Latvian WTE nest webcamera: Juras-Erglis 2014

[ame]

at about 9 am Mrs E turned the eggs.


a Pontu clip:


at about 10 am Mrs E again complained about some visitor an turned the eggs.


a Pontu clip:

[macko50]

Close the male and the eggs and exchange.

[ame]

Mrs E called again at about 10:30. i can't quite understand why she called because i didn't notice anything alarming in here either. maybe she is a bit jumpy about all birds who come near, even chaffinches.


a Pontu clip:


at about 11 the same thing: egg turn and some eagle yoga.


a Pontu clip

[ame]

at 11:24 crows visited again. -now i've seen the video. actually there were ravens, not hooded crows.
here the raven is flying into the picture in the upper right corner:


then a second fly-by from the left:


a Pontu clip of the raven's visit (maybe there were more than one?)

[ame]

at 12:46 something interesting was high up in the air at which Mrs E called. i heard crows, gulls and maybe fieldfares here... a Pontu clip:


13:00 Mrs E's beak was open as if she were calling. -yes, she called a little. i heard some crows' voices and some gulls before that, maybe black-headed gulls (i.e. laughing gulls Larus ridibundus) or terns..?
a Pontu clip:


(i'll fill up pictures and video clips tomorrow. -now i see i should have made at least one more post. sorry about stuffing so many pictures here. )

[ame]

at 2 pm Mrs and Mr changed turns as we saw earlier.

then Mr E made a long eventless shift till 19:08 when the nest was zoomed at. they changed turns: Mr out and Mrs in.
a Pontu clip of the zooming:


EDIT: no change yet! Mr E returned home. i saw it in Macko's video.

[ame]

at 19:21 Mr E was in the nest again, but he just popped in. in the next picture he was gone again.
EDIT: now i've watched Macko's video and saw that the actual change took place at 19:21. it was then when Mrs E came home and Mr left. earlier Mr E just went out for a while and returned.

thank you Macko/George!

here's an unedited Pontu clip of the evening change:
http://youtu.be/pRkKFZnzP70

20:16 the last Pontu picture: Mrs E at home.

picture album: http://s561.photobucket.com/user/anmael ... 2014-04-05
playlist: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL ... wASUUfYx4Q

[Michi]

What a great surprise in the evening! The cam is back! I haven’t expected that at this time. What a joy!

Thanks a lot, Janis Kuze and all the others who took part, that you have made the cam running again.

[lianaliesma]

April 5

Good watching season to all!

10.33


10.50


11.24 Intruder?

[ame]

April 6th

day 13/38

good morning!

i think this is Mrs E.


she looks sleepy...

[Liz01]

Good Morning Ame
thank you for the beautiful pictures
hopefully it works camera is stable until August?

[ame]

nobody knows about the camera, Liz... no-one did anything to make it go again, it just started yesterday. my guess is that the wind finally shook the wires so that they reconnected. they may break again in the same way at any time. i hope it will hold on... fingers crossed and thumbs up!

7:27 Mrs E called at a hooded crow who flew by.

[ame]

the eagle in the nest got up to turn the eggs and i saw it had rings: it's Mr E after all!
it's been him all morning.

[ame]

9:23 Mr E got up, did some yoga and flew away.

[ame]

9:24 Mrs E came home and lay on the eggs.

EDIT: no! this is Mr E after all. he has rings there but not very clear to see.

[ame]

i began to wonder...? is this Mr E after all?


some crows were making voices above the nest and the parent just stared at the sky and made no calls. Mrs E has been so jumpy about other birds that she would have called.
... yes i think it is still him: the big tailspots!
maybe he just went to the outhouse a while ago (and Mrs E has used the indoor toilet. )

[ame]

some ravens flew over the nest and made calls. they were so annoying that Mr E called back at them a little.

[ame]

10:24 Mrs E came home with a bunch of hay.


Mr E got up lazily and took off at 10:26. Mrs E lays down.

[Felis silvestris]

A lot of soft talking (sounding a bit like a rusty door hinge) going on.
14:35: a snack for Mrs E.

[ame]

i opened the camera and at the same moment i saw Mr E landing on the nest but i didn't see the food...? the picture was still too blurred.


14:36 Mr E took off ...


... and Mrs E ate her lunch. after that she lay down.