Latvian WtE nest webcamera Juras-erglis 2018 nest 2

[balistar]

June 9th


Good morning, good day

A milestone for Bossa - this morning around 7:00 she ate her first fishy by herself


06:48 eaglets sleeping in spoon position - cute


07:03 parent, I think Osis, brought a small flatfish - Bossa grabbed it,
Osis wanted to take it back and feed, but Bossa claimed it and turned around


Osis (?) flew to the right branch below - ok, kids, then try self feeding, 07:04 flew off

[balistar]

sister, now you are in some trouble not knowing how to eat that fish


Bossa: ok, I'm trying to tear it like mom


is there the feeding-service coming ?

[balistar]

07:10 sister, shall I help you ?


07:11 no, it's mine - but Knips steals the fish from Boss
I couldn't see, if he was eating a piece or not


07:12 Bossa stole the fishy back and carried it away from Knips

[balistar]

07:17 Bossa does very well in tearing small pieces and eating them


07:20 she wanted to swallow this big piece (nearly half of the fishy )


07:22 no, it was still too big - she is again working on it

[balistar]

07:26 but this piece I swallow now in one


done


07:34 Knips gets up and shows his empty crop

[Lubaska]

Bose ate all Saturdays food, Knips was not fed.

Evening wingersizing

[Lubaska]

June 10th

Night is very short in the nest these days. Deep darkness in the nest is seen only for less than 3 hours. Between midnight and 3:00.

07:54 1st garfish delivered by a parent, but parent left.



Bose occupied a fish, Knips called "feed me, feed me, I would like to try this fish" but nobody listened to him. Bose did a lot of self feeding then

08:15


Knips was not satisfied with situation so he decided to pull a fish which Bose was standing on and he stole it successfully He got one third of fish.



30 minutes later he was still working on it. Poor baby. Still too young for self feeding. Different with Bose can be easily seen.

[Lubaska]

08:49 Osis came with another garfish and started to feed the eaglets. Bose threatened Knips several times but Knips was so hungry that he kept a good position for feeding and he started to take bites after few minutes too.



Parent has found all the leftovers from previous fish (that parts Knips was not able to eat himself) and fed them to eaglets. Fact is that Bose ate 3/4 of those 2 fish. Knips got a very long part with fishtail and he gulped it but then he had problems and was not able to eat for couple of minutes. It was too big piece...

09:01 parent left the nest

Bose and Knips resting after breakfast

[Lubaska]

09:30 parent in with food. I cant recognize what it is. Doesnt look like fish. Parents beak is bloody and Knips who is being fed has something stuck in his throat.



It was a garfish.

Late breakfast or an early lunch has ended



Knips in food coma



Bose did the same after 2 fish feeding, snoozing in sitting position with head decreasing down, funny to watch!

Full siblings

[Lubaska]

Babies in a good mood this afternoon... gently pecking each others and kissing

[Lubaska]

15:34 fish for Bose delivered, Bose did not want to share it

16:09 Flatfish delivered. Feeding last only 3 minutes. Knips was fed too. Both have big crops!

[Sylvika]

Sooooo good to see !
Lubaska, thank you for telling us about this Sunday.

[Lubaska]

Knips is growing quickly, standing firmly on his feet. Nice to see him to prosper! And with full "pantry" under his beak





P.S. sorry for bad quality

[Cessie]

Lubaska, I think that I see rings on the chicks?
So I came to read in the forum to find a video of the ringing.
I will back track more pages to see if my eyes are that deceiving or that the chicks are truly blinged out!
20:39 the chicks have been calling for Fish for a while now.

Edit, 20:42 Yes!! The chicks have rings!!

[Lubaska]

I think that I see rings on the chicks?

Yes, Cessie, the eaglets got their rings on Thursday.

[Lubaska]

June 11th

Nice morning in nest... just Knips is calling parents to bring a fishi. No food so far.

[Marfo]

10:02 chicks are still lying and sitting together, yawning and looking over the edge to see if food is coming and what else is happening in the world.

[Lubaska]

10:26 Bose playing with ash leaves, nibbling and tearing them. She will have a beautiful nest with plenty of greenery in the future, I guess.



10:28 a minute later first fish (flatfish) delivered. Parent left it on the ground and jumped to parent s branch.



10:34 Bose was trying to feed herself when a terrible noise was heard, adult eagle was seen flying over the forest...



and 2 giant birds (hellicopters) flew over the cuckoo (and eagle ) nest. Eaglets have not moved for some time after this experience... being shocked.



Seems that NATO military excercises have just started in Latvia.

[Lubaska]

Those helicopters were probably flying to help to extinguish a major fire at the military base... burning from Saturday.

http://dailyfinland.fi/europe/5787/Fire ... tside-Riga

[Lubaska]

Bose wingersizing
She need some practise