Estonian Eagle Owl Nest 2022, 2023, 2024

[Liz01]

15:11Mrs. Bubo talons gently touching the EGG

thank you for the video bozena Isia

Isia, I changed it too

[bozena Isia]

Liz01 You're very welcome. I had to change claws to talons

[Liz01]

17:26 - 17:42 crows are near the nest


17:44 she looks up. they are above


the dinner is calling


17:48 crows are calling, she is preening herself.

[Liz01]

17:53 egg rolling and she turns


17:54 she turns the egg and herself again

17:54:54 Male is hooting
17:55 she covers the egg
he is hooting, she answers
17:56 he is still hooting. I hope he has a great dinner for her.. But maybe these are just contact calls.
17:57 she is not interested in a conversation.. he is still hooting
It is interesting that they can blink with one eyelid
17:58 male is still hooting


18:00 Male has said enough. silence

[Liz01]

18:02 he starts hooting again

she stands up and flew out. Both are hooting .




the egg



18:04 they mate.. not pretty sure - I have to check it - hmmm.. he was hooting that way, but she not
18:04:12 a fast flying bigger bird flew from the left trough the picture..

Male is still hooting. Could be it is a prey handover
he sound pretty near the nest. So she is eating and he takes a eye on the nest?

[Liz01]

18:04:12 The bird was flying already trough the pic from the left to the right. very fast! I think it was a Goshawk - Male and Female were hooting at this time
I saw the cross-banded tail for a moment


18:08:50 .. I have to check ! That was a fly by . Came from above and is pretty fast. I think that was the male
that was not the male!


18:10 she returned home and covers the egg

The video

[Liz01]

Now she is ready for her second egg


18:57 Male is hooting

18:59 she flew out! both are hooting.

[Liz01]

19:01 they are still hooting .. most of time he

19:02 silence
19:05 he is hooting. He sounds further away
maybe there is food handover now? And she is eating? Before I was not sure if they have mate ..
I'll check this section again in the morning. I can not concentrate anymore
19:08 whooperswans are singing
19:14 both are hooting.. she is back
Swans are singing

19:15 she is preening a tail feather

Now I'm handing over to the night shift.
thank you in advance!

[bozena Isia]

25 MARCH

01:17:06 Mrs. Bubo leaves the nest, after the male started hooting


She comes back at 01:27

[Askja]

All
Thank you bozena Isia for video and reporting! Sleep well!

The weather is terrible again, I hope the box is draining well! - Liz, after reading the seemingly professional article in Wikipedia, I don't expect the second egg just yet, it says: "The eggs are normally laid at intervals of three days"; the German article even has 3-4 days. We may have to be patient for one or two more days (well, it may be different in Estonia).

01:20:07 there was a mating
02:23 the male is calling for lunch (or tea?) but she is just listening, not hungry.
03:01 the female leaves the nest; seems to be hungry now or she needs a break. No male calls can be heard.
03:13 she comes back and settles on her egg.

No more events so far (04.30) The female turned and rolled the egg 1-2 times per hour.

04:30 Yaawn...

[Liz01]

Good Morning!
I trusted what Fleur wrote. I don't check everything that others document. Especially since Fleur is a very experienced observer.
Personally, it doesn't matter whether it's today or tomorrow.
It's my first observation when they lay eggs. So I'm still learning.
What I have already learned is that Wikipedia is not a good source for such information.

01:16 Male is hooting
01:17 she leaves the nest a lot of hooting
01:20:07 mating sound
01:27 she returned
1:40 she has plucked a large feather

2:43 Male is hooting
3:01 she flew away. both are talking

4:54 she leaves (Info by Rysx)
4:55:54 mating (Info by Ligzdas Gariņš)
5:00 Hooting nearby
5:06 nearly 5:07 one of them landed on the branch .. out of sight
5:07 Female went back into the nest
we have many breaks in the stream
5:10 the stream is back
5:25



Eurasian Eagle Owl ~ Bubo bubo
https://www.owlpages.com/owls/species.php?s=1240
Laying generally begins in late winter, sometimes later. One clutch per year of 1-4 white eggs are laid, measuring 56-73mm x 44.2-53mm and weighing 75-80g. They are normally laid at 3 days intervals and are incubated by the female alone, starting from the first egg, for 31-36 days. During this time, she is fed at the nest by her mate.
Once hatched, the young are brooded for about 2 weeks; the female stays with them at the nest for 4-5 weeks. For the first 2-3 weeks the male brings food to the nest or deposits it nearby, and the female feeds small pieces the young. At 3 weeks the chicks start to feed themselves and begin to swallow smaller items whole. At 5 weeks the young walk around the nesting area, and at 52 days are able to fly a few metres. They may leave ground nests as early as 22-25 days old, while elevated nests are left at an age of 5-7 weeks.

Fledged young are cared for by both parents for about 20-24 weeks. They become independent between September and November in Europe, and leave the parents' territory (or are driven out by them). At this time the male begins to sing again and inspect potential future nesting sites.
Young reach maturity in the following year, but normally breed when 2-3 years old.......

[Liz01]

5:35 Female is preening herself
5:37 she turns, is rolling the egg and covers it


5:39 she is looking up .. a visitor above?

her eyes


5:48 egg rolling

5:53 daylight

[Liz01]

5:55:40 working with the branch in front of her
6:04 she starts preening
6:05 she is rolling the egg and covers it
6:08 early morning visit by crows
she is looking up


6:28 egg rolling
6:39 she stands up, is preening her belly feathers
6:40 she covers the egg
6:58 egg rolling.. that's a lot of egg rolling

[Liz01]

8:00


8:01 she stands up and is rolling her egg


her tail

[Liz01]

8:04 strong guts of wind. The nest tree is rocking
8:11 crows are calling nearby




A spring song for Mrs Bubo



9:59 the stream is buffering
10:56 stream is still buffering
12:10

[Liz01]

13:22 the stream is working again


13:34 she is rolling the egg and turns


13:35

[Liz01]

14:26 is there a car??? it sounded like a car was driving. Female ducked deeper into the nest
14:27 geese are calling
14:32 A chainsaw can be heard. I hope they are far away from the nest.
14:43 female pays attention to the left . there must be the forest workers


back to normal


14:58 a lot of working there in the forest! someone is pretty near! Female pays attention. someone drove by very close to the nest
Isn't logging work forbidden at this time? Breeding time birds ...

[Askja]

Good afternoon Liz,

1. Why do you imply I had said anything about dear Fleur, or about something being wrong? I have not; in the contrary, I was quite convinced that the timestamp may have been the right moment. And I wrote so in my post yesterday, even if with a question mark. I thought reporting was not about being convinced.
2. Why do you rebuke me about Wikipedia being unreliable, when you post another text that says exactly the same? So, this particular article I mentioned *is* a good source of information?

Have a nice day!

[Liz01]

Askja,
I don't understand what you want to tell me. I took over the prediction from Fleur that we are expecting a egg Friday late evening. What's bad now? It could have been. Rules are not rigid. Usually they lay at an interval of 3 days. It could also happen earlier.
Since we're writing down the exact days here, it just doesn't matter?
As for Wikipedia, it's never my first choice for information. That's all.

15:35 a crow is calling near.
15:16 A car is driving pretty near

And now I'm taking a break here.

[Askja]

Hello Liz, I had searched the pages back to find what Fleur wrote, untill I came to her comment on the egg laying time stamp. So I understood your comment was about this. I only couldn't see anything wrong with my reporting then, and why you would bring it up now, after two days. Well, it's clear now.

Enjoy your afternoon!