Estonian white-tailed sea eagle nest camera 2018

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(More morning pictures from 31.5.)

4.03 Suvi left


4.04 Happy eaglet


4.18 Preening

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Morning pictures continued...

4.23 Eaglet walks to the back of the nest and seems to eat hay


4.25 So handsome


4.29 Alone and content

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From 31.5. morning... continued

5.04 Sulev arrives with a partly eaten fish after the eaglet has called parents very politely a few times; begins to feed instantly


5.09 Feeding proceeds very quickly and harmoniously


5.10 Feeding is finished, but Sulev is still working on some tough parts; eaglet looks and learns

[Ivory81]

After I have not had much time to watch the eagles I have been very lucky this morning.
First, the chick was alone in the nest but I heard at least one parent not too far away. Then the camera was shaken a few times and the little one seemed pretty nervous...
(3:44 am)

The chick made rather quiet sounds for a while...
Then dad made a jump to the nest. The chick seemed to beg for food.
And daddy the magician had a look:

... in the private fridge...

... and got out a little snack (everything around 3:35-3:46)

There you are big little one


Now after about 11 minutes the have almost finished the fish.

[hyypiö]

08:45-08:55 All quiet and whole family in the nest tree. Sulev is sitting on a branch behind the tree trunk. Suvi is sitting somewhere behind the cam and to the left. Her shadow just happens to be visible on the front side of tree trunk. Most of the time she is preening like the others.

[Summi]

Thank you, Ivory. Sulev, the Great Magician, might go on a tour with this trick!

[Timea]

13.59:

Good day

After PS-ing Eaglet likes to wing-flap a bit, but whacks Sulev on the head, several times.


Sulev chooses a safer place to sit.

[Timea]

14.08:

Nice, Eaglet discovered it can sit on the branch

[Timea]

14.14:

Sulev arrives with a fish


He starts feeding.

[Hellem]

14:05 Sulev flew away

14:13 He is back (after 8 minutes ) with a nice fresh fish, seems to be a pike , feeding starts

Ivory81 , thank you for the pictures

Timea, Sulev is great father

[Timea]

14:05 Sulev flew away

14:13 He is back (after 8 minutes ) with a nice fresh fish, seems to be a pike , feeding starts

Ivory81 , thank you for the pictures

Timea, Sulev is great father

Hahaha, he is!

[Hellem]

14:30 The fish is gone and they both are full, Sulev cleaned his beak and jumped to the left branch

[Timea]

14.45:

Greeting Suvi (or calling alarm, the difference is very hard to tell) who arrives at the nest

[Timea]

14.58:

Each day a bit more steady on its feet

[Hellem]

15:55 Suvi jumped on the nest from the left branch

16:28 Suvi flew away

[Timea]

17.39:

Sulev brings a fish and starts feeding

[Hellem]

17:37 Sulev landed with a very alive flapping fish , he started eating and feeding
17:44 The eaglet isn't interested for more, it pooped and left the table

[Hellem]

19:51 Suvi landed, she brought a spruce twig

19:53 And then landed Sulev with a HUGE monster fish ,
19:54 Sulev flew away

[Hellem]

20:25 What a idyll, a huge fish, Suvi is preening, the eaglet enjoys sunset and nobody is interested in eating or feeding

[Lubaska]

One pic from previous day (May 31th, morning around 8:00



2 fish in the nest, Suvi fed the eaglet half a fish. When she finished, Sulev jumped to the nest from left branch and started to crunch unzipped fish. I am sure he was hungry and wanted to eat himself. Suvi came closer to him in a minute and they had a "conversation", then Sulev jumped on the side and later left the nest.

It is a mysterious behavior for me. Does she say to him not to touch the fish and leave it as it is? Is it her instinct that tries to save as much food as possible? What do these signals mean?

He is a fantastic food provider and even better feeder and caring parent. I wish I could understand birds speech and know what she said to him.