Latvian WtE nest webcamera Juras-erglis Durbe 2018

[Sonchik]

they are probably so young that they can't stay away from the nest even in the darkest time of the year. that is fortunate for us.

Thanks to all for the chronicle!
I compare everything to other nests where eagles nest many years... Every time I wish to our eagles of long years no problem!

Someone's voices.
10:30 https://youtu.be/2DVjT68OmZw
10:34-35-39 https://youtu.be/B0lqBPrnORI

[ame]

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Someone's voices.
10:30 https://youtu.be/2DVjT68OmZw
10:34-35-39 https://youtu.be/B0lqBPrnORI

i think that at 10:30 it was a jay imitating eagle.
10:34 a jackdaw (Corvus monedula) was calling kiaa-kiaa-kiaa...
there were also some raven's calls. in the end there was a giggling jay again, imitating eagle.

Good morning to all

It is time to say thank you!
Thank you for the wonderful pictures, videos (also the shot) and that you can always learn something new (Ame).
I do not write anything but I am with you every day.

Wish you all a wonderful Christmas

thank you Sova!

[Sonchik]

i saw Raimis having the love look once this autumn but that was many weeks ago. i must say that i haven't watched very carefully. he is a hot lover boy!

was that article about bald eagles? that is another species although closely related to WTEs. the details of their behaviour may be different from the WTEs. i have seen (and heard) WTEs mating in Febuary- March - April only.

I remember how you wrote that one couple of eagles did it not only during the marriage period. I thought at all eagles so. Thanks for information!

It is time to say thank you!
Thank you for the wonderful pictures, videos (also the shot) and that you can always learn something new (Ame).

I join! Fantastically - to learn so much new!

[ame]

Sonchik quoted this post by Anne7 on the previous page.

Eagles mate 10 months out of the year, strengthening their bond and commitment to each other, but the female is only fertile for about 2+ weeks prior to and during her egg lay period. Her ova are ‘switched on’ by a hormone secreted by her pituitary gland, which is activated by increasing daylight length. They are ‘switched off’ by the hormone prolactin, which is associated with incubation. If copulation was successful during this period, an egg would be fertilized and one or more eggs would be expected. It is generally believed that a successful copulation takes place 5-10 days before an egg is laid.

http://www.raptorresource.org/2016/02/1 ... -creation/

i made some last minute shopping and while i was driving to the shop and back i had more time to think about this.
the quoted article is about bald eagles, the North-American cousins of our WTEs. they are very special animals because they have sex for fun, for strengthening pair bond, without possibility of producing offspring.

that was once thought to be a human characteristic, but even that was not entirely so (like most of the things that were supposed to be special for us humans). in principle humans have sex all the time and fertilization is possible at any time (for young human females anyway).

bonobo monkeys (Pan paniscus) probably have the record in having sex outside of procreation purposes. while we humans shake hands as a greeting bonobos have sex, all bonobos is the group regardless of their sex or age. it's tsump-tsump for a few times here and there and then they continue their business. i don't know if that is so special anymore, do they climax or anything like that. it may feel like a handshake only.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonobo

[Sonchik]

The nest is a bit small

They will manage to broaden apartment.
But it now such high that we admire not tops of eagles and their eyes.

9:37 Two Ravens flew from the left to the right

https://youtu.be/EWgb8dRzgkQ

The raven flies from right to left, then the raven sits down on a fir-tree on the right, then by it to the wood flies one more raven, then behind it the raven from a fir-tree flies away.
11:59 https://youtu.be/ZQ9iO8VdGo0

[ame]

15:18:around 00 howling voices? from far and thus very faint. there were some barking voices, too.
https://youtu.be/QAQjQIuZbQk

[Sonchik]

good morning!
Forgot to write yesterday.
From 13:43 till 13:57 ravens flew several times. Two, three, then flew around the flock so fast that I lost count.
https://youtu.be/xRuCak0SD4A

[Abigyl]

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 25th

Merry Christmas to all !!

Good Morning and happy day to all of you and to our beautiful couple

08:25 It's not really white

[Sonchik]

At 08:54:16 the eagle flew by from right to left, or raven?
https://youtu.be/_1xoSqoRtdU

Again jay? 09:32
https://youtu.be/jpso7G1i7Xw

[ame]

good morning and Happy Christmas!


thank you Sonchik for the observation.
it is , however , very difficult to see if the bird really was an eagle or another bird, a raven perhaps.
to me it seemed to fly more in a raven way than an eagle way. anyway, i can't be sure.


i could not get any good picture of it.
... but i made a collage of several pictures. maybe quantity that gives some compensation of poor quality. this looks more like an eagle.

[ame]

it has started snowing.

[ame]

Dec 26

good morning!

there is a stripe of light in the eastern sky. it is slowly getting wider...

yesterday it did not snow for long after all so the nest remained uncovered.

[Abigyl]

Happy Boxing Day!

Good Morning!

07:54 It's still dark, with a small line of day light

08:30 Light is better; no new snow, nest is well decorated with the greenary

[Liz01]

Good Morning

8:54 I think it is Raimis


8:55 Both are here now Milda fell from above When did she arrive? Or was she here for the night?
EDIT: I saw it in my recording. She flew to the tree top 8:54:00! They arrived at the same time.



Thank you for yesterday reporting!

8:56 Raimis has missed his right branch. Now he is there

[Liz01]

8:57 This time he is preening himself .. he flies off

8:57 Milda jumps on her left branch

[Liz01]

9:02 Raimis has brought a bunch hay


He is working with a branch

[Abigyl]

They are working, new hay

This season they want to start early

Liz, It's sad, hugs

[Liz01]

9:07 Milda flies off
9:08 Raimis flew to the left

Abigyl, I could not sleep!

[Liz01]

9:11 Milda has brought a tiny stick
9:12 She jumps on her balcony

9:16 She flew away

[Liz01]

9:28 big birds flying around

9:28:14 A adult eagle flew to the tree top, followed by an raven. There are more raven, they bully the eagle.





9:28:45 there are tree raven or two raven and another eagle flew to the tree top? I'm to tired for that