Estonian Osprey Nest (Ivo & Iiris) 2019

[Hyacinth]

8:26, a feeding is going on, just the older chicks. The newest is resting.

[Maria&Xavier]

9:27 iris feeding

[Maria&Xavier]

Sorry, 8:29 Iiris feeding and yes, the youngets resting

[Summi]

Good morning everyone
Welcome the little third chick

[Kitarr]

8:30 Iiris is eating and feeding the oldest chicks. The new chick is asleep.

[asteria]

Hope they all get enough food.

[lispet]

08:38
Iiris is already very skillful in offering food. Only one chick is awake and is not interested in food now.

08:40 Iiris is eating by herself.

[Kitarr]

The chicks don't seem that hungry
They already ate at 7:00

Now if only Iiris could get rid of that eggshell, it keeps rolling back towards the chicks

[Maria&Xavier]

Is usual that parents stop feeding when a new chick is hatching?

8.39 The three chicks are resting now.
Iiris looks so happy, cutting little morsels trying to feed the slept chicks.

[Summi]

8:58
Iiris standing and scrutinizing her kids as if not believing her eyes that there are three of them now.

[Silke]

9:02

Iiris gives her sleeping babies shadow. A half empty eggshell is good to see.

[Silke]

We were sort of worried about the non-feeding of chicks but also wondering what is nature doing. Could that be that Iiris and Ivo where waiting for the third chick to come to start feeding again? It could be that they knew the chick was coming. Maybe they delayed feeding and so the growth of the two first ones so the three chicks have similar ages?

Maria & Xaver, your theory sounds logical. It correspondentes to the start of incubation. Iiris and Ivo startetd continious incubation not before the third egg was layed...

around 9:10
Iiris eats fish and offers some morsels to her sleeping chicks. At last one chick wakes up and gets a morsel, but it was not much hungry/ interessted

[Summi]

11:25
Chicks shortly alone, Iiris must have gone to the loo.

[Jo UK]

07:02

Hello, Lispet.

Your 7.02 picture is so good, but also so big! - page 108
Please can you check that it fits the forum rule for size - 600 x 800px.
Thanks.
Jo

[ExpertOfNothing]

Birthday of the third chick.

[Kitarr]

12:40 Ivo is on the nest with Iiris and the chicks. I did not see when he arrived.
Iiris is 'talking'
12:47 still the whole family on the nest.

13:01 Ivo leaves the nest

[Summi]

13:19
Ivo on the dead tree and Iiris tells him what he has to do, not so loud as Irma but still vocalizing.
Ivo came and helped with nestwork a bit. Iiris left and returned shortly. Both are looking at kids.
13:29 Ivo left. He seems to understand that now he has a big family under his resposibility.

[Kitarr]

13:20 Ivo on the nest
13:22 Iiris leaves and returs the next minute with a stick.
Iiris keeps talking.
13:25 both still on the nest

[Summi]

Ivo had a metal ring on his right leg but I don't see it now. Is it only me?

[mogga]

°°°

Hello!
Pleasing news!

The 3rd chick. A close-up video.

5:15 The eggshell is broken.
6:02 Almost done.
6:58 Feeding (the youngest chick is still weak on its legs / not interested).