Lesser Spotted Eagles - Betiņa and Betiņš 2017 (Latvia)

[Lussi05]

Then back up to the branch, and jumping around.

Hmmmm, who is this


It's very windy!

[Felis silvestris]

Out of sight.

A few times today I had the feeling that Frīdis was contemplating to just take to the wind and fly off ... they grow up so fast!

[Jujani]

Betina comes with a rodent. No one at home. She waits and flies away.

She comes back and Fridis comes out of the tree. Fridis eats the rodent.

Later Betina comes with fresh branches. Fridis observes this.

Fridis jumps back up to the tree

Betina flies toward the tree, then back into the nest on the branch above the nest. Fridis can not be seen.

[Lussi05]

21:44 - Betiņa on the branch, Frīdis out of sight. (at least I think it's Betiņa on the branch? ) The moon is shining in the background, very nice :-)


Thank you, everyone, for nice pictures and comments


Jujani

[Lussi05]

5. August

Good morning

Like the previous mornings, Frīdis is jumping around on the branches. I saw Betiņa in the early morning, also on a branch.

08:03 - The beautiful heart pattern on Frīdis plumage..

08:04 - A good stretch...

[Lussi05]

08:13 - After some minutes, she turned around, ant took a good stretch at the other side..

08:14 - ....before she spread her wings, and jumped up to the upper left branch.


It's not easy to get a picture of a whole Frīdis these days, it's more often a wings, "feet"/claws, tail, back or just a headless front
(at least for me:-)

[Deli]

Hi everyone!

You are right, Lussi, whole Frīdis seldom is available

Here with Mom or Dad?!


Alone


In the edge, the cutie


Now he has eaten something, I don't know what it was, no frog, something bigger, and sits in the nest for resting like a chick.

[Jujani]

13.16
Betina? brings something, looks like a frog


Fridis is not so enthusiastic, it eats very slowly


Then jump down to the left on the branch

[Lussi05]

18:50 - Whole of Frīdis is in the nest, eating frog

[Lussi05]

22:12 - It's getting dark. A bird is sitting on the branch, Betiņa? It's too dark to see. It's moonlight in the background, very nice!



Good night

[Lussi05]

6. August

Good morning


09:06 - Empty nest and windy.

[Lussi05]

09:21 - LSE call, but it's quite windy, so it's difficult to know how near.

If the translation is correct, Uģis Bergmanis has written in the latvian forum that Frīdis (also wrote Frida!! ) has taken her first flight today. She has been in the nest earlier this morning. Betiņa arrived with a frog at 07:39, but no Frīdis showed up.

From the latvian forum:
https://dabasdati.lv/forums/viewtopic.p ... start=1720

I hope someone from the latvian forum, if they visit here, can correct me if I'm wrong

[vainamoinen]

09:21 - LSE call, but it's quite windy, so it's difficult to know how near.

If the translation is correct, Uģis Bergmanis has written in the latvian forum that Frīdis (also wrote Frida!! ) has taken her first flight today. She has been in the nest earlier this morning. Betiņa arrived with a frog at 07:39, but no Frīdis showed up.

From the latvian forum:
https://dabasdati.lv/forums/viewtopic.p ... start=1720

I hope someone from the latvian forum, if they visit here, can correct me if I'm wrong

Yes, so it is. Uģis has heard voice of Frīdis in the morning near from the nest tree.

[Lussi05]

Yes, so it is. Uģis has heard voice of Frīdis in the morning near from the nest tree.

Thank you, vainamoinen!

Congratulations to Frīdis, good luck with your first flight, our beautiful and proud Lesser Spotted Eagle
I hope she will return to the nest.

18:42 - Empty nest, and it has been empty every time I have checked today.

Edit:

It has been a great pleasure to follow this LSE family - The perfect parents, Betiņa and Betiņš, and the beautiful eaglet, Frīdis. I wish them a long and happy eagle life.
Thank you EVERYONE, for making it possible.

Frīdis - now you feel the wind under your wings <3

[Felis silvestris]

It was clear that it will happen now any day. Frīdis was already more flying than jumping ...

Wind under your wings, Frīdis, a good and long life to you and your offspring! Be careful!
It was a great pleasure watching you growing up!

[Marfo]

I just found a video of the ringing. I don't think it was posted here before.

Fridis was fearlessly attacking the bag and tools of the ringer. Very brave. Must be girl

[Lussi05]

Marfo, thank you for posting the ringing video, I will watch it later

18:09 - I opened the cam, and what do I see? A hungry Betina, and a begging Fridis

18:12 - Begging...and at the end..

Betina had to step aside, or jump, and a hungry Fridis took over the prey.

[Jujani]

yeah Fridis is back

Bettina came with a frog, but then found something bigger in the nest. I could not see it well, could be part of a rabbit.


Later, Fridis jumped off the branch and first ate the frog, and then Betina also gave her futter.

[Lussi05]

18:17 - Betina took off, and Fridis was watching her. It sounded as if she was collecting twig for the nest, but when she came back, I didn't see her bringing anything.

But here it comes, aspen leaves I think.




Jujani

[Lussi05]

The unknown prey..




Sasa