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Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) nest in Zemgalē, Latvia

The eagle nest in Zemgalē is known since July 2017. It is built on birch at a height of about 20 meters. Judging by the nest material, the nest is at least five years old (the lower parts are already partially broken). The online camera system is at this location since spring 2018.
A pair of LSE stayed in the nest, but did not breed.
Jānis Ķuze and Jānis Rudzītis placed the camera system at this nest, and Valdis Lukyanovs and Ģirts Strazdiņš also help to maintain it.
(Translated from the introduction at the Youtube page)

Camera Link for the Live Stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amsszyozqjk

As this is a Youtube link, it will change from time to time, a working link can be found on the Youtube Channel of Latvijas Dabas fonds (LDF): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIcQwg ... hMBclDJENw


More about Lesser Spotted Eagles: viewforum.php?f=53


Link to Dabasdati forum for further information (in Latvian language): https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=3950

The nest place is located in the region of Zemgalē (English: Semigallia) in southern Latvia, the green part of the map.


Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semigallia

The nest on March 31

Inhabitants of the nest




The Dabasdati forum people named the eagles Laura and Rūdis (Picture by lianaliesma)

https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 10#p220283



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Important events on the nest

April 13 - eagle seen on the nest
April 19 - both eagles seen on the nest
May 7 - 18:30 - the first egg arrived


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April 6

April 13

20.03

guest wrote: ↑April 6th, 2019, 1:58 pm April 6

A Green Sandpiper – this nest ist a bit too big for him :-D
(Normally he nests in old thrush-nests)

MM

Hello to all! Noisy, active, beautiful eagles in the nest.

Thanks for video! As they interestingly behave at a meeting. On tiptoes rise as ballerinas.

April 18

https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 94#p214994
18+

wow!
it would be great to have a little frog-eater and mole and vole-eater here :) with beautiful white pearls/mirrors on his flying feathers. The same hope for 2nd nest too.

April 19

I just could see the female visiting the nest, doing some nestorations, partner came with a "present" and a moment later first he and then she left the nest and I could hear mating sounds in some distance!

Hello! Today there are many visits to the nest, and many lizards.

April 20

Both birds on nest

April 21

7:16 squirrel
7:17 eagle arrives, calls, some nestwork, leaves at 7:22

Some iPhone snapshots:

11:16 eagle, calls a little
11:18 leaves

April 25


15.05 18+
17.03 attempt,​17.14 outside the nest:
https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 54#p216154