Estonian Osprey Nest (Ivo & Iiris) 2020

[Sunshine]

17:33
Iiris with some sticks..

[Sunshine]

19:21
Exchange



19:46
.. and another one. Iiris was looking at the egg; she moved some sticks around it and seemed to want to lay down on it before Ivo got up.

Then Ivo got up, she stumbled a bit backwards and nearly stepped on both other eggs. She clearly seemed confused about where to lay down.

[yitmoth]

May 3

Hello and good morning!

At 05:32:25 Ivo (finally!) moved the stray egg back into the nest bowl. Hopefully not too late for viability, though I kinda doubt it

Here's a not very revealing screengrab:

[seira]

I also doubt that the egg will hatch, but there may be a miracle happen

06:12 Iiris brought a stick back
Ivo and three eggs

Iiris and eggs



I remember this,

Osprey nest in Lolo, Montana, USA
Harriet, female resident has several males coming and going this year. The latest male resident, Swoop suspected that the egg was not his own, so he kicked the egg out of the nest. The egg stuck at the edge of the nest, and Harriet retrieved it. Now they have two eggs, one of which is the lost egg.

Does Harriet get to keep egg #3? She goes to the edge and pulls it back in! 2020 04 28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xyhvlag0yyA
by Chimega

[Jenny]

May 3, 2020 - 08.35 AM Estonia time
Good morning friends,
hooray, the out of place egg is back where it should be, under Iiri's plumage. Now I hope that the warmth of Iris and Ivo makes up for everything.

[Summi]

At 05:32:25 Ivo (finally!) moved the stray egg back into the nest bowl. Hopefully not too late for viability, though I kinda doubt it

So Ivo is not only a great fisherman, always readily incubating and defending the nest but he also has osprey wisdom to figure out what to do! He must have been thinking about it the whole night.

Thank you all very much for your documentation and pictures.

[zuza]

in 2015, the same case was in the Glaslyn nest. Aran returned the egg to the nest bowl after 24 hours. the chick survived. good morning !

[Owlie]

May 3

Hello and good morning!

At 05:32:25 Ivo (finally!) moved the stray egg back into the nest bowl. Hopefully not too late for viability, though I kinda doubt it
...

This is good news, I want to believe that the egg is ok still

[Gavril]

So Ivo is not only a great fisherman, always readily incubating and defending the nest but he also has osprey wisdom to figure out what to do! He must have been thinking about it the whole night.

I hope that this slow Ivo thought process will keep the egg alive!

[mogga]

At 05:32:25 Ivo (finally!) moved the stray egg back into the nest bowl. Hopefully not too late for viability, though I kinda doubt it

Did anybody record this? I have nothing, at that time it was 4:32 in Germany.
I have now in retrospect made a recording with a desktop capture software of the youtube video. But it's pretty bad, I would only upload it if no other recording exists...

[yitmoth]

Did anybody record this? I have nothing, at that time it was 4:32 in Germany.

I didn't, partly because it really wasn't much to see (Ivo's back was turned to the cam), also because it was after 11:00 here when I found the moment on rewind, and I was (supposed to be) doing some other things. Probably should've recorded it, though, just for the record.

PS Looks like no Pontu archives this year? I wonder why...

[mogga]

I didn't, partly because it really wasn't much to see (Ivo's back was turned to the cam), also because it was after 11:00 here when I found the moment on rewind, and I was (supposed to be) doing some other things. Probably should've recorded it, though, just for the record.

PS Looks like no Pontu archives this year? I wonder why...

Yes, it was not good to see, Ivo was covering it up. But you could see a little..
(Yes, no Pontu archive this year... )

My video is bad, but it's better than nothing. At 0:40 Ivo makes a first attempt. At 1:59 he makes a new try which is successful!

[Summi]

mogga, thank you for making it possible for us to see the great moment of Ivo's gathering all his babies together. Let's hope to see all three hatching.

[mogga]

Yes, Summi, let's hope so...

[Summi]

15:29 Ivo defends the nest against a strange bird

17:28 Ivo brings half a fish, Iiris shows no interest, Ivo takes off with it
18:38 Ivo brings the fish tail part, Iiris takes it and leaves, Ivo sits on the eggs

19:15 Iiris comes back and replaces Ivo

[mogga]

18:38 Ivo brings the fish tail part, Iiris takes it and leaves, Ivo sits on the eggs

[Summi]

mogga, thank you.
Great to see how slowly, gently and carefully Ivo gets down on the eggs and cleans his beak after having eaten most of the fish.

[na_pena]

Beautiful morning :)

04:57
Ivo arrives with a big stick and lands on Iiris



Iiris flies away and daddy takes over the eggs

[Jenny]

May 4, 2020 - 09:00 AM Estonia time

Good morning on a cloudy day.
Ivo had incubated the eggs so far, now Iiris has taken over the brooding.

[Summi]

Good morning

na_pena and Jenny, thank you for the documentation and pics of the morning.

08:10 Ivo drops the bark over Iiris' back to warm her
10:32 Ivo brings a big piece of bark, seems thin and rustling - birch