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Kalju sounds great so we need a name for the female. Helju is great too aita, thanks for the suggestion
I agree with Hellem, a new topic is not necessary.
Hellem wrote: ↑March 12th, 2020, 12:48 amJo , I think the new topic is not necessary, maybe to change only the name of this topic 2019-2020. There are only 4,5 pages in the beginning about the previous 2019 year nest, all the other pages are from 2020 already. This nest is located also in Soomaa, the same area as the previous nest. Urmas wrote in 04.03.2019: Gunnar found also new nest. There was adult incubating, so observed only from distance. It is about 1km away. viewtopic.php?p=640887#p640887
What is your and the other members opinion?
Golden eagle in Estonian is Kaljukotkas - Rock Eagle, the name Kalju (rock) is very suitable for the male
This is not the same pair of eagles as previous two years. We have more than one GE pair nesting in Soomaa area.
Liz01 wrote: ↑March 12th, 2020, 7:46 am
7:34 he turns the egg and himself
7:44 Kalju's plumage and beak are different to the female
Tatyana It's not the female right now. It's Kalju
It seemed to me that an eagle flew with a ring (although this ring is poorly visible, only the mount is visible). And someone wrote here that only a female incubates ... But, it is quite possible that I am wrong!
Tatyana wrote: ↑March 12th, 2020, 8:00 am
It seemed to me that an eagle flew with a ring (although this ring is poorly visible, only the mount is visible). And someone wrote here that only a female incubates ... But, it is quite possible that I am wrong!
I wrote it, I read it. And I'm sure, Kalju is in the nest.
new info:
Females do a majority of, but not all, of the incubating and largely attain their own food up to the stage of egg-laying, after which they are typically fed by the male. The female may continue to grab most of their own food in areas where carrion is easily accessible.[54] If made to forage excessively during the incubation stage by a non-attentive mate, the female may abandon the nesting attempt.[60] In Idaho, the female did 84% of the incubation during the day, with the male doing about 16%.[60] At night, the female generally appears to do all of the incubating.[61] In Japan, the female did 90% of the observed incubating........
Name Kalju means cliff or rock in estonian, i love it
Here is an article https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/4303 of current nest, unfortunately only available in estonian, but you can see pictures of the area and nest tree.
8:20 Kalju the beautiful male (BTW: In German the golden eagle is named Stein Adler = Stone Eagle)
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Estonian name for Golden eagle has its origin in German as we don't have rocky mountains here. The other names for GE in Estonian are "maakotkas" (meaning "land-eagle") and "laanekotkas" (meaning "forest-eagle"). Both of these are opposites for White-tailed eagle's name in Estonian "merikotkas" that means "sea-eagle".
aita, thanks for the suggestion
The weather has improved . But is is still windy.. stormy 
, I think the new topic is not necessary, maybe to change only the name of this topic 2019-2020. There are only 4,5 pages in the beginning about the previous 2019 year nest, all the other pages are from 2020 already. This nest is located also in Soomaa, the same area as the previous nest. Urmas wrote in 04.03.2019: Gunnar found also new nest. There was adult incubating, so observed only from distance. It is about 1km away.
Kalju has a rounder head than Helju, and the beak is shorter than hers. He is a cutie! And she is a beauty! 