Links to other White-Tailed Eagle (WTE) Cams

[Manu]

Congratulations to the first chick .
I really hope the injury of the female is getting better soon.

[macko50]

WTE Denmark

9:00 Food delivery and feeding.

[Mamicja]

WTE Denmark

April 11th

Female flew in with some hay, male flew away.





There is a "pip" in the second egg.

[Mamicja]

Female's landing on the right leg.



She has ring, which seems not helpful.

[Mamicja]

The second egg is hatching at the moment.

[macko50]

WTE Denmark

April 12.

6:03 The second chick hatched. :)




6:27 Dad brought a fish

[macko50]

8:16 Male is feeding the chicks.

[Kukelke]

Short video of the Dutch white tailed eagle pair, where you can see how much they have built up their nest the last 2 weeks. First shots are from 2 weeks ago, followed by more recent uptakes. Also a change of breeding duties is to be seen:



Webcam link: www.volgdezeearend.nl

[Kukelke]

All is quiet on the Nestern Front of the Dutch WTE webcam (http://www.volgdezeearend.nl/). Male and female change incubation duties every now and then, prey arrives on the nest and it will still take some time before the first egg hatches.


However, yesterday local rangers and foresters confirmed that there are already eaglets on 2 other known WTE nest locations in the Netherlands; at the Oostvaardersplassen, in the Biesbosch.

Picture of one of the parents feeding the eaglet in the Biesbosch nature reserve:

[Kukelke]

All is fine on the nest and no real news to report.

Here a short video where you can guess the prey the Dutch WTEs bring home to their nest:

[Amsel67]

I am just watching the Danish Sea Eagles nest:
both chicks are fine, but one seems tired (or even weak).

I like the fact that both parents are on the nest very often.

Have a wonderful Easter Sunday, everyone.



edit: weak was wrong, some fighting going on now.

[Britta]

i have also take a look at the danish nest

both eaglets are sleeping and the parent spends shaddow

[Mamicja]

WTE Denmark

April 22nd

The female's leg is still not fully recovered. Fortunately the male is good hunter. In the afternoon he brought an eel (or a garfish) and fed eaglets.
In the evening he brought another prey (?) again.

[Kukelke]

http://www.volgdezeearend.nl/

Both eagles on the Dutch nest still do their incubation duties, and yesterday this picture was taken of one of them trying to catch a duck:


(picture made by Gert-Jan IJzerman)

[Britta]

kukelke, thank you for showing us this great pic

[Mamicja]

WTE Denmark
April 23rd

The Danish male is wonderful. He hunts, takes care of the female and eaglets. The pantry is so full that there is almost no place for the whole family.



The female has to use her wings to move around the nest.

[Kukelke]

Feeding of the Danish eaglets this morning:



So much prey on the nest, it looks like an abbatoir

[Kukelke]

The Dutch white tailed eagle (http://www.volgdezeearend.nl) cam has been offline for 2 days now. People have been checking the cables and concluded that the failure is somewhere in the cam itself. The failure can be caused by heavy rains, or perhaps even by lightning. If moisture is the case, then the cam will be online again as soon as it has evaporated. If lightning struck the cam, it is worse and the problem can only be solved later on, when the eaglets are out of the eggs.

Meanwhile a video from last week:



http://www.volgdezeearend.nl/storm/

[Amsel67]

I am so sorry to hear that the dutch Sea Eagles have left the nest . Perhaps next year :(

[Kukelke]

Sad news indeed.

Zeearenden niet meer op nest!

Slecht nieuws voor alle zeearendvolgers: de zeearenden vliegen nog wel rond hun nest, maar broeden niet meer.

Donderdag 24 april, ’s avonds rond 19.00 uur was er een stevige regen- en onweersbui in de buurt van het nest. Op dat moment viel ook de webcam uit en is er geen beeld meer ontvangen.

Vrijwilliger Lammert van de Burg was zoals gebruikelijk gisteren de hele dag bij de keet met zicht op het nest. En hij heeft ook gisteravond de vogels op en rond het nest gezien. Maar sinds vanochtend vliegen ze nog wel in de buurt, maar zitten ze niet meer op hun ei.

Boswachter Egbert van Wijhe: “De oorzaak is niet bekend en we gaan ook de camera niet repareren of in de boom klimmen om in het nest te kijken of er nog een ei ligt. We blijven voorlopig uit de buurt om de zeearenden hun rust te gunnen. Belangrijkste is dat de vogels zich hier in het Roggebotzand op hun gemak voelen en hopelijk volgend jaar een nieuwe broedpoging wagen.”

http://www.volgdezeearend.nl/zeearenden ... r-op-nest/

Translation:

White tailed eagles not on their nest anymore

Bad news for all white tailed eagle followers: the white tailed eagles still fly around their nest, but don't breed anymore.

Thursday April 24th, around 19:00 in the evening, there was a severe thunderstorm in the vicinity of the nest. On that moment the webcam failed and no pictures were received anymore.

Volunteer Lammer van de Burg was yesterday, as usual, in the shed with view on the nest. And he also observed the birds on and around the nest yesterday evening. But since this morning they are still flying around, but stopped sitting on their egg(s).

Foresteer Egbert van Wijhe: "the cause is unknown, and we won't repair the camera nor climb the tree in order to look into the nest if there's an egg still. For the time being we stay away from the eagles to give them their rest. The most important is that the birds feel comfortable here at Roggebotzand, and hopefully attempt to breed here again next year."

Not all isn't necesarily lost yet. If they start to breed again very, very soon, the egg(s) still might have a chance since the last 2 weeks of incubation are the most important, although they were well into the 4th week of breeding. Or perhaps the pair tries again and another clutch of eggs is laid. Time will tell.