Latvian Bittern Camera 2015 and 2016

[Liz01]

April 20th.

Good Morning!

five eggs


she is rolling them


a egg fell in the water

6:04:23 male can be heard

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6:06 she tries to save it, touched the egg with her beak but it drifted away

the video


I'm not sure, but I think I heard a chick in the egg

[Liz01]

April 30

we have a chick

9:54 hatch progress starts


10:40 it has hatched

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11:49:50 she shows the little one . It is talking a lot
11:51 she she stands up and leaves. Little is still a bit wet?


little alone


12:10 Mom returns and covers the chick

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13:12 it is already begging
13:16 Male can be herd

13:18/ 13:19 Mom is preening


scratching her head for long


I think she has hunt nothing

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13:38


13:52


Video from the new born hatchling

[Liz01]

May 1st.

welcome to the world #2

6:51 /6:52 Mom show her freshly hatched little one




#1 is already big

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15:38 Feeding time


15:41 then she leaves the chicks alone again

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the video

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May 2

little ones!




egg shell was visible in the dark. the third hatched during the dark

7:08 Mom leaves the nest. They are begging a lot

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7:48 little ones are begging


three chicks are waiting . she regurgitate fishes


starts eating back

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Mom is eating back


7:55 another feeding, little ones are eating

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Alone at home

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13:41 Mom is feeding her little ones

14:30 she leaves the nest

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May 3

6:36 there is a PIP in the egg. so the chick will hat today. they are fast!

Leo Kessler wrote:
​​Hi @liznm The chick she removed was one of the first 3. It had passed by 12:35 at the latest.

EDIT: 5:38 early morning. Mom leaves the nest. chick #3 is not moving


dead one is on the right

[Liz01]

12:57


13:22 Mom leaves the nest for fishing again

Chicks are growing fast

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14:42 Welcome to the world #4


empty egg shell


14:42 feeding.. pretty good one

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Feeding is over. A big fish is eaten back by Mom

[Liz01]

15:35 Mom trows a chick out of nest in the water
It could be it was the freshly born #4.. but I have to take a closer look at

it looks like the chick was dead. And I think it was not #4. It was #3! it was already dead in the early morning as the female got up first time




Good to know: Chicks can survive up to two or three days without eating or drinking right after hatching because they are able to utilize the nutrients remaining in their retained yolk sac during this time.