Estonian Osprey Nest (Ivo & Iiris) 2020

[sova]

Hello everybody

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12:52 Next change, Iiris comes, Ivo leaves
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Mogga .... great pictures

[Summi]

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12:52 Next change, Iiris comes, Ivo leaves
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Thank you all for the wonderful pictures.
mogga, in your above picture Iiris and Ivo seem to have the greatest wingspan of all the birds in the world.

[Owlie]

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12:52 Next change, Iiris comes, Ivo leaves
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... Great catch, mogga

[Summi]

19:06 Ivo in with a stick and enjoys standing on it like a hen on the perch.
19:07 Iiris takes off to find something to eat for supper - it's called "self-catering".

20:51 Ivo rushes in like a bolt from the blue to see that everything is O.K. or better to say - to find what Iiris has left him from her fish.

[Summi]

May 11

Good morning

05:23:34 Ivo with a stick in the sky from the right to the left, making a circle.
05:24:01 Ivo with the stick landing like a pole vaulter, sits on the eggs.

06:29 Iiris brings a piece of bark and replaces Ivo.
08:17 Ivo with a stick and replaces Iiris, she goes self-catering.

[Summi]

12:11 Iiris replaces Ivo who has been on the eggs for almost four hours
15:58 Iiris takes off to dry up after 4-hour shift, Ivo comes

16:25 Iiris back on the eggs, Ivo readily leaves

[Sunshine]

Good day, everyone!

08:17 Ivo with a stick and replaces Iiris, she goes self-catering.

Self-catering is a good description, Summi!
Well, she really has to - considering the half-fishes and one quarter fishes that Ivo has been bringing her..

12:11 Iiris replaces Ivo who has been on the eggs for almost four hours

12:10
Ivo "taking a walk" after 4 hour shift



12:11
Ivo is back

[Sunshine]

12:11
.. but now Iiris is back, too.
Today is a day of beautiful wings



12:11
Ivo takes off after sitting on the eggs for ~ 4 h



15:58
Iiris off after 4 h on duty

[Sunshine]

16:25 Iiris back on the eggs, Ivo readily leaves

16:25
Iiris arriving



18:43
Ivo brings a half fish for Iiris



19:19
Iiris has eaten the fish and is back

[Summi]

Sunshine, thank you for the beautiful pictures to the dull list of events.

[Sunshine]

21:22
Sunset



22:01
Night falls..



Summi,

[Sunshine]

12.05.



First change this morning precisely at 05.00 a.m.



06:15
Iiris is back already



07:26
Ivo with a tree bark. He stands in the nest for quite a while, moving around nest material, yet Iiris does not get up.
Ivo leaves eventually.



09:36
Change. Ivo replaces Iiris

10:45
Iiris is back

[Sunshine]

12:11
Ivo arrives again and takes over



13:04
Today Iiris does not let him sit on the eggs long. She is back and Ivo goes.

[Summi]

Sunshine, thank you for your comments with great pictures of Iiris and Ivo.

15:00 Ivo lands with a nice fish, hungry Iiris takes some morsels before taking off with it
15:13 Iiris is back, she probably lost the fish

[mogga]

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Hello osprey fans

10:45
Iiris is back

12:11
Ivo arrives again and takes over

[mogga]

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14:21 Ivo comes to take over. Iiris doesn't really want to, she'd rather have fish instead... But what else can she do? Ivo is not reacting...

[mogga]

15:00 Ivo lands with a nice fish, hungry Iiris takes some morsels before taking off with it

[Jenny]

17:40 p.m. Estonian time
Iiris is alarmed, her head swings back and forth, she stands up combative and I saw only one large bird disappear, probably another osprey. Sorry about the red line

[Sunshine]

Summi, thank you for your very accurate reports! mogga, very nice videos!
Jenny, great picture - impressive and dramatic!

[Sunshine]

15:00 Ivo lands with a nice fish, hungry Iiris takes some morsels before taking off with it
15:13 Iiris is back, she probably lost the fish

15:00
Iiris takes off with a nice headless fish



15:13
She is back. Probably she ate the fish already? 13 minutes seem to be enough for a very hungry osprey

17:42
Alert, another osprey flew over Iiris's head