Special pictures from the Eagle Feeding Ground Webcam 2012

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at 10.25

Regal eagle in snow shower.

at 11.27

there's a young eagle sitting in the tree on the Grove and preening itself. ... i've also heard some adults singing a duet a few times like here at 10.09. there's a youngster on a treetop but adults singing somewhere else.

at 12.17

the young eagle is still in the pinetree on the Grove, but i think the adults have been gradually moving further and further away. their voices can still be heard sometimes but from a longer distance.

... this young eagle spotted something interesting! (at 12.57).


...and took off ... to find out about it.

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at 13.10 some very distant eagles calls.

the young eagle had returned to the treetop at 14.07. ... now at 14.18 the adult duo sings again, not very far.

at about 14.59

... Stretching

Then two

and three

all young

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all took off!

White tail flyby?!!!

maybe there was even another: the eagles on the left were looking to the left and only the one on the right looked at the eagle who flew by to the right.

Yes, there was another one. from the right and hard to see

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at 16.15

there was an eagle on the ground!


a young WTE. ... no rings.

at 16.35:

one young-looking eagle on the treetop again.

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the fieldfare returned at about 16.35.

the ravens don't seem to care about it at all.

apparently there were actually two fielfares. those who watched attentively spotted them:

16:58 two fieldfares ? they must be very hungry

... The second fieldfare kept somewhat aside on the feeding ground. The one that was caught on video was quite bold in the company of dozens of ravens and crows but still very watchful.
(http://www.looduskalender.ee/en/node/12470)

at least one of them spent there nearly at least an hour and finally got to eat a little. then something else caught the attention of the camera operator...

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at 17.28 eagles began coming:

two young-looking eagles in the treetop in the back. the third bird in the back is a hooded crow i think.

at 17.35

two young-looking eagles in the treetop in the back. the third bird in the back is a hooded crow i think.

at least 4! one may have a totally white tail and a completely yellow beak. the others are young WTEs i think.

in the end there seemed to be 4 eagles who were eating something in the far back and were then not well seen. they left at few minutes past 6 pm.

there were only few eagles around the feeding place on Feb 24th and all of them stayed so far from the camera view that it was impossible to see their ankles.

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Feb 25th

at 7.09:

It's still too blue to see properly but it looks like our Fieldfare is back.

7:35 Eagle call

ravens have been in the mood for romance all the time despite cold winter weather.

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two eagles in the morning mist

the fieldfare was still there lurking for breakfast.

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by about 9.10 eagles had landed but like on the previous day behind a hillock, rather far from the camera.

It is the adult & three sub-adult white-tailed eagles. They have something to eat over the hillock from the main feeding area. These four seem to be a regular grouping the past day or two.

One eagle in the tree... [at 9.09]


and four backstage. [at 9.13]

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by about 11 am the eagles had eaten enough and had risen up to the trees in the back of the meadow.

there were three eagles in the trees in the back on the Grove at 10.59. besides them a pair of eagles sang a long duet.

there's the group of 4 eagles in the pinetrees on the Grove: one adult-looking and three youngsters. ... they seem to be in friendly terms with each other, no arguements and they are sitting there close to each other.




besides them i think there's a couple of adults who are beginning to feel a bit romantic: they are singing long duets together. the adult with the youngsters is not one of these two.

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after 3 pm there were still eagles on the treetops.

by 4 pm they had left but

15.58 eagles were singing: two in a duet, but very-very far....


16.00 some more singing, from equally far. two voices again.
edit: at 16.14 and 16.15 some more eagle singing. two voices: a tenor and an altto.

eagles have called from far several times, at least at 16.40 and 17.01.

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I didn`t see any eagles live today, so it was a Ravens day for me:
- he who seeks shall find:
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probably there were only four eagles at the feeding ground on Feb 25th: an adult and three young eagles. they seemed to form a group which probably was (seemingly) the same group as on the afternoon on the previous day. there were no rings visible in any of the pictures taken during the day.

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Feb 26th

And I guess a blackbird was the first to visit the new meat.

Eagle wait in the tree

at 9.26

The eagle must hang on tight or the wind would knock it out of the tree. ...Eagle & his raven crew.

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at 9.58

... and I hear Swans flying over I think

wow, Eagle flew low over the Ravens !

Now there are two and a half eagles (or almost).
The upper eagle is almost invisible.

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an adult eagle was sitting in the tree top on the Grove, accompanied by a raven for a while. (11.41)

there's a young eagle, too. it is also staying up in a tree. (11.54)

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at 13.33

- the sun also brings out romance..

at 14.26

An eagle was hiding behind the pine needles:

- the white tail was visible in the flight..

take-off

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A young eagle is sitting on the branch. It takes in the sun, now only shining in the treetops. It`s still wind:

i saw the young eagle leave at 17.17 but i didn't get a snapshot.

some eagles were seen on tree tops (at least one adult and one young eagle) but no eagles were seen landing on the feeding ground on Feb 26th.

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Feb 27th

at 8.05:

Swans flew over, low so we could hear them very well.

first eagle at a tree top at 8.16.

yes, I heard the swans

two greater spotted woodpeckers at 8.46:

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at 8.54 a young eagle in a tree:

... and still at 9.08

at 9.41:

Eagle-pair

actually in the video there seem to be three eagles flying..?

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the eagles stayed mainly in the treetops and called from time to time.
at 13.23:

There are two now

or eagles flew around the meadow scaring ravens to flight.
at 14.08: