Latvian Bittern Camera 2015 and 2016

[Liz01]

10:26 Danger in the air


10:40 long neck

[Liz01]

10:45 Male is calling, Female stands up and went into the reed

10:54 she is on the way back? loud noises from walking in the reed .
10:55 A she landed above

10:57 there is a danger - extreme long neck. someone flew over . A hawk?
10:58 she went into the nest and covers the eggs

[Liz01]

14:44 she is working on her nest
14:47 egg rolling

[Liz01]

April 24

good morning!

6:01 danger on the right




7:48 air danger

[Liz01]

7:52 she turns

[Marfo]

Just found out the Bittern camera is back!

Yes!!!
Let's hope the all goes well this year

It's time this nest got it's own space in the list (with the right date). It is so hard to find now in all these sub-sub-sub threads...

[Liz01]

May 10

good day

4:53 a fight with a conspecific.




5:20 she stops "calling" and is looking above. the intruder is still near

[Liz01]

6:49 she is relaxed. she is rolling the eggs, turns and covers them

we have five eggs!

[asteria]

Last year the family had to escape because of the mink:
viewtopic.php?t=782&start=1080

[Liz01]

May 12



12:48 first chick has hatched
congrats!

13:15 chick is visible

[Liz01]

May 13

6:55 female turns. Chick is visible


7:38 loud alarm calls by the female

[Liz01]

chick is visible- air danger

[Liz01]

12:19 someone above . She is looking up

12:21:24 chick is peeking out
12:24:42 chick went backwards out of nest
14:25 chick went back into the nest

[Liz01]

13:09 Female starts preening herself. Chick is good visible
13:11 another empty egg shell. The second one has hatched the egg shell on the right is moving


chick is yawning


the cute one

[Liz01]

May 15

8:38 female is feeding her chicks



Female leaves the nest! chicks alone~10:05 am 2023/05/15

[Liz01]

Female is preening. Still 2 Chicks are visible~12:10 pm 2023/05/15



Air Danger! perfect camouflage ~2:56 pm 2023/05/15



Female went out for fishing, chicks alone at home~3:12 pm 2023/05/15

[Liz01]

May 16

The third chick has hatched~8:02 am 2023/05/16


8:54 Female removes the egg shell and went away for fishing

[guest]

25.05


a strange Bittern baby came yesterday,and lives with our family today:
https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 25#p369125

[Marfo]

25.05.24

Labdien!

No bittern camera this year?

[Liz01]

April 16

Bittern Camera is back

5 eggs





https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HU4bSkh ... Dabasfonds
Tiešraidē vērojamā lielā dumpja ligzda atrasta 14. aprīlī. Atrašanas brīdī ligzdā bija piecas olas. Spriežot pēc olu aizperētības, dējums pabeigts pavisam nesen, jo trīs olas atrašanas brīdī bija svaigas, bet divām vērojamas aizperētības sākuma stadijas. Kamera pie ligzdas uzstādīta 16. aprīlī.
Ligzdas kamera uzstādīta Latvijas Dabas fondam sadarbojoties ar Latvijas Ornitoloģijas biedrības Kandavas reģionālo grupu Zemītes pagastā. Ligzdas meklēšanā piedalījās Ieva Vavilova un Jānis Reihmanis, bet neatsveramu palīdzību šajā darbā sniedza Ivo Dinsbergs. Kameras sistēmu uzstādīja Jānis Rudzītis, Artūrs Laubergs un Jānis Reihmanis.

Latvijas Dabas fonds

GT:
The Eurasian bittern (Botaurus stellaris) nest, which can be seen live, was found on April 14. At the time of discovery, there were five eggs in the nest. Judging by the hatching of the eggs, the laying was completed very recently, as three of the eggs were fresh at the time of discovery, while two were in the early stages of hatching. The camera was installed at the nest on April 16.
The nest camera was installed by the Latvian Foundation for Nature in cooperation with the Kandava regional group of the Latvian Ornithological Society in Zemītes parish. Ieva Vavilova and Jānis Reihmanis participated in the search for the nest, but Ivo Dinsbergs provided invaluable assistance in this work. The camera system was installed by Jānis Rudzītis, Artūrs Laubergs and Jānis Reihmanis.

Latvian Foundation for Nature