Danish WTE web camera 2015-2018

[albicilla]

MAR. 28

The camera clock is now 1 hour behind normal time - summertime.

06.44 (05.44) Male in to take over the incubation



08.50 Male in with ½ a rabbit. Female raises and gets the prey

[Owlie]

29th March



All well on the nest, Male's shift (the time stamp right)


Again, generously given information on the DOF chat which I want to share (GT):

Many types of feathers on each bird
Written by Ole Friis Larsen on March 29, 2021 at 06.49
The sea eagles have the same plumage all year round. There is not a particular 'winter coat' of down that is thrown away in the summer. The young on the nest throw away their down suit as they get a real plumage before flying from the nest, but this is due to their development and has nothing to do with changing seasons.

Feathers are worn by wind, weather, contact with soil and branches and by everything else. That is why the eagles change part of their plumage every year. It goes a little staggered for females and males. Although the male participates in the hatching, it is the female who takes the opportunity to start her felling early and get a lot of it over while she cares for eggs and young, and it is mostly the male who has to fly out. hunting. Therefore, the male also waits very conveniently to shed until later in the spring and over the summer.

And then there is the down: Every bird has many types of feathers. This also applies to eagles - from large wing and tail feathers to downy small feathers, which have no effect on their ability to fly, but instead must keep the body warm and dry, just like the fur of a dog or cat. The eagles can move the many small feathers on the body - in the same way that we can raise the hairs on the body and get goosebumps. In birds, it is just the opposite. They can raise their feathers a little when they relax on a branch or on the ground in good weather, so that air and a little coolness enters the body. Therefore, a relaxed bird will often look slightly larger than a tense or frightened bird that lays its feathers close to its body. In addition, they can 'inflate themselves' if they become very agitated or angry, and would like to appear extra large to scare an enemy or rival away. One can thus to some extent read a bird's state of mind on the plumage.

[albicilla]

12.50

Male into the nest with straw

[albicilla]

APR. 4.

On April 1. we see that at this time of the brooding female is loosing downs



On April 2. the male had a bad mascara morning



Video from 5/4-21- weather conditions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q75_naY4tFU

[Owlie]

APR. 4.

On April 1. we see that at this time of the brooding female is loosing downs
...

Maybe it is Easter decoration

[Owlie]

April 8th



A video of an eel for breakfast 6th April:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iBLdhd7kFw4

All well today - for the weekend we can start waiting for the first hatching

[Owlie]

April 10th



Lots of new stuffing is arranged in the nest before hatching - tomorrow begins the waiting

[Owlie]

He comes, she leaves


Both fly off


He comes and settles down - and leaves again right after that

[Owlie]

Finally she returned, calling


- and left again

The eggs


A feather

[Owlie]

Back again


What has she got on her beak

[Owlie]

April 11th



Well, not an optimal weather for hatching, she does her best to protect the eggs

[albicilla]

APR. 12.

Today it is 36 days since the first egg arrived. We might have a chick from now or with in the next 4 days

Romme is back 3/4-21 in DK after the winter stay i Northern Germany

Rommes travel in April - 1. until 11.

[Owlie]

albicilla,
hope Romme doesn't disturb coming hatchings

The dirt on her beak is almost gone


She stood up for a second and it looked that the eggs were still whole at ab 16:33 cam time (ab 17:45 LK time)

WRONG, THERE IS A BIG HOLE IN AN EGG AND THE CHICK MOVED ALREADY - shift change


And what about the other egg? Is there a straw or a crack?

[Owlie]

He is in guard for the first hatching


EDIT: did I see wrong - was it a straw that moved on the egg?
I think I need a cup of tea

At 18:08 LK time he stood up and showed that there was no hole or pip on that egg

[Owlie]

It says on the chat that there is a pip - I missed the view

Here we have it


Not a good view of it


They write on the screen that it is the male incubating now [Det er hannen der ruger nu.] [later hunnen = the female]


Tomorrow there will be a bobblehead

[Mamicja]

It says on the chat that there is a pip - I missed the view

Here we have it

Not a good view of it

They write on the screen that it is the male incubating now [Det er hannen der ruger nu.] [later hunnen = the female]

Tomorrow there will be a bobblehead

I've seen it too, but to me it looks like dirt. We will see tomorrow

[albicilla]

APR. 13.

It was not possible to see the hole in the egg at
the morning shift



½ a minute later

[Owlie]

albicilla and Mamicja

7:30 cam time 8:32 LK time I saw the hole, that exists in one of the eggs!
I was not quick enougn to capture it in pic, sorry

She moves often, but not showing the eggs properly

[albicilla]

07.29

Hatch of first egg is ongoing and to be seen
The small beak inside the egg was seen mowing :



And I was wrong - There was a hole in the egg yesterday evening. Excuse me.
DOF has now made a video from the !2/4-21 at 19.05 o´clock -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJwp-41T5hs

And another video from this morning 13/4-21 at 07.29 o´clock

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIwQUiNohuw

[Owlie]

Thanks albicilla, I happened just to open my computer seconds later you took the capture

Mamicja, the hole looks very much similar to the one that was seen last night - I think it could be the same one, but developing slowly, maybe the chick took a sleep for the night

With that size of a hole it is possible to turn the eggs so that the hole is not visible, that would explain the views between here.
- like just in here