Latvian WtE nest webcamera Juras-erglis Durbe 2018

[Abigyl]

And this was the saga of...

The most expensive ring ever sold by Sotheby's

Many of us "saw" the "ring", so don't think about it again, it was sold

[Sonchik]

By the way, no trees are growing, on the left side. These are the branches of the nest tree. They are full of pine cones.On these branches they sat when we saw the eagles behind the nest.

These branches with cones are visible in the photo of 2015.

[Biker]

[balistar]

https://img2.picload.org/image/dlpildca/vv1.jpg

Woohoo, another guest visited the nest tree.
Biker, thanks very much for the picture
It is a sparrow hawk, isn't it ?

[Biker]

he looks quite small , i think so too. Accipiter nisus.

[ame]

thank you for the observation of the visitor!
also mega2 in DDF has seen it:
https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 16#p198818

the hawk first landed on the left branch and then it went to the upper left branch.
a wide white/light edge on the tip of the tail and a wide white/light eye brow stripe.


it pooped before leaving.


it's quite dark with Mars in the sky on the right side.

[Biker]

like a wren

[Liz01]

September 15

Good Morning all

6:56 The sparrowhawk is here again

[Liz01]

7:06:30 the sparrowhawk left the nest tree (I think it was he)

[Liz01]

7:11:30 Sparrowhawk is at the left branch


A few second later, he flies off.

[Liz01]

7:29:52 A bird flew to the right

I just read that you can not distinguish between sparrowhawk and Goshawk if they are seen here. I did some research because I thought it could be a goshawk too.
They can only be distinguished by direct comparison. They look the same and differ only in size
Other characteristics are not so easily recognizable, longer legs and longer middle toe. (Goshawk)
The weight can not be appreciated and not the size.
What you can see is, that the bones above the eyes are more pronounced by the goshawk, but there are also some sparrowhawks, that have pronounced bones over their eyes.

Here is a document with the distinguishing features: (only in German)
https://www.kreis-viersen.de/C12575A800 ... penElement

[ame]

good morning!
someone has come home.
8:11 the eaglet flew to the branch and was calling.


https://youtu.be/oY3vF4N4Uvc

Robis?


Liz, my bird guide says that the size of a sparrowhawk is 29 - 34 cm (male) and 35 - 41 cm (female). the corresponding measurements of goshawks are 49 -56 cm and 58 - 64 cm. so the male goshawk is lager than the female sparrowhawk.
a jay is 32 - 35 cm long (a nutcracker is the same btw) and a hooded crow is 44 - 51 cm.
i think that the hawks that have been seen here are more the same size a jays rather than crows.

[ame]

8:21 the eaglet flew away.
the tail looks more like the tail of Robis.


the stay of the eaglet. it didn't show its tail.
https://youtu.be/mEnhZ-UQ8_s

8:21 the departure:
https://youtu.be/CL6SudQQjpg

[ame]

7:29 this bird looked like a wood pigeon to me. i got on bad and worse pictures but i think i saw white flash on the wing in some of them. also the silhouette looked pigeon-like.
in the third picture the white is from the sky but in the last two pigeons the white/light spots are on the pigeons wings.
(the two first pictures remind me of a mallard, too, but i don't think it was a mallard. )


https://youtu.be/aJUiGofqRrE

8:46:26 a light rather big bird flew by on the left.
https://youtu.be/jA5UW10SbH0

[Abigyl]

Good Morning !

yes, it's Robis.

The tree is for rent ? we had a nice collection of visitors in the last week.

[ame]

6:56 the first visit of the sparrow hawk. i think we can rather safely say it was a sparrow hawk because it was so small.


7:11 the second visit.
https://youtu.be/mqPvRT23AUc
i made a close-up clip of this visit: the hawk in sunrise.


i remembered that we had a crow stopping on the same branch yesterday morning. i made a pair of pictures for size comparison. the birds were standing on the same place. this is very important for comparison of sizes because the distance to the camera affects the apparent size of objects a lot.
the crow is bigger than the hawk.

[Liz01]

10:55 A jay at the poop branch. He is calling (I can see it)

10:41:02 A bird has cut a pine branch.

............
i remembered that we had a crow stopping on the same branch yesterday morning. i made a pair of pictures for size comparison. the birds were standing on the same place. this is very important for comparison of sizes because the distance to the camera affects the apparent size of objects a lot.
the crow is bigger than the hawk.
https://up.picr.de/33823862en.jpg

ame, thanks! Now it is clear for me, that it was a Sparrowhawk

[ame]

9:22 a jay visited.
https://youtu.be/hOa1PXQaScc

10:41 the green twig drop was not a work by a little bird. it had to be done by someone big.
https://youtu.be/evjLKR1TWz4

shortly after that the tree shook. it looked like someone big took off from the top. nothing could be seen.
https://youtu.be/UNMbHLJO7u8

i tried to find the arrival of the big bird to the top but i could not find it. the tree was shaking too much in the wind.

[ame]

10:55 a jay visited the poop branch and called a lot there.
https://youtu.be/BxjgK7gA_38

11:10 two jays visited.
https://youtu.be/aGW9qzzdSKo

11:28 again two jays. they are moving around a lot today.
https://youtu.be/r_BjqnXihx4

[balistar]

10:55 A jay at the poop branch. He is calling (I can see it)
...

I saw it, too

10:55:31

10:55 a jay visited the poop branch and called a lot there.
11:10 two jays visited.
11:28 again two jays. they are moving around a lot today.
.....

Yes, so many jays are interested in the almost abandoned nest tree.....
maybe this one here calls his friends

10:55:34



13:39:10 in the rain, a bit mystical as in a fairy forest