Goshawk Nest Webcamera 2022

[IceAge]

20:45
female flies away.
20:47
back with a bird.


female begins to feed.

20:51

[Timea]

There was a feeding of 2 different prey's, but I have no details. (could not post)

Good evening/night everyone

[IceAge]

May 24.

Good morning,

04:33
female flies away.
04:35
she comes back.

04:42
Feeding and the third chick has also hatched.


09:11


09:39
the three chicks

[IceAge]

09:43

[Timea]

Good morning everyone!

It IS a good morning, 3rd chick has hatched also

In the middle of its 2 older siblings:

[Timea]

Female leaves....

[IceAge]

11:48
female flies away.


12:23
The chicks are alone for more than half an hour.

12:29
female comes with nothing. She looks out for the male with food.

[Timea]

Mom's still away, chicks becoming a bit restless.

She arrived back at the nest just when I wrote the above, no food with her.

[Timea]

Again Mom's off. I am learning about the Goshawks, so maybe this is completely normal behavior. To me it looks strange to leave these tiny ones alone for such a (relatively) long time.

[Timea]

Female lands on the nest with a bunch of spruce, no food, but she starts calling the male for prey.

[Timea]

Nice to see: in a certain light her eyes are red, in an other light her eyes are yellow.
Female calls again.

[Timea]

Newborn chick #3 starts pecking at its siblings, maybe sees movements and hopes it is Mom's beak with food in it?



Female hesitating, waiting or go hunting herself. Chicks start pecking at each other and at Mom's beak when she came too close.
Here all 3 chick's faces in sight. #3 at the left.

[Timea]

Mom decides to wait.

A new tail feather is growing.

[Emi7]

Hello IceAge, Timea and everyone.

Congratulations to the couple who have already completed the hatching of all their eggs.

Egg laying took a minimum of 5 days (possibly longer) and hatching in 2.87 days.

This reduction is due to the fact that it does not incubate "seriously" at the beginning so that the chicks hatch without so much distance between them.

The hatching time of the eggs since they were laid has been:

1 Egg..... 38.25 days (surely something more)
2 Egg ..... 36.65 days
3 Egg ..... 35.67 days

We can say that it is quite similar to the times of the Riga couple (2020) with a laying of three eggs, accepting some error in the estimates that could not be exact in all cases, especially in the laying of the first egg. in which there is only indication of the day.

The time of the first egg is shorter than in clutches of 4 or 5 eggs since it is easier to harmonize the birth in a clutch of 5 days or more than in one of 8 or more days. ( 38 days about 41-42 days )

The last egg would reflect a more real incubation since possibly when it was laid it would already be incubating almost full time.

Timea, the mother, even if she goes away, will not be far away.

Greetings

[IceAge]

13:17
female flies away


13:41
female is back with nothing. She calls for the male.

13:49
the chicks are hungry.


14:28
female ist still waiting for the male with food.

[Timea]

Female leaves, going after food?

[Timea]

Now Dad arrives, without food though. Immediately Mom returns, male leaves and female calls after him: get some food for your chicks you!


P.S. And I now see female brought food herself? She starts feeding anyway.
#3 sits in front.... of course the other 2 are quicker, but it is not a shy one. (And can grab some bites!)

[Timea]

All 3 have eaten very well, #3 of course only a few bites. Female calls for more when the prey is almost finished. Male answers her calls from a distance.

[Timea]

Male brought a prey, prey transfer on the nest, both "talking" .... female continues feeding.

[IceAge]

14:35
female away again.

14:37
male comes without food.


14:37
male flies away and female comes with a young bird and starts feeding.