Estonian Osprey Nest (Ivo & Iiris) 2019

[Kitarr]

21:27 Iiris is on the nest eating and feeding UP
She jumped of the camstand and picked up a leftover fish from the nest.

[balistar]

oh, and Iiris showed us her beautiful tail feathers in detail

[balistar]

Did UN ever eat today ? Has someone seen her eating ?

EDIT:
18:41 UN looks at UP, who eats, as if she is thinking, "will she leave something for me ?"


18:41 UN does a little PS


18:42 she looks to direction, where crows' voices were to hear again



then she decides to do some wing exercise

[Kitarr]

oh, and Iiris showed us her beautiful tail feathers in detail

Wow!
21:37 Iiris back on the camstand and UP eats the fishtail

Don't know if UN ate (didn't watch during the day) but I'm sure it's all fine.

[Kitarr]

Did UN ever eat today ? Has someone seen her eating ?

19:19 Owlie saw UN eat!

[balistar]

19:19 Owlie saw UN eat!

Thanks, Kitarr, i must have overread it

[Owlie]

19:19 Owlie saw UN eat!

Yes, both UN and UP got fed properly from that fish delivery. I have not followed the cam before noon, so I don't know if she got fed even earlier. Also afternoon I have been watching now and then, not continuously

[Summi]

balistar, lovely not-watching tennis-match pics.

[Owlie]

The chicks cuddle each other warmly for the night - good night all of us

[Cessie]

22:38. Smallie, is up doing wing exercises.
And eyeing his, soon to be kingdom.

Owlie, thank you for keeping us all up to date! I appreciate all of your pictures and especially your posts! It’s a great group here, with so many contributors. The Best!
Newcomers are always welcomed here.

[balistar]

Yes, both UN and UP got fed properly from that fish delivery. I have not followed the cam before noon, so I don't know if she got fed even earlier. Also afternoon I have been watching now and then, not continuously

Thanks, Owlie.
I also am not able to watch continuously all day long, i just was wondering, also when i saw UN doing only a small PS. Not that i was worried, i just didn't see her eating.

[balistar]

18:42 some pics of UN doing wing exercise,

UN chirps softly while doing wing exercise, even with little hopsing


yes, UN enjoys it


yeaaah, she lifts up her feet and jumps

[balistar]

UN is still chirping softly


ooaaaa, she did the exercises so well and none of the siblings or Mom watched it :(

[balistar]

A beautiful picture of our angel Ivo

balistar, lovely not-watching tennis-match pics.

Thank you

[balistar]

18:44 UN shows us and UM her also impressive wingspan


and her brother UM has to duck

[Sunshine]

aren't they lovably ?
look at UN, her look is a bit timid (fits for the character of Middlie )

About the characters of our three heroes There was a moment when Middlie was not so calm and timid at all. Have no time to search for it now, but in the beginning there were quite a few episodes where the ospret, which we thought is Middlie, repeatedly showed aggression and willingness to attack the two others/dominate. For a moment, we even discussed that middlie is perhaps a female (females are often more aggressive). Which, it turns out, she is

Perhaps their character development has also changed a bit, as it has happened often in other seasons. The level of dominance/aggression, as well as the hierarchy sometimes changes..

[balistar]

About the characters of our three heroes There was a moment when Middlie was not so calm and timid at all. Have no time to search for it now, but in the beginning there were quite a few episodes where the ospret, which we thought is Middlie, repeatedly showed aggression and willingness to attack the two others/dominate. For a moment, we even discussed that middlie is perhaps a female (females are often more aggressive). Which, it turns out, she is
I think, their character development also changed a bit, as it has happened often in other seasons. The level of dominance/aggression changes and sometimes there are even changes in the hierarchy..

Yes, Sunshine, i remember the Middlie's willingness to attack in the beginning
For sure also Smallie's and how Oldie made clear who is "the boss".
Yes, nature has some surprises in store.

A good example was recently given by an American Osprey nest. Normally, there was no rivalry between siblings until the mother had seriously injured her leg and was unable to feed her osprets (and hard to eat for herself). The male supplied them with many fish and also took over to feed the osprets. They were no longer babies, but still too young to feed themselves. Since the father could not feed in the same way and as regularly as the mother -although he did his very best-, the rivalry between the siblings began with pecking and biting.
Dispite her big pain the Mom tried and tried to feed the osprets. As soon as Mom was able to feed the osprets a little, the sibling rivalry stopped.

[Sunshine]

Few pics still from today's events..

04:42 a.m.
It was such a beautiful morning.



08:24
UN



09:32
UM

[Sunshine]

09:34
A surprise



12:57
UN



13:26
Eyes and wings

[Sunshine]

13:35
UN is so good at preening! It was the longest un-interrupted preening session (without raising her head) ever captured on cam.



20:41
Evening. Two heads side by side and another - a focused one.



20:57
The three.