NEST OBSERVATIONS ESTLAT Osprey Nest 2~ Ilmar & Irma ~ 2013

[Starling]

17.40 Kenno takes the fish from Kaido.



17.40 Irma arrives with a fish.

17.41 Irma leaves with her fish.

[Starling]

18.04 Kaido tries to take the fish from Kenno.



18.05 Kaido tries again. But with no luck.

[Maggy]

Starling, great pictures!
18:46 Kaido gets away

and comes back

18:48

19:24

[Maggy]

19:25





19:26

[Bea]

19:25
There was an Osprey-fly-by what made the youngsters call like crazy - a parent bird?

[Maggy]

19:26

jumping

19:28

[Maggy]

19:29

19:31



19:32

[Riitta]

19:21 ... flying, long waiting for fish, eating - this make Kaido and Kenno a little bit drowsy.


19:30 But both are awake immediately, when they see flying Irma or Ilmar - new fish could come!
Then wing-exercises with twittering sounds!

[Kukelke]

20:41 - Two sleepy kalakotkas youngsters in a relatively windy nest. Both with full crops and tired after today's flying trips.



My guess is that both sleep on the nest tonight, which after all is much more comfy than perching in some tree in these winds, and less exhausting for their talons.

[NancyM]

21:05 First DH then DJ were up, and had poops shots, then DJ (Kaido) flew off the nest.

21:07 Kaido returns.

My guess is that both sleep on the nest tonight, which after all is much more comfy than perching in some tree in these winds, and less exhausting for their talons.

The way birds' feet work, when the toes are relaxed, the tendons cause them to curl around a perch and grip it tightly - so it is not exhausting for them to perch, but is the normal way. It is unusual for adult birds to lie down as these young ones do.

[Maggy]

21:19

Kaido leaves first at 21:19, then Kenno at 21:21

21:22 Kenno returns

21:23

21:24 leaves again
21:25 Kaido returns

[Starling]

21.19 Kaido leaves.

21.21 Kenno leaves.
21.22 Kenno is back.
21.24 Kenno leaves.
21.25 Kaido is back.
21.26 Someone is there. Kenno?

21.28 Then there.

21.34 Kaido leaves the nest.

[Jo UK]

About the talons - I have noticed that it takes a few seconds before the adult can let go of the fish - as though they have to make a conscious effort to open the talons.

[Kukelke]

The way birds' feet work, when the toes are relaxed, the tendons cause them to curl around a perch and grip it tightly - so it is not exhausting for them to perch, but is the normal way. It is unusual for adult birds to lie down as these young ones do.

I'm aware of that, but these youngsters haven't perched much in their short life. There's also the element of balance involved. They can have an automatic tight grip on the branch they're sitting on, but that doesn't help much when the rest of the body sways back and forth all the time. We'll see what happens.

21:21 - Both youngsters flew off for now. Will they perch in some tree tonight, or rather spend the night in their nest?

21:23 - DH back on the nest again.

21:24 - DH can't make up his mind and flies off once more.

21:25 - DJ lands on the nest and settles down.

[Maggy]

21:26 Kaido is in the nest

21:28 somebody lands on the dead tree

21:29

21:32

21:34 took off

[Starling]

21.35 Kaido and Kenno?

[Maggy]

Starling, great observation!
and nice stars!

21:35


Looks like ospreys love dead trees. I've been watching some ospreys in USA, there they also liked to sit on a dead tree though it was not that close to the nest.

[NancyM]

7.26-kenno went to flight..

Here is a 5-minute video of Kenno's fledge this morning. Kaido seemed to be chirping to her almost the entire time - I think Kaido really was encouraging Kenno to fly.

[Starling]

Starling, great observation!

Maggy I can´t believe how big they are now.
21.44

NancyM: Thanks for the video.
Edit. I just noticed Kenno made a poop shot to the nest just before her first flight.

[mareewi]

21.35 Kaido and Kenno?

Very nice, Starling, you gave suitable markers to our Osprey-Stars.

Btw .... the dead tree is a super extra to this webcam. It was a good choice to place the cam here.