Latvian Osprey Nest 2014 - Pērkons & Lauma

[Kukelke]

17:51 - one osplet on the nest: http://193.40.124.24/2014-zivju-erglis- ... -17-51.jpg

17:52 - both Snaps and Snurre on the nest: http://193.40.124.24/2014-zivju-erglis- ... -17-52.jpg

17:56 - nest empty again; one osplet is yelling from the camera support

[Hellem]

18:16 All three osplets on the nest, Snips has a big fish, is eating I missed the delivery.
18:35 Snips is eating, Snaps and Snurre are waiting and yelling all the time
18:41 Snaps got the fish from Snips, began to eat it.
18:42 Snips flew off
18:51 Snurre took off, Snaps is eating, she is now alone on the nest.

[Shanta]

18:15 Snips comes, Osplets calling


18:15 Fish delivery, headless fish.


Snips grabbed fish and one sib flew around

[Shanta]

18:15 Snurre comes and Snaps on the way


18:16 Snaps comes




18:41 Snips is full and Snaps grabbed fish. Snips flies off.
Snurre tried to get the fish, he jumped around
18:51 Snurre flies off but stay near and lands short time later on camstand. Snurre is calling.

[Owlie]

Did someone see Snips since yesterday evening?

You know youngsters and weekends ... he had apparently a little own time for change ...

Btw @ Kukelke or any other wise wo-/man
Do ospreys feed their offspring outside the home nest after that they fledged? I know that some birds can feed chicks on the ground when chicks have fallen out from the nest before their fledging.

[Maggy]

19:30 Snaps finished eating and about to leave

while he was eating there were many calls from the cam stand
19:31 now Snurre comes from the cam stand
19:35 she is eating the fish Snaps left

[Maggy]

19:51 Snurre eats her fish, she starts moving it away because somebody is coming

Lauma comes with a big headless fish, she is waiting, Snurre is mantling over her fish

Snurre starts attacking Lauma

till she makes her to leave

[Owlie]

19:52
I see a fresh fish and a chick mantling over it ... and leaving the fresh one for an old fish tail - or, no! Is are there TWO freshly delivered fish?

Maggy, were you watching - my net connection is lousy and it takes an eternity to get on a Pontu pic - you maybe know the latest delivery history?

[Maggy]

Maggy, were you watching - my net connection is lousy and it takes an eternity to get on a Pontu pic - you maybe know the latest delivery history?

Yes, I've been watching, it was unexpected that Snurre would attack Pērkons, she was very aggressive, Pērkons was taking steps back till he came to the rim of the nest, then he left...
19:52 Snurre takes her fish and comes to the new fish

then she take her fish away
somebody is on the cam stand
20:12 Snurre comes to the new fish, leaves her fish tale and starts eating the new fish

[Maggy]

20:18 Snaps comes

and then Snips right after that, Snurre is protecting the fish from them
20:19 Snaps starts eating the fish tale that Snurre left, Snips sits on the rim of the nest and calling, looks like he is afraid of his feisty sisters
20:20 Snurre leaves, she had enough
20:21-22 Snaps keeps eating her fish tale, Snips keeps calling but doesn't get to the left by Snurre fish
20:23 Snaps gets to the big fish that Snurre left, Snips keeps calling
20:28 Snurre comes back, Snips still stays away

Snurre looks at her fish, Snaps goes away from it, now Snurre is an aggressive boss of the nest
20:29 nobody is near the fish being afraid of Snurre

[Kukelke]

Btw @ Kukelke or any other wise wo-/man
Do ospreys feed their offspring outside the home nest after that they fledged? I know that some birds can feed chicks on the ground when chicks have fallen out from the nest before their fledging.

The main rule is that the parents, most of the time the male, sometimes the female too, bring fish to the nest. However, there are plenty of cases where fish was handed over at other places as well; on favourite perches etc. A few years ago -if memory doesn't fail on me here- Lady of the Loch of the Lowes-nest fed a fledgling off the nest for a few days. That chick had accidentally fledged and didn't manage to come back straight away.


PS, I'm no wise man or osprey-guru, just someone who has watched a few nests over the years


20:20 - all 3 osplets on the nest

[Hellem]

20:24 Snurre is now eating the fresh fish, Snips is waiting...
20:28 Snaps landed
20:29 The fish on the nest , nobody is eating
20:31 Snaps took off
20:32 Snips takes the fish.

[Owlie]

---
PS, I'm no wise man or osprey-guru, just someone who has watched a few nests over the years ---

I rely on you, you have so often turned out to be the one being right, knowing. Your osprey interest is impressive and you have gathered much more information and knowledge than the majority of us. At least I am happy to have you on these threads.

20:45
Snips is hungry, I mean HUNGRY! Maybe he ate nothing on his weekend tour ... (he perhaps attended an osprey youngsters' summer festival). So happy that the fish delivery works for all them!

[Maggy]

Snips is hungry, I mean HUNGRY! Maybe he ate nothing on his weekend tour ... (he perhaps attended an osprey youngsters' summer festival). So happy that the fish delivery works for all them!

Snips had been waiting till everybody left the fish along, Snurre was still around looking away, then he got to the fish and Snurre looked at him
20:32

I think he doesn't want to fight his sisters for fish, he waits and calls, the sisters are feisty, especially Snurre
20:29 here Snurre looks at Snips while girls are already done with the fish

20:34 Snurre leaves while Snips is eating

[Hellem]

20:45
Snips is hungry, I mean HUNGRY! Maybe he ate nothing on his weekend tour ... (he perhaps attended an osprey youngsters' summer festival). So happy that the fish delivery works for all them!

Snips had a big fresh fish today at 18:15

[Owlie]

... Snips had a big fresh fish today at 18:15

But if he was away all the morning so he had to have a long hunger? - Anyway he finished eating just after 21 o'clock ... and left an half uneaten fresh fish to the next hungry one.


21:08
A parent flies in curiously looking at the fish - but no chance, Pērkons or Lauma, here comes Snurre, hungry - and so is the parent out of the nest! And 21:10 even Snips comes in again discussing the dinner or something else interesting ... He gives up and flies off.

[Maggy]

21:04 Snips had enough he is leaving the rest of the fish on the nest and leaving
21:08 Lauma comes to eat, but Snurre cannot let anybody to eat the fish, she comes to protect it from Lauma

21:09 Lauma leaves

... here comes Snurre, hungry ...

she cannot be hungry, she just ate a LOT, she mostly sits on the fish, protecting it from others
21:10 Snips comes

21:12 he leaves

[PINKELUZA]

Good evening,
I am a little late.



Violent aggression of Snurre against Lauma who is in the obligation to fly away.

[youtube]4lIMMtCUNyE?hd=1[/youtube]

[Maggy]

Thanks PINKELUZA for the video, Snurre was always feisty, but now she became just aggressive
21:17 Snurre sits on the fish

21:26 Snurre leaves

[Owlie]

... Violent aggression of Snurre against Perkons who is in the obligation to fly away. ...

Thanks, Pinkeluza, I opened the cam just after this episode so it was good to see this - not late at all!

Do the chicks have to learn aggression towards other ospreys by attacking their own parents?

The WTEs do this - is it similar with ospreys? I don't remember having seen this in other nests the past two years I have followed ospreys.