Estonian White-tailed Sea Eagle Nest Camera 2023

[IceAge]

Hi Susanne, it's good to have you back.
I hope you had a good time.

20:36
egg roll

[Susanne]

IceAge! Yes, I did, thank you. I even had the opportunity to peek into the forum (my Mom suddenly and miraculously has access now to the internet via her smartphone for senior people)

[IceAge]

21:28

[IceAge]

April 18.

Good morning,

06:38
egg roll


07:05
female flies away


and male comes


07:41
egg roll

[Susanne]

Good morning!

I would like to add some sounds, picked at random:

05:46 ff.: A characteristic bird voice (sounds as if the bird sits in the nest tree) which I - of course - don't know. Probably strikingly easy for bird voice experts.
05:48 ff.: A kind of barking sound. Does not sound like a dog to me (for sure) - nor like a roe deer (?). Rather melodical.
05:50 ff.: Bird from 05:46 continues.

(see you later)

[IceAge]

09:20
egg roll


10:12
egg roll

[Susanne]

10:45: Egg roll.
11:14: Elmar rolls his egg and himself.
12:04 ff.: Egg roll.
12:24: Elmar calls.
12:35: Elmar calls again - he is watching his surroundings, something head-turning is around.
12:44: Egg roll.



13:03/04: Elmar calls. And is now (13:06ff.) busy with preening.
13:10 and 13:11: Elmar is calling. Interesting that he mainly watches the area in the back of the cam and the sky above.
13:19: Healthy PS (as far as we can determine that, at least it was not a small one.) Elmar turned and rolled his egg, now he has full view over the meadow.

[IceAge]

15:02
A WTE flies over the nest and the male calls.

15:34
male flies away


and female comes

[Susanne]

15:32: Elmar rises, stretches his wings and leaves at 15.34. Calling from the woods ->
15:35: Ella arrives and takes over. Finally!



IceAge! My internet is so nerve-wracking slow today ...

16:09: Ella complains a little. And at
16:10 f.: rolls her egg.

[IceAge]

16:10
egg roll

16:38
egg roll

[Susanne]

Preening:



and rolling her egg, from 16:38 on, until she finds a comfortable position at 16:40.

17:09: Ah! - one of the rare moments where we see her nap, and nicely presenting her smiling tailmarks..



After a minute or so, Ella speaks ka-ka-ka, softly, and begins to preen.



Those wicked downs - always stuck somewhere
17:21: Egg roll.

[Susanne]

17:53 f.: Egg roll.
18:04 ff.: A WTE soars over the meadow. Guess who. Ella begins to beg, louder and louder. In the UK, WTEs are also known as "Flying Barndoors" - because of their size and their wing span. Well, Ella also sounds like one.



Elmar first branches at the right, she begs, he leaves. Flight show over the meadow, then he finally brings her a fish.



But he has to move to the p-branch, so that she can eat in peace. He cleans his beak on the p-branch, scratches his head and looks at his claws: clean? not so clean? no, OK-clean.

18:10: These two are a little daring. Ella has finished her fish and flies off over the head of still perching Elmar - this is the signal for him to fly off, too. Their flight ways cross, they fly down, some crackling sounds (probably through some branch ends), returning at the nest and taking over again: Elmar (E 340).

[Susanne]

18:37: Elmar calls.
19:01: Egg roll.
19:34:50 ff.: Ella comes from the right, flies over the meadow, circles back to the p-branch, a bunch of hay in her right claw.





19:37: Elmar leaves.
19:56 ff - 20:00: Suddenly many bird voices, Ella watches and turns her head, someone is walking swiftly on the ground (an animal with longer legs), then everything is quieter again, no need for alarm.
20:16 f.: Egg roll.

[Susanne]

20:41 f.: One more egg roll, plus a little preening (must be rather itchy, these downs).
Good night!

[Susanne]

Apr 19

Tere hommikust, good morning!

05:38: Breakfast is served. Elmar brings a fish snack.






Elmar moves to the p-branch, so that Ella can enjoy her snack. He cleans his beak and leaves at around 05:40.
Ella continues with incubating her precious egg.

[IceAge]

Godd morning,

Susanne .

07:38
egg roll

09:09
egg roll


09:16
female calls and flies away.

09:18
male comes


10:12
egg roll

[Susanne]

Good morning IceAge!

Thank you YT-chat for the time stamp 08:28: This is what we call "eagle yoga", here: performed by Ella.
Left wing first:



Right wing next:



10:49: Egg roll.
11:31: Egg roll.
12:10: PS over the rear nest rim, egg roll.

[Susanne]

13:04: Elmar sees something in the sky and calls.
13:14: Egg roll.
13:22: Calling again.
13:34. Calling. He sees someone in the sky.
13:36: And again. Much calling in the last 30 minutes - asking for a change? Or a stranger? I still can't interpret all eagle calls ...

[Susanne]

14:02: Elmar flies away to the woods at the right, a long and loud duet.
14:03: Ella returns to the nest and takes over the next shift.



<I will take a break now, too. Back around at 16:00 Estonian time>

[IceAge]

14:30
Ella calls.
15:04
egg roll.
15:33
egg roll.