Looduskalender

Good morning everyone

I have not followed the events of the nest for two days and I have to say that the chicks have grown fast.

07:41 I think the catch is a hare, the hind legs are clearly visible

all

7:57 Feeding is over and the chicks are full
8:13 Eerik covered the sleeping chicks with straw , is digging the nest bowl
9:33 Eerik is guarding and the eaglets are sleeping
10:09 Eerik is standing on the nest edge, the chicks are sleeping

Liz, Trine, sova, JaLe

JaLe wrote: May 11th, 2021, 9:48 am Good morning everyone

I have not followed the events of the nest for two days and I have to say that the chicks have grown fast.

07:41 I think the catch is a hare, the hind legs are clearly visible

Good morning JaLe,

At first I thought a hare could be, but the size of the eagle and the wild hare do not match, right?

Because our white-tailed eagles are already very big, how big would this hare have to have been in proportion !?

Greetings Sabsy

Sabsy wrote: May 11th, 2021, 10:12 am Good morning JaLe,

At first I thought a hare could be, but the size of the eagle and the wild hare do not match, right?

Because our white-tailed eagles are already very big, how big would this hare have to have been in proportion !?

Greetings Sabsy

European hare can weigh typically between 3 and 5 kg, Its head and body length can range from 60 to 75 cm.

10:21 Eerik starts feeding
10:22 EE1 is eating, EE2 is sleeping
10:29 Eerik is still feeding EE1, EE2 isn't active, he/she doesn't raise it's head
10:30 Eve landed with a big bunch of hay and took the prey from Eerik
10:31 Eve took a fish and began eat it, Eerik is digging and moving the hay
10:35 EE1 and EE2 are sleeping
10:36 Eerik flew away
11:10 Eve protects the eaglets from the sun, the eaglets are sleeping
12:24 Eve starts feeding
12:30 Feeding is over, only EE1 got food, Eve offered several times food to EE2 but he/she did not take it from mom
12:33 Eerik with a big bunch of hay
12:36 Eve jumped to the left branch, 12:37 she flew away

JaLe wrote: May 11th, 2021, 10:17 am European hare can weigh typically between 3 and 5 kg, Its head and body length can range from 60 to 75 cm.

Yes, I know everything, that's why I wrote that the size ratio is wrong.

Based on the runs, this hare should have been twice the size of a full-grown sea eagle.

In the video you can see very well how big the carcass of the almost eaten animal was
and then the cervical spine, which is never that long from a rabbit plus the head.

Sabsy wrote: May 11th, 2021, 12:12 pm Yes, I know everything, that's why I wrote that the size ratio is wrong.

Based on the runs, this hare should have been twice the size of a full-grown sea eagle.

In the video you can see very well how big the carcass of the almost eaten animal was
and then the cervical spine, which is never that long from a rabbit plus the head.

There is no hoof in the foot, so so it is not a deer, if you look at a picture of a hare’s leg, there is no doubt who owns the legs. I looked at pictures of a sea eagle eating a hare and I think the size of the hare is very similar to the size of the prey.

Hellem, thanks for reporting


12:33 a huge bunch hay is brought Eerik


12:36 Eerik jumps on the left branch
12:37 flew away.

12:42 Sombrella for the eaglets

It's hot for the eaglets


shadow for the chicks

Hello everyone,
Just saw that my password still worked - I've been watching Durbe and Merikotkas now for quite a while. As I haven't used the forum for such a long time, I did not know where to post this, admins: please do not be mad at me! When I checked our German TV program, I came across a documentary (by István Nádaskay and Elisabeth Korinek-Schönthal) from 2011 on Viktor, a white-tailed sea eagle born in Hungary. This is also available on You Tube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Pv2DSpiQmY , unfortunately in German only, but: the pics! Here's what you always wanted to see and know when THEY are not in their nests. It's gorgeous, and I wanted to share this with you.

13:22 Eve came home with a huge fish


the fish has an interesting color

13:30 Eerik is on the right


+is stretching his wings and body


13:32 then he jumped on the lower front branch

13:36 it's hot for Eve too


15:48 it looks like feeding time Eve is feeding EE1

15:53:23 EE1 is doing a ps - Eve is again on the right. That was a tour through the nest


Wing and leg stretching


15:54 now he is again in front of the eaglets

16:12 Eerik came home. with a half eaten fish.
Feeding time for both- no!


Eve and Eerik are feeding EE1

16:16 both are feeding EE1


16:18 Eerik flew away. EE2 lifts it's head, but he is not fed




16:24 EE2 has to wait

16:25 Feeding is over- again nothing for EE2. The nest is full with food.

17:43 Eve is still with the eaglets
18:03 she is stretching her wings

18:10
guarding

Liz , 13:22 it was Eve who brought the fish, Eerik was on the nest with the chicks
viewtopic.php?p=799177#p799177

Hellem wrote: May 11th, 2021, 6:26 pm Liz , 13:22 it was Eve who brought the fish, Eerik was on the nest with the chicks
viewtopic.php?p=799177#p799177

thank you Hellem

18:34 Both are in the nest with the kids