ESTLAT Estonian WTE Webcam 2013

[lispet]

Sulev had someting in his beak.



Neighbour

[laranjeiras]

sulev yelled out at a bird and this went on until linda came and joined in. then i saw a big bird flying off into the distance. sulev then took off and now linda is in the nest.

the sky is really beautiful this morning - a heavy dark grey, sunlight coming through... and the sea in the distance seems bluer than yesterday...

[ame]

i've got that on video, but the sound is again so much in advance of picture. it seemed to me that there was another eagle who first flew over the nest and then in the back. Sulev called to it like hell... then Linda came home and they both watched how the third eagle flew by the nest to the back.


when they were sure that the third was gone Sulev left and Linda stays.


to me the sky looks frightening...
who know how much snow is coming.. i'll have to check the forecast.

[ame]

i don't seem to find prediction for today but the the coming week does not look very "springy". it will be cold nights and more snow on the way.

it has already become cloudy. i think some ravens flew by and Linda called to them.

[lispet]

Checking the eggs at 08:50

[ame]

the light in the morning before it became cloudy was so special that i got some beautiful pictures which i'd like to post.
at 8:08 Linda landing


then calling together at the stranger


i made an animation of the second fly-by of the strange eagle. it comes from behind the pine twigs in the upper right corner and flies to center back.

press esc if you want to stop pictures

[ame]

8.09 Sulev got up and Linda went to the eggs.


Sulev flying away.

[ame]

the clouds in the East - NorthEast are so dark when their underparts are in shadow.

[ame]

i tried to find local weather prediction for Silma today but i only found this which covers all Estonia i think:
"Monday, 08.04:
Night: Cloudy with clear spells. Snow in many places. South, southwest wind 2-7 m/s, on the western islands wind around west 4-10 m/s. Air temperature -2..-7°C.
Day: Cloudy with clear spells. Snow and sleet showers. In the morning locally fog, possible glaze. Wind around west 3-9 m/s, on the western islands northwest wind in gusts 12-14 m/s. Air temperature -1..+3°C."

current weather 10:05


prognosis for next 5 days:

[NancyM]

I saw Linda check (and/or roll) the eggs at 09:40 and again at 10:17.

Linda preening before she checked the eggs t 10:17


Linda calling 10:28

[lispet]

Sulev brought Linda a handsome meal! Linda is thanking and thanking..

[laranjeiras]

sulev has brought linda something a bit juicy for breakfast ! she's eating it now while he gets onto the eggs

[Britta]

bl**dy food for Linda
(edited by ame: replace *'s with o's; see ame's post below)

[ame]

Sulev came home with his beak all dirty. he seems to have brought some black half-eaten bird.




Linda whistled and wheened happily to him and got up to eat. now her beak is all bloody.
EDIT: later i noticed that there has been an automatic anti-swear-word-detector-and-replacement-generator in action here. it changed the word bl**dy with two o's into 'accursed' which is not what i had in mind. i tried to write bl**dy in the meaning "covered/smeard with blood".
bl**dy can be a proper adjective, too, can it not, and not only a swearword?
yes it can be a proper decent word. so i'll edit them in Britta's and Nancy's posts so that they can be read as they were meant. 'accursed' is here misleading.

Sulev lay down on the eggs already when Linda started to eat.

[oliv]

Sorry, but I Think it is a bird

I am posting it I know I am a bit slow, but it is the first pic with new PB

[NancyM]

Sulev arrives


Linda had quite a lot to say to him - the vocalizations were fascinating!


Sulev's beak and face were very bl**dy from this prey (it seems to have a yellow foot, poor prey bird)
(edited by ame: replace *'s with o's; see ame's post above)



Linda finished eating and flew off to the left.

[ame]

Linda ate a long time and then she flew off at about 10:59.


the weather has stayed fine.
here are some more videos of Linda eating

... and eating....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWhYdGbi21Y
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PqBY-1bmCI

and finally Linda left at 10:58.

[ame]

Sulev began to call and then an eagle landed on the spruce top in the back. i guess it's Linda.

now that i watched the video again i noticed that Linda first flew straight over the nest and then made a curve and landed on the spruce in the back. Sulev called to her all the time with his neck upright.
picasion.com gif maker

[ame]

Sulev got up and stood on the rim, looking to the back... then he took off




5 seconds later Linda took off from the back tree.

[ame]

14 s later Linda landed on the nest.