Lesser Spotted Eagles - Magnus and Maia Estonia 2019

[Lussi05]

16:39 - Maia is in the nest, some house work, and preening.

[Timea]

16.45

Maia brought a leafy branch with her and fed Eaglet critters it could not manage completely.

[Timea]

19.26
Maia is calling, Eaglet answers, cute! She brings a grey mouse-like critter. Eaglet swallowed it.

[Lussi05]

21:09 - Magnus arrived, didn`t see what he brought. Maia is feeding the eaglet.
21:17 - Feeding seems to be over, all I could see was a glimpse of something dark, and something pink(ish).

[Timea]

22.26

A lot alone during the day, but all the attention during the night. Maia is preening/cuddling Eaglet, sweet.


Good night all.

[IceAge]

July 12.

Good morning,
07:36
the chick is sleeping.

[Lussi05]

Good morning

10:37 - The eaglet was chirping, and Maia took a mouse that he had between his/her claws, and started to feed him/her.
(It could have been a feeding before she grabbed the mouse also, because it looked, and sounden, like it, but it was impossible to see, since they were hissen behind the «curtain»)

[Lussi05]

10:46 - Time for house work. The eaglet is standing with his back to the cam, so it`s possible to look at the developing of his plumage, at least


10:49 - Maia left, and the eaglet settled down.


10:51 - It sounded like a LSE alarm call. Then the eaglet is calling.
10:53 - Maia is back in the nest. The eaglet is calling loud.
10:55 - Maia took off again.

[Timea]

and good day everyone
12.45

In the moments I was close to the monitor I saw Magnus bringing 2 preys. A light grey rodent and at
12.23
Something difficult to ID, but Eaglet took over super quick.

[Timea]

10:46 - Time for house work. The eaglet is standing with his back to the cam, so it`s possible to look at the developing of his plumage, at least

and thanks Lussi. Beautiful picture of the tail.

[Timea]

14.43

Magnus brings rather large, bloody prey and leaves at the other side of the nest.


Eaglet can eat it by itself, bloody, so opened.

[Timea]

14.58

Eaglet is very busy with the large, dark prey. Looks like a Rat, it has a very long tail.

[Timea]

14.58

Eaglet is pulling Rat from "left to right and back again", and showed its back feathers now very clearly.

[Timea]

Eaglet knows s/he has to place a foot on the prey to hold it down while tearing off pieces.


It really is a large one. (Rat)


Part of the body of the Rat at the left side of the dark smudge, long tail at the right side of the dark smudge.

[Timea]

15.44
Maia to the nest with a Spruce twig. After a minute or so Chick lets Maia grab the Rat and Chick is fed.

[Timea]

20.44

Nice wing stretch, even though it was because of loosing balance. Maia has been on the nest the biggest part of the afternoon.

[IceAge]

21:23
the chick is sleeping

[Mary Jane]

July 13


Good morning!

10:26 Food delivery.


Food delivery in video. Sorry for the bad quality.

[Timea]

Good day all!

11.46

Saw the delivery at 10.26 too, was nice enough to zoom.
Taking over from Magnus with bottom side first.


With a quick movement of the head, now the head of the rodent is in Eaglet's beak.


Then throwing head backward while swallow, swallow, swallow.




At 10.58 probably the same procedure was followed, again Magnus brings our Eaglet a prey.

[Timea]

12.58

Magnus brings a rodent


Magnus checks if Eaglet is doing okay with the prey, then leaves.