she bends a little but nor much, and does not raise her tail all the way. The male stays on a few more seconds this time.






In the last two attempted matings, when the male jumps down, he does not assume a submissive posture - he raises his wings and turns back toward the female ... that is different!



Female flies UP and male arranges things in the nest bowl.

The osprey couple ar seemingly taking turns perching above the nest.? on the cam pole maybe.
19:35-42 camtime

20:02 Successful mating.
...and out..

The Latvian ESTLAT webcam is broadcasting now. Here is the new topic for it (bird-song is beautiful just now!)
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=405

JW Player -
http://pontu.eenet.ee/player/zivju-erglis.html

Thank you Jo.

The nest here is empty just now.

? Female on the nest,doing nestorations. Eating a fish.

20:21 Still moving sticks and branches around.
20:25 Male arrived,attempted mating.(I think he is perched on the camera housing )
20:26 F busy at nestorations
20:55 No one home
21: ? 14 Osprey on the nest. Ring on R leg.

May 2

4:45 No ospreys on nest, but a lot of noise from above

4:57 Full light, and the first to the nest is the ringed male
4:59 Male flies up, someone flies in and up and mating sounds are heard

(up and downs to the nest, by the male, not recorded)

5:28 Male on the nest and goes up and sounds of potential mating are heard

5: 31 flyoff and return with a stick for the nest
5:34 fly off
5:36 return with great big blob of grass
~~~~~~

6:15 female to nest, male lands on her back, then jumps off and assumes submissive posture

8:46
Ha

The Ospreys do sit just above the cam -- one was sitting so its tail was in view.

May 3

5:45 Male arrived
5:59 Male departed

Cuckoo at 07.52

Someone was ON the camera

Someone - probably unringed, so female - in nest at 8.16 cam time, for at least 5 mins; another on top of camera

Osprey