Estonian Eagle Owl Nest 2022, 2023, 2024

[Liz01]

8:19 Male starts hooting

Arrival Female


Male with prey it's a bird


prey handover in the box

[Liz01]

the bird


Male leaves, Female on the branch with the prey


8:23 Female away with the prey


the video "Male brings prey in the daylight"

[Liz01]

a duckling? Is a bit early?


8:31 crows are calling all time.. so our owls are nearby

Timea, we all were wrong. It looked very much like she was laying an egg.

[Timea]

Good morning everyone.

Female fooled me big time yesterday.
Let's find out what today brings.

[Liz01]

9:19 the stream is buffering
9:49 the stream is working again
10:09 I hear the male in distance
10:15 crows are calling every now and then...

[Liz01]

12:59 still nothing to see or hear from our couple .. but soon
13:37 a crow is calling
13:38 a nuthatch

[Liz01]

15:15 male starts hooting

16:37 Male came home
he went in the nest

great zoom thank you!




16:42 he flew to the left

[Timea]

16.42
How beautiful! Male at front branch.

[Liz01]

I will do a video. He looks so great

16:44 he is hooting in distance

17:31 both are talking nearby

17:32 Female came home..


and the Cam OP is working

[Timea]

17.32
Female in nestbox.

[Liz01]

17:33:45 that looks so cute! she is nagging on a twig


that is great too


this time we will see a egg .. camera is very close

17:39 she is still preparing the nest
scratching in the bowl .. then she turns

[Liz01]

17:42 stretching and she turns again

17:46 She is with backside to us and still working a twig it seems it is a complicated one

done!


she stands up and is digging in the nest bowl
17:48 she is working again with this stick! .. turns .. is digging
still working with nestmaterial..
It seems complicated to lay an egg when you are an eagle owl

[Liz01]

17:52 short break ... I leave the picture although the previous one is very similar. You can see a part of nictitating membrane




17:55 she turns again and is digging in the nest bowl

[Liz01]

and turns again

I think she starts ...




no! She starts nest preparing again

[Liz01]

I will not write down any more guesses. Only when I see an egg will I document it. I'm starting to make a fool of myself

18:00 she is moving a stick
18:02 the stick is now in front of her


18:03 she turns and is digging in the nest bowl

[Timea]

18.01
Still very busy with de-barking and breaking small spruce twigs.

[Liz01]

18:05 she turned again
and again...



as long as she works so frantically, she won't lay an egg
18:07 she turns
18:08 and again


again

[Liz01]

18:09 she turns, no egg visible. Nest bowl was good to see
18:10 a bit digging with one leg

and standing


nictitating membrane is visible again

[Timea]

Dozing off, 1 eye closed

[Liz01]

huh?


18:16 male starts hooting