Estonian Osprey Nest (Mati & ?) 2018
Posted: March 25th, 2018, 1:32 pm
Welcome to the seventh season on this nest!
Introduction on LK main page in English: https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/en/node/2493
In 2017 Mati, the male osprey (metal ring right ankle), waited in vain for a return of Mai (ringed, 29, on left ankle, metal ring on right ankle), his mate in 2016.
A new female appeared, with Estonian ring LF (LF ring left ankle, metal ring right ankle, ringed in 2015), but she turned out to be too young for successful breeding and she refused Matis´ attemps for mating.
Nevertheless she stayed around the nest with Mati for months, got fish from him and seemed to be happy with this situation.
Will she return and become his mate in 2018?
Mati ♂
LF ♀
Nest is located in South Estonia, Võrumaa.
A military base is close, so it is not unusal to hear motor sounds from trucks and other vehicles, sometimes even shots.
A fish farm, as well as a river, is not far, so good hunting conditions for Ospreys.
Ospreys (Pandion heliaetus) reach body heights of 50-66 cm, and wingspans of 1,27 - 1,74 m. Females are bigger than males.
- Winglength ♂ 448 bis 495 mm ♀ 470 bis 518 mm
- Weight ♂ 1,12 bis 1,74 kg ♀ 1,21 bis 2,05 kg
Usually two or three eggs are laid and incubated 36-41 days.
Young Ospreys fledge after 50-54 days.
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Introduction and summary 2012: viewtopic.php?p=135899#p135899
Introduction and summary 2013: viewtopic.php?p=209670#p209670
Introduction and summary 2014: viewtopic.php?p=303570#p303570
Introduction and summary 2015: viewtopic.php?p=365865#p365865
Introduction and summary 2016: viewtopic.php?p=446787#p446787
Introduction and summary 2017: viewtopic.php?p=519323#p519323
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Camera links
JW Player: http://pontu.eenet.ee/player/kalakotkas.html and/or http://tv.eenet.ee/kalakotkas.html (Android)
Android, VLC: rtmp://193.40.133.138/live/kalakotkas or rtsp://193.40.133.138/live/kalakotkas
Mac, iPhone and iPad: http://tv.eenet.ee/hls/kalakotkas.m3u8
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuWc6JZWo6Q
In case the given youtube link should not work, please check youtube channel of Urmas Lett (our Techno-Urmas here) for the current link
https://www.youtube.com/user/urmaslett
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Pontu picture/video archives: http://193.40.124.24/2018-kalakotkas/
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Introduction on LK main page in English: https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/en/node/2493
In 2017 Mati, the male osprey (metal ring right ankle), waited in vain for a return of Mai (ringed, 29, on left ankle, metal ring on right ankle), his mate in 2016.
A new female appeared, with Estonian ring LF (LF ring left ankle, metal ring right ankle, ringed in 2015), but she turned out to be too young for successful breeding and she refused Matis´ attemps for mating.
Nevertheless she stayed around the nest with Mati for months, got fish from him and seemed to be happy with this situation.
Will she return and become his mate in 2018?
Mati ♂
LF ♀
Nest is located in South Estonia, Võrumaa.
A military base is close, so it is not unusal to hear motor sounds from trucks and other vehicles, sometimes even shots.
A fish farm, as well as a river, is not far, so good hunting conditions for Ospreys.
Ospreys (Pandion heliaetus) reach body heights of 50-66 cm, and wingspans of 1,27 - 1,74 m. Females are bigger than males.
- Winglength ♂ 448 bis 495 mm ♀ 470 bis 518 mm
- Weight ♂ 1,12 bis 1,74 kg ♀ 1,21 bis 2,05 kg
Usually two or three eggs are laid and incubated 36-41 days.
Young Ospreys fledge after 50-54 days.
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Introduction and summary 2012: viewtopic.php?p=135899#p135899
Introduction and summary 2013: viewtopic.php?p=209670#p209670
Introduction and summary 2014: viewtopic.php?p=303570#p303570
Introduction and summary 2015: viewtopic.php?p=365865#p365865
Introduction and summary 2016: viewtopic.php?p=446787#p446787
Introduction and summary 2017: viewtopic.php?p=519323#p519323
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Camera links
JW Player: http://pontu.eenet.ee/player/kalakotkas.html and/or http://tv.eenet.ee/kalakotkas.html (Android)
Android, VLC: rtmp://193.40.133.138/live/kalakotkas or rtsp://193.40.133.138/live/kalakotkas
Mac, iPhone and iPad: http://tv.eenet.ee/hls/kalakotkas.m3u8
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuWc6JZWo6Q
In case the given youtube link should not work, please check youtube channel of Urmas Lett (our Techno-Urmas here) for the current link
https://www.youtube.com/user/urmaslett
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Pontu picture/video archives: http://193.40.124.24/2018-kalakotkas/
- - - - -
We ask members to post no more than three pictures plus one video per posting,
and pictures should not be larger than 800 x 600 pixels.
Too many or too big pictures/videos will be edited by admins/mods.
Please add camera time to your posts/pictures/observations! Thank you!