Estonian Tawny Owl Webcam 2015

[asteria]

5. chick is died. The food was not enough.

Moreover it happens every year. The fifth chick in Klaara&Klaus nest never survives.

[PINKELUZA]

The returned preys are few and very small this night, the chicks are hungry.

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[Maggy]

2:12 Klaus comes with a frog

[Maggy]

3:15 Klaara is feeding, I see 3 owlets fighting for food

[Maggy]

4:50 Klaara is out
only 3 big chicks are visible and there are no sounds of the little one

[-Thumper-]

4:50 Klaara is out
only 3 big chicks are visible and there are no sounds of the little one

I do not think the little one is there any longer. If it is, it is not alive. :(

[Maggy]

5:24 Klaara is back, I didn't see her bringing anytning

[-Thumper-]

The kids are very hungry. Hopefully Klaus comes soon or Klaara has better luck on her next hunting trip.

[Maggy]

I do not think the little one is there any longer. If it is, it is not alive. :(

I have a bad feeling, the chicks went apart for a moment, but I still could see only 3 of them. And I don't know what Klaara was feeding in the last feeding before that, there was no delivery. Anyway, bad, bad night, not much food at all.

[-Thumper-]

I saw the moment when they went apart as well, Maggy. Definitely not a good night in the nest.

[Maggy]

5:29 Klaara calls and the stream goes off...
was it Klaus coming with a delivery?

[-Thumper-]

5:32 The stream is back. No delivery appears to have been made while it was down.

[Maggy]

I saw the moment when they went apart as well, Maggy. Definitely not a good night in the nest.

I'll have to leave for few days before Klaara leaves the nest again, so I'll see what you see then, but I don't have any hopes. Boy, how this year could be worse than the previous one???

[-Thumper-]

At least we didn't name #4 this year...

Take care, Maggy. We'll be here when you return.

[Maggy]

The chicks are so big now, sometimes they eat a prey in no time after a delivery, so difficult to say.
But one of the big chicks was hungry while Klaara was absent and there are sounds of a hungry chick now, at 5:38.

[-Thumper-]

5:39 Klaara is feeding. She must have brought a prey.

5:43 Klaara settles in on the kids. They are still hungry.

[Maggy]

5:53 Klaara and a hungry chick #3

[Maggy]

At least we didn't name #4 this year...

I was thinking about the same. And the next step in the game, they'll start jumping for food and the little one was still TOO little. :((( It is probably better this way as long as they are not gonna lose anybody else.

[Maggy]

6:05 birds are singing Klaara is listening

[Abigyl]

NO. 4 wasn't there at the beginning of last evening. I think that what we "saw", were parts of big chicks bodies.

Now, when they are able stretch their necks, it seems to form 2 different balls and it's difficult to see them as 1 chick.
So, in some moments or positions, 1 big chick might look to us as : 1 small chick (the big head area) and 1 medium chick (the wings and lower part).

This is what we saw last evening while we watched it on a big screen evening and didn't really see a whole little chick. For one minute we thought he was there but it was only a our wish...

Let's hope weather will change and they'll have more dad's visits with more food.

Maggy, have a nice time on your trip.