Lesser Spotted Eagles - Magnus and Maia Estonia 2019

[Timea]

16.23
Lussi. I was not here all the time. Did she not get smaller prey? Has she not eaten at all?

[Lussi05]

16.23
Lussi. I was not here all the time. Did she not get smaller prey? Has she not eaten at all?

I have not been here all the time eather, so I don`t know. The two deliveries I have seen, she has not been eaten. Mary Jane wrote that she ate a rodent at 5:56, and then again at 8:14, and a few pieces a little later, so she has been eating.

16:37 - She is trying another prey now, a mouse, and she is getting pieces from it. Learning by doing

[Lussi05]

16:44 - Maia arrives with prey, she taste it herself, and then she feeds a hungry eaglet.


Maia is also eating, they are both quite hungry!

16:50 - A new prey from the nest is on the menu.

[Timea]

16.51

Maia feeds Eaglet.


(Thanks, Lussi, it can't be vèry hungry then, but is eating right now)

[Timea]

Never realised before LSE's don't have featherless legs like many other birds. Eaglet's rings go over its feathers. And near the foot feathers are peeking out from under the rings.

[Timea]

17.16
Nice, after feeding Maia stays on....

[IceAge]

17:33
a flat eaglet

[Timea]

20.16

Magnus brings evening snack for Eaglet


It is "open" so Eaglet can try and eat it herself.

[Timea]

20.33
With so much back light it is a matter of guessing, but it looked and sounded as if a parent brought food, which Eaglet could swallow.

[Timea]

20.38
Maia is feeding.
Look at Eaglet's crop

[Mary Jane]

Thank you all so much! I have been away the whole day and it is so good to read and see what has been happening on the nest.

[Timea]

21.49
"Cuddle" for Maia (impossible Eaglet is begging for food )

21.54
Eaglet again is rubbing/scratching Maia's feathers

[Lussi05]

21:53 - Mum and eaglet are doing house work together

[Timea]

21.54

Eaglet is looking up at Maia, who bends forward and touches Eaglet's beak with her beak.
Some sort of endearments? I like to think so.


And with that thought I like to say Good Night to all :-)))

[Lussi05]

And with that thought I like to say Good Night to all :-)))

22:25 - Maia is preening her eaglet - good night, Timea and everybody

[Mary Jane]

July 22

Good morning!

Today Maia left the nest at 4:12.

5:22 Sleepy eaglet


9:12 Ready for breakfast.


9:21 Magnus brings a frog.

[Mary Jane]

9:25 Eaglet is a bit unsure where to begin eating the frog.


9:27 She took a few bites and then started eating.
9:42 Breakfast is finished.

[Timea]

Good day everyone!
10.20

Eaglet sees/hears parent

10.20
Magnus brings a rodent

[Timea]

10.21

Opening beak and "throwing" it backward

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[Mary Jane]

Great pictures, Timea. The one with Magnus bringing the rodent is so clear!