Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) nest in Zemgalē, Latvia 2025

[BDrieliņi]

18:37: Andris with a vole (? tail not so long)
Anna trills Andris away and pokes in her nest bowl.
18:46 ff.: Shrill voices can be heard. Has Andris met a goshawk? Long goshawk whistles and calls. Anna is listening and watching.
Ah, thank you Feja, YT-chat, , quote:":5:57 PM Feja ​​Labvakar! 18.42 Miks atnesa medījumu. Andris droši vien redzēja." -GT:"Good evening! 18.42 Mick brought the game < = prey>. Andris probably saw it."
18:59: Anna trills at Andris, branching at the right. He has just come back from his goshawk encounter.
He leaves and flies away to the left.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tiqg2L6UIo

[Susanne]

June 06

Good day!

09:58: We start with a vole (I think).





First twist of the routine: Anna doesn't swallow it, neither does she fly away with it - she eats it on the nest.

[Susanne]

Eating and trilling, while Andris takes care of the eggs.

[Susanne]

10:05: Anna advances and tells Andris to leave.



10:08: Andris returns with a pine branch for Anna.
11:38: Andris with a vole. This time, Anna swallows it at once.



14:35: Anna sees Andris, begging pose on the nest (indicated wing movement), then she flies over to the obs.trees.Some short calls.-> food delivery there.
14:45: Andris takes care of the eggs.
14:56: Anna returns and branches below the front entry, then jumps onto the nest and tells Andris to leave.
15:10: Prey no.4. Next twist in the routine: the food is deposited in the pantry. Yeah!

[Susanne]

First, a big thank you to Baiba for the video !

Second: I guess it's pretty clear that Anna knows more than we see. Eating food in pieces, not gulping it down; today, she has declared the pantry open.
You can see egg#1 very often, just like now:

[BDrieliņi]

Delivery to the forest



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI6ciwbNzL4

[Susanne]

Thank you very much Baiba!

Shortly after 22:00, Anna needs a snack.

[Susanne]

Jun 07

Good day!

It's currently 13:46 your local time, uploading and posting was - and is? - impossible due to DOS-attacks.

04:11: Anna -> obs.trees, return at 04:15.
05:13: There is a dent in the egg.



07:55: Andris deposits prey in the pantry, Anna will eat from it.

[Susanne]

Andris covers the eggs while Anna is eating (which is comfy for his ears since Anna won't trill that much.)





08:05: Andris brings a dry, twisted branch.
08:28: Delivery de luxe: Anna may stay on the eggs when Andris hands over the prey.

[Susanne]

09:11: Anna -> obs.trees, back at 09:13.



09:18: Andris deposits prey at the entry, it's dark-furred and quite big, and I don't know yet whether this is a rat or the first kurmis, uh: mole of the season.



Anna is glued on the eggs and trills Andris away.

[Susanne]

10:22: A woodpecker visits the nest tree.



10:23: Andris with a dry branch.

[Susanne]

11:38: Anna is calling loud, moving her shoulders, indicating begging for food.
11:48: She is calling really loud now.



11:50: She flies to the obs.trees, calling. Suspected feeding there.
11:55: She returns with fresh spruce.

[Susanne]

13:48: Anna is calling -> obs.trees, there seems to be a feeding.
14:49: Anna calls again, begging.
15:15 ff.: Anna is looking up and calling; at 15:17 she flies to the obs. trees.
While being away, the chick is working hard on its way out of the shell.





15:27: Surprise - Andris is the first one to return to the nest and see his chick!

[Susanne]

Anna joins him and takes care of the chick, removing and eating egg shell.



16:22: Peekaboo!

[Susanne]

17:50: Anna calls, begs ->obs.trees.
Egg 2 has slipped into the remaining half of no.1' egg shell.

[BDrieliņi]

Congratulation!



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuCYogu-rxY

[BDrieliņi]

17:50: Anna calls, begs ->obs.trees.
Egg 2 has slipped into the remaining half of no.1' egg shell.

17:58 Andris
18:15 Anna return



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCXdXTtMMj4

[Susanne]

the forum works again!

Thank you so much , Baiba! Glorious day - so far - for the LSEs in Latvia, 3 chicks in 3 webcam monitored nests!

17:58 ff.: Andris on the nest



Andris' beak is a little jagged:

[Susanne]

19:42 ff.: The dark-furred animal in the pantry is a rat - tail already stiff. Anna eats herself and prepares to feed her chick. -

[BDrieliņi]

First bit