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18.57 Madis left with fish

19.49 feeding

21.50 Piret took fish from Madis and started feeding

21.54 chick 3 got plenty of food

22.25 Madis offered a morsel to..........


thanks for all contributions today

yes, I noticed them. The whitish eyebrows reminded me of a well known philosopher.. But I just forgot his name!! yes..

Hello, this is Carmen from Spain!
I've arrived here from a news site called Meneame, someone there spoke about this webcam and now I'm addicted to these beautiful ospreys

It's a pleasure to know that I'm not the only one haha.

Nice to meet you all!

Hello Carmen, welcome!

Monday, June 25th, 2012

03:55 Piret is away now for a pretty long time, since I switched on the cam about 10 minutes ago , the chicks are very upset and I hope, she comes back soon.



04:02 Piret returns I could not see if she brought a stick or something else with her.



I think the oldest chick got darker at its whole body. Feathers start to grow slowly I think.

yes! those last white downy feathers over the eyes reminded me of Andy Rooney

Picture of Andy and his eyebrows: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00 ... 970d-600wi


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Hello Infra-red Carmen from Spain! Nice to meet you!

4:30 Pontu archives suggest that a fish was delivered



2012-06-25-04-33 by aurospio, on Flickr

Piret was brooding the chicks, and that big fish was on the left. Then, it was gone. Here is a clue from Pontu as to where it went.

4:53

2012-06-25-04-53 by aurospio, on Flickr

5:52 - MADIS just flew off the nest! I had better investigate,


5:54 Madis returns, with a huge fish! How did he catch it, and de-head it, in 2 minutes??





10:55 Piret quickly shows up


osprey_Estonia_6-24-2012 10.54.58 PM_13 by aurospio, on Flickr

As they get their new feathers they blend in with the nest and with the fish

alice ... they do blend in - very well!

Piret fed several bites to each and every osprey-let



5:56 Madis moves Punky


and then dances backwards



Madis has a nice full crop

I cannot imagine that "punky" is in the best most comfortable spot for Piret.

Maybe not best most, alice- but there she is


osprey_Estonia_6-24-2012 11.17.30 PM_02 by aurospio, on Flickr

6:50 Piret gets up and wrestles with the big fish

7:03 Piret leaves the nest


7:05 Piret returns with some greenery


7:07


then she decides to move Punky

Good morning everybody!

6:55 Feeding

10.02

Good morning, Piret back with a twig, starts feeding

Edit: 10.12 Pirets stops feeding. They all had several bites, Little one would have liked some more but was pushed backwards for a while by nr 2, who was the first one to be fed.

Did the little one get fed? I walked in just at the very end as she cleaned up the nest and covered them all over.

You already answered.

Alice, yes, it was. Not as much as it wanted but sufficient.

Nancy, about your post of 5.54 with the large beheaded fish. It is such a nice clean cut, almost like it was done with a knife. Doesn't look as if Madis beheaded that fish Surely not within 2 minutes!

10:01 Feeding