Latvian WtE nest webcamera Juras-erglis Durbe 2019

[Liz01]

8:50 Milda jumps on the left branch, then she hopped to the top branch


8:51:58 Raimis brings a bunch straw


8:53 Raimis went on the left outer branch- then both are jumping in the nest

[Liz01]

8:56:59 Milda flew to the right behind the nest
8:59 Raimis went in the middle of the nest


9:00:53 he flew to the right behind the nest

[Liz01]

9:01:43 Milda brings a branch
9:02:55 Milda is calling. A raven flew to the right tree top and is calling there.




water dropping noises by the raven
9:05 the raven flew away ..

[Liz01]

9:07 very huge branch by Raimis




9:07:47 Milda jumps on the top branch
9:08 Raimis peels the bark from the big branch he has brought

9:11 Raimis stopped working. Milda is preening herself


9:14:20 Raimis shakes his plumage

[Liz01]

9:15:04 he flew to the right


Milda left the nest tree too - right after Raimis


9:24 it looks like they will stay away.

I need breakfast

[ame]

good morning!
what a busy morning!
thank you Liz for your reports!
you had a busy morning, too.

[Crissy]

Thank you Liz so much for morning reports and photos

and Ame for videos

[ame]

i have now finished making some videos from this morning.
Liz already described what happened so i'll make only short descriptions.
7:08 Raimis sang when there was only little light.


7:25 - :26 a pygmy owl called twice.
7:28 he called again. then an animal cried short. i think it was a boar.
7:35 again a short cry. a piggy again i think.

[ame]

8:06 Raimis flew in. i don't think that he had anything. he landed evenly on his both feet.


a raven or two followed him and flew by.

[ame]

8:19 Milda brought a green spruce twig.


Raimis went to the top branch.
8:20 Milda jumped to the left branch. then Raimis flew away. soon Milda flew out, too.

[ame]

8:22 Raimis brought a stick.


he worked...
8:25 he flew out when he saw that Milda was bringing a stick.


Milda worked for a while...
then she went to the top branch.

[ame]

8:31 Raimis brought a big stick. he worked hard and during that he pushed another stick on the front left corner of the nest.


the stick slipped down but stayed hanging on the rim. Raimis didn't seem to notice this.


he continued working with the stick which had just brought....
then Raimis jumped to the right branch and began to gnaw it.
Milda flew out.

[ame]

8:46 Milda brought a green spruce twig.
i don't know how to describe the look on the face of Raimis.


mega2 has made another nice portrait of Raimis here in the corner.
https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 29#p234329
one must remember that the camera picture is most distorted in the corners. both horizontal and vertical lines become curved because of the camera optics. that perhaps makes Raimis look so mysterious.
an example of the fish-eye lens picture:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ls5618.jpg

8:47 Raimis flew out.

[ame]

Milda stood on the nest, looking around and preening...
8:50 she went up to the top branch.

[ame]

8:52 Raimis brought a bunch of hay. - i tried to see if he flew from the meadow but i didn't see him.


he worked a while and then went to the outer left branch. Milda jumped down to the nest and Raimis followed her to the nest.
8:56 Milda flew out.

[ame]

9:00 (nearly 01) Raimis flew out.

[ame]

9:01 Milda brought a stick.


9:02 (nearly 03) she called: a raven flew to the top of the spruce on the right. the raven began to sing to Milda. Milda didn't seem to enjoy the serenade.

[ame]

9:07 Raimis brought a stick. i have marked here the stick which was hanging on the left front corner, half-way dropping out.


Milda went to the top branch. the hanging stick had dropped so low that it was almost completely out of sight.


Raimis started to work with his new stick. it was V-shaped and the drooping stick was stuck in the fork of the new stick. Raimis managed to pull the drooping stick up a little without really seeing it. he seemed to be interested only in peeling his new stick.

then followed a thriller: when would the stick which was hanging on the front left corner eventually drop? Raimis pushed it several times and the stick slipped down and then Raimis pulled it back indirectly; he didn't do anything to save the stick.


then the stick dropped: klong-klong-klong. it was a nice big stick but down it went. Raimis didn't seem to pay any attention to the rattle.

[ame]

9:10 Raimis flew out. Milda followed him.

[Liz01]

Thank you Liz so much for morning reports and photos...

Crissy, you're welcome

I saw your videos a few days ago. I mean, I saw that you did one. thanks a lot for it! Unfortunately, I have no time to look at it. Maybe later. I'm very busy right now.

ame, thanks for the videos and the great description. I love your descriptions. I forgot the falling branch.