Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) nest in Zemgalē, Latvia 2023

Lesser Spotted Eagles in Latvia
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Re: Lesser Spotted Eagle (Clanga pomarina) nest in Zemgalē, Latvia 2023

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20:07: Anna arrives with spruce; off at 20:09 and back again with more spruce at 20:11. Now there's time for some preening which Ieva is demanding. I find it so heartwarming how Ieva makes herself so 'small'.

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20:47: Anna flies away.
At 21:17:

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Good night! :wave:
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July 30

This obviously is a day that Ieva spends most of the time on her branch at the left. :thumbs:
06:06 ff.: My branch! She goes back to the nest and back to the branch, even flutters onto the branch, and at 06:13, she exercises her wings on the there. Very lively and active Ieva, just how it should be.

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Soemthing interesting in the sky:

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12:13: First food delivery, Andris with a rodent, quickly swallowed by Ieva.

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After Andris has left, there are some 'SOS'-calls (warning calls).

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12:35: 2nd food delivery by Andris - a somewhat smaller rodent -> snap-gulp-gone.

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12:40: And back on the branch.

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14:53: Andris with a rodent.

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Close-up on the prey: Looks like a striped field mouse (Apodemus agrarius) - mid-dorsal black stripe.

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What a rare sight today :laugh: - Ieva lying in the nest bowl.

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16:54: Andris with a rodent - a mouse of some kind. He serves it from the branch at the left (!).

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While Ieva swallows the mouse, she of course has to mantle - come on, this is mandatory when the 'delivery man' is still behind your back.

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Ieva wants Andris to leave from the branch - but he jumps onto the nest.

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Interesting body language. Ieva ushers him to the main entry/exit. "Along my side, it is"

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17:40: Andris with another rodent.

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This one will be cut and eaten, previous prey had been swallowed.

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18:40: Anna with a branch. Ieva saw her some minutes before and has been calling since. But Anna is off again.

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Ieva is still delighted and absolutely excited about Anna's visit, jumps to and fro in the nest. A big eagle I am! (Yes, you are, cutie.)

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She jumps back onto the branch, calling. And back into the nest, almost slipping - but that's part of the training, yep, she is doing really fine.
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20:53; Anna is back with spruce. She cleans up the nest and eats something from the rim close to the cam - might be sprinkles of Ieva's pellets. At 20:59, she perches on a branch at the right. And this makes Ieva a little crazy, since she maybe reckoned to get some 'preeners' now.

I can see you! - Ieva is calling.

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I see you from here as well! - calling.

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Anna seems to continue perching on that branch, I saw downs fly away, she's preening herself - and Ieva is still looking.

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We'll see if Anna prefers to roost on the branch - or if she returns to the nest. Will she subside to Ieva's begging calls?
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Ieva "cleans" the camera.

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21:32: Ieva flutters onto the branch at the left.
21:36: Interesting: I hear trilling calls. Anna is still there and seems to summon her eaglet to return to the nest.
21:39: Now Anna jumps back into the nest, Ieva is already lying down.

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Good night! :wave:
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:loveshower: July 31 :loveshower:

Fledging Day!

Before starting with documentation, please allow me to break the chronology - this is the first thing I read today. And it's one of the most important events on this nest - so I would like to post it here:

10:15: Ieva on her way to her adult life. She flies over to the trees opposite of the nest.

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Shortly before leaving. Anna makes herself ready for the day and will leave at 05:42.

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05:43 ff.: Ieva hops through the nest, she is very excited, jumping, calling, chirping. At 05:44, she flies over to the left branch.
05:53: She jumps onto a branch next to the cam and then back to the left branch, where she mainly stays for the next time.

07:28 ff.: And a bit further on the left branch, where she exercises her wings.

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08:43: Ieva prepares the entry area - rearranging branches and such. 8-)

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08:57: She flies onto the central branch in front of the nest entry.

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09:51: She returns to the nest - entries have to be rehearsed, you know....

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09:53: Back onto central branch - and from there, to a branch at the right! :thumbs:

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10:15: And this is it. There goes our Ieva ... ! :headroll:

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She is perching there:

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12:12: Andris with a vole (?).

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I find Andris is one of the most handsome LSE males, and I'm always happy when I 'm able to get some pics. - He is looking around, securing the prey and calling Ieva.

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12:14:37: Ieva flies back to the nest.

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12:54: Andris delivers the next prey - Ieva is already on the nest. It's a mole.

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Look at Ieva - she looks changed, strong and determined.

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And happily cutting her mole.

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<I'm heading off to a meeting now and will be back in approx. 2 hours>
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13:22; Ieva perches on center branch.
13:44: Ieva is calling, at 13:49, she moves to the left branch...

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... where she stays until 14:47. - Selfie!

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15:22: Short visit to the center branch, back in and on the nest at 15:28.
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17:44 ff.: Ieva plays on the center branch.

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17:52: And flies to the left branch, where she spends quite a while, preening, PS, etc.
20:03: She has a cunning plan: to fly from the branch at the left up into the spruce of the left trunk (the left 'pillar' of the nest).
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20:21: She plops down onto the nest. - YT-chat :hi: Baiba, quote: "7:25  PM Baiba Piezemēšanās briesmīga gar stumbru" - GT:"Landing terrible along the trunk". - Yep. She will learn to do it better!

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21:40: Anna comes home. Ieva is delighted.

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Anna cleans up the nest, finds some remainders of either pellets or prey which she eats up.

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