Golden Eagle Webcam Nest 2023

[sigge]

March 19

Thanks Ravens

18:26 Helju came in with a big branch and placed it in the nest! left 2 minutes later:

[Liz01]

March 20

Good Morning

sigge, Ravens, thank you very much Raven, great to see you again

6:41 Helju brings a twig, she is calling twice


6:43 she is looking around and poking in the nest bowl


6:43 swans are singing


6:44 she is moving the branch, a middle spotted woodpecker is calling

[Liz01]

she thinks OMG! someone should work here


6:46 she is digging in the nest bowl , the middle spotted woodpecker calls
6:47 the woodpecker is calling every now and then, is drumming

6:48:40 Kalju is calling (I hope it is him)
6:49 the woodpecker is calling ...
She is standing in the nest and looks every now and then to the right


6:50:49 Kalju is calling.
She jumps on the curved branch
6:51:34 Kajlju is calling again. She flies away

6:52 Both are calling

video of the whole visit

[rysx]

March 20. The first day of spring.
Helju comes with a twig and stays for 10 minutes.

[Liz01]

pyrstis wrote:
​ 08:30:45 /one of them is calling / That was Helju It started 8:30:25 ..

8:41 Golden eagle is calling
8:48 a greater spotted woodpecker is calling

9:04 Helju is calling
9:07/9:08 a blackbird is singing beautifully. The middle spotted woodpecker is calling every now and then
9:17 geese can be heard
9:46 whooper swans are singing
9:48 they are still singing

[Susanne]

Great news, finally! ravens, delighted to see you again! Liz and all others for video footage and contributions! - This year, Estonia seems to be getting into spring swing a little later than in previous seasons (WTEs in Matsalu, Kaljukotkas here).

[Liz01]

10:15 Heliju is calling near the nest. I think she is harassed by an jay
11:10 the whooper swans are singing
11:15 a Raven is calling near

[Ravens]

Nice to see familiar names, and faces (dear Helju). Greetings all.

Liz, I suspect the time stamps marked "middle spotted woodpecker" (Dendrocoptes medius) are instead the songs belonging to a grey-headed woodpecker (Picus canus). Let me know what you think.

Grey-headed woodpecker vocalizations: https://xeno-canto.org/species/Picus-canus

Middle spotted woodpecker vocalizations: https://xeno-canto.org/species/Dendrocoptes-medius

Aside, thank you for your continued diligence. I won’t be able to be anywhere near as active as last season. Having trouble perching at a machine for long, in various ways, mentally, and physically. Plus I fractured my lateral malleolus, thus my poor foot is going to require a strong degree of rehabilitation to return to hiking shape. Ah well.

Onward.

[Liz01]

ravens, you're right! How could I be so

I'm sorry to hear you're not in the best of physical shape. I hope you recover quickly.

It's very, very unfortunate that you don't want to have so much time. But health comes first!
I will also have less time. This year we have an eagle owl nest, again, and it looks like they are planning to breed at the camera nest this year. I'm very interested in that!
But I haven't decided yet which nest I want to watch closely this year.

[Ravens]

Liz, last season I confused that grey-headed woodpecker’s voice for Margit. . . Was overly excited to hear anything from her after she had fledged. Eventually, the repetitive descending pattern to the call clued me in. Obvious in hindsight.

I am unfamiliar with most Old World birds. Wonderful to be able to "bird" and learn without being physically present, though. There is hope for me yet.

Thank you for the well wishes. <3

Ah, yes. I understand the draw to learn from a Bubo sp. I’ve been observing a nest of great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) here in the states. The variety of prey delivered can be nearly as exciting as with golden eagles. Love their duetting. Will have to compare behavior with the eagle owls should they have success!

Enjoy all the new wild hatchlings to be, where ever you alight.

[sigge]

March 24
Camera up again 14:45, no sign of breeding.
Well, 2 fledged eaglets in 3 years is not so bad
All yum-yum food is there like cranes, black grouse, lapwings, golden plover
Guess they are having a Golden Year with just enjoying life and no chicks to look after

[lianaliesma]

March 26


13.05 Helju with spruce

Ring on the left leg.

[lianaliesma]

13.06. Kalju with a twig.

Kalju: - What?! You are already there?!

[Liz01]

Lianaliesma, thank you very much

I will add a few pictures

13:01 Helju or is ti Kalju came to the nest. she has brought a small green twig


She flew to the tree in front of the nest and cut a branch. she is calling
13:05 she brought it to the nest

[Liz01]

Kalju with branch


He is working, she is preening herself


13:10 he is preening himself in the nest- she is still on the curved branch

13:16 Kajlu

[Liz01]

13:25 side by side on the curved branch


13:35 and a mating .. I think so


13:36 Helju is in the nest working with a branch

[Liz01]

13:40 Helju is digging in the nest bowl. He is still on the curved branch. Busy with preening himself

13:49 I think here he flew away


She is still here.. here bright eyelid


a lousy video is coming soon there are many breaks in the stream

[Susanne]

Mar 27

17:00 ff.: Calling! (Very windy here.)

[Susanne]

Mar 28

10:21: Look who's here!



And again:

[Susanne]

This seems to be a kind of 'speed-nestauration':



around 11:31, he/she (I'm not familiar with the GEs) leaves.