Estonian Osprey Nest (Ivo & Iiris) 2020

[Summi]

mogga, thank you for the pictures. Especially for the one of Iiris pulling at one of Ivo's breast feathers, was it a gesture of fondness?

[mogga]

...was it a gesture of fondness?

Surely!

[Sunshine]

Iiris pulls at one of Ivo's breast feathers

Such a lovely moment! Thank you, mogga!

[Sunshine]

20:45
Peaceful evening. Ivo on the nest



20:47
Egg rolling and a golden sunset

[Sunshine]

21:10
Iiris returns, bringing a large stick



21:30
Evening colours

[hyypiö]

Iiris pulls at one of Ivo's breast feathers

There was something dark (some little stick or pair of dry pine needles?) stuck in Ivo's breast feathers. It was visible earlier at 0:11-0:35 in the video clip.

Iiris helped by removing it.

[Jenny]

May 9, 2020

Hi Sunshine, thank you for the beautiful pictures, especially the one with the golden sunset and mogga for the lovely video with Ivo and Iiris. So nice to watch when Iiris pulled out a breast feather from Ivo. The way he looks at her is devoting.

[na_pena]

Good morning dear people!

Iiris came at 11:30am to see if Ivo wants her to take over but he didn't So she flew away

[Summi]

There was something dark (some little stick or pair of dry pine needles?) stuck in Ivo's breast feathers. It was visible earlier at 0:11-0:35 in the video clip.
Iiris helped by removing it.

A good wife always pays attention how her husband looks like - whether his necktie is straight and that there isn't any scraps on the jacket.

Thank you, all for the beautiful pictures, video and comments.

[Summi]

18:21 Ivo takes off suddenly, eggs alone for 5 minutes
18:26 Iiris flies in with her uneaten fish
18:25 Ivo rushes to the dead tree to chase away a strange osprey
18:27 and 18.35 the strange osprey comes back on top of the dead tree, Ivo chases it away
19:00 Ivo arrives with a big stick and happily takes the fish Iiris has kept for him

21:17 Iiris arrived for the night shift

Good night

[Sunshine]

18:25 Ivo rushes to the dead tree to chase away a strange osprey
18:27 and 18.35 the strange osprey comes back on top of the dead tree, Ivo chases it away

18:21
Ivo rushing to chase the other osprey



18:26
It seems likely that the stranger was attracted by Iiris's fish

[Sunshine]

19:00 Ivo arrives with a big stick and happily takes the fish Iiris has kept for him

19:00
A big stick, indeed!



19:01
Ivo away with the fish in his beak

[Sunshine]

20:20
Ivo arrived and started to move around sticks.



..after a longer moment Iiris finally got up and let Ivo take her place.



21:11
Ivo dozing in the sunset

[Sunshine]

21:17
Iiris is back





Iiris and the evening colours..




Good night!

[Jenny]

May 10, 2020 - 9:05 am Estonian time

Good morning on a beautiful mother's day. Ivo came to the nest to replace Iiris. Birds sing in their highest tones, in the distance you can hear geese, flies hum around the nest. What a beautiful morning.

[Jenny]

Iiris has come back to replace Ivo and Ivo took off into the woods. Iiris was probably fishing because her breast feathers looked very wet. These replacements from Iiris and Ivo, to take care of the eggs, run smoothly. Iiris looks satisfied, I guess she had a delicious breakfast.

[mogga]

°°°


11:55 Change, Ivo comes to replace Iiris

[mogga]

°°°
12:52 Next change, Iiris comes, Ivo leaves




Iiris does not stay on the nest immediately, but flies away again for 3 minutes. You can hear her a bit excited, she seems to chase / scare someone away. But I could not see anything. She then comes back to the nest from the opposite direction.

[mogga]

°°°
13:14 Ivo sits down on the dead tree in the background

13:21 Ivo comes to replace Iiris. At first she doesn't seem to want to, but Ivo remains resolute...

[Silke]

°°°
12:52 Next change, Iiris comes, Ivo leaves




Iiris does not stay on the nest immediately, but flies away again for 3 minutes. You can hear her a bit excited, she seems to chase / scare someone away. But I could not see anything. She then comes back to the nest from the opposite direction.

Wonderful pictures of Ivo and Iiris when changing... Thank you for the Pictures!