Goshawk nest in Riga 2023

[Polly]

Briefly about the weather:
The snowmelt will continue.


It was already quite remarkable today how quickly the toboggan mountain on the nest is shrinking.
The clean snow has already been licked up. Time has reset to Tawny Owl's last dinner.


12 hours ago

[Polly]

December 17th

Good morning together!

The nest is almost free. Only a matter of a short time until the last hint of snow blows away...


Bringing sticks can begin.

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Have a cozy Advent Sunday everyone.

[Polly]

Nothing, not a peep today.
Seems Team H is marooned at the Christmas market.

Today it took a few more 'Lumumba' for good nerves to survive the scratching in the sound transmission. But there was nothing to hear from Goshawks (also not from woodpecker or jay) - but we did see great tits, who were here today sightseeing without skis.
(It's possible that one of you discovered something?)

Have a nice evening everyone!

[Emi7]

Hello Polly and everyone.

Over the weekend I haven't been able to follow them.

I see that a chick appeared that probably without snow would have been in the center of the nest.
There are still snow days left, we are only in December and the hardest part is usually January-February.
We have nothing but assumptions about the H team, let's see if anyone pops out of the nest to say hello.

Have a good night.

[Emi7]

December 18th

Good afternoon Polly and everyone.

Today nothing until 17:00.

At some point there were the chickadees (parus major).

Greetings and see you tomorrow.

[Polly]

Emiliano!
Yes, it's strange, isn't it?
Nothing at all...
(I have to admit that I reset the volume control. The scratching in the microphone constantly annoys me. Unfortunately, I probably wouldn't even hear quieter whispers.)

Well, it doesn't mean they aren't here anyway. Still, it feels unsettling to suddenly not hear anything at all. But as I recall, we had made this observation before - as if their activities were occurring in temporal "bursts."

We look.

Have a nice pre-Christmas week to you and everyone!

[Polly]

December 19th

I can't contribute anything to the enthusiasm here today either.
However, I am thrilled to see that the microphone performs well without a stress test. No more scratching.

Excellent! Tomorrow I'll tape the tablet - I'm free and will listen to every breath of wind.

Have a great time, good night everyone.

[Emi7]

Good night Polly and everyone.

...as if their activities were occurring in temporary "bursts."

This seems to be the case, we don't know if they have other more remote areas.

When it takes me a while to remove a pair's nest and I have to comb the area, I end up knowing the territory and its use better.
Their area around the nest is only used intensively during the breeding season and after that they may not be far away (due to signs in food remains, droppings, sounds) but it also depends on the structure of the forest and its hunting areas.
In the last month I have heard the goshawk twice in two different nearby territories (And it is a lot for winter).

Today I checked until 14:20 and I didn't hear anything either. But they are in the shadows.

Thank you and enjoy your time these days.

See you tomorrow.

I will be traveling alternating between two places.

[Emi7]

December 20th

Good morning Polly and everyone.

This morning an adult individual entered between the trunk and the branch on the left (on a small branch, window to the stream) at 11:01 and has been there until 11:17. He sounded at 11:15 like an angry female and then between 11:26 and 11:29 more sounds. It looks like H21

Greetings

[Polly]

Hello Emiliano and everyone

I was also very happy to finally hear the calls of a goshawk again.
I think there may have been two.
11:14:50 - 15:30 it sounded like Juvenile.

From 10:27 there were already dissatisfied noises from magpies and later crows.
11:16 the wren protests
From 11:29 the adult female's calls were "sharper"

[Polly]

13:08 - 11 crows with hateful sounds
They clatter and gurgle at intervals - sometimes there is a cracking sound.
It's possible they're tracking the Goshawk's movements

[Emi7]

Hello, Polly.

The first sound was close to the tree and away from where the adult was perched. He looks like a young female.

This season seems to be marked by dueling females (young and H21 most likely).

[Polly]

This morning an adult individual entered between the trunk and the branch on the left (on a small branch, window to the stream) at 11:01 and has been there until 11:17.

It is almost impossible to see it in the picture. But it's easy to see in the movements. And also how this goshawk is dissed by magpies.

[Emi7]

Good night Polly and everyone.

With the gray background, something distant and small is difficult to distinguish. From time to time we are lucky and when reviewing the moments of the sounds I saw it come out. (There was also something that went down almost vertically, but it seemed small to me.) I went back until I captured the moment when it appeared on the branch. The clearing stands out, hence the assumption that it is H21 and also the fact that when it changes or leaves the branches it usually sings afterwards.

See you tomorrow.

[Polly]

December 21st

Good morning!


Light snow covers the nest and the scratching in the microphone is back.
There are smaller activities in the area.
08:59:31 a larger bird flutters low over the ground in the background.

Crows call...wren clatters.

Have a nice day everyone!

[Polly]

10:17:37 - 46 sounds like Goshawk but may be an imitation
(the calls are at a distance or just imitated)

12:00 Great tit brings a rare neighbor - greenfinch




from 12:07 there are nagging crows, but they move further away

[Emi7]

Thanks Polly.

It does look like a goshawk to me, more so in the first one than in the second, but they are the same.
Thanks Polly.

See you tomorrow.

[Polly]

December 23th

Hello everyone!

Calls can be heard at 2:40 p.m. and 3:21 p.m
I would say female.


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Greetings and have an atmospheric Christmas time.
Let us also think of those who are experiencing this time in terrible conditions.

[Emi7]

December 23th

Good night Polly and everyone.

Yesterday nothing was heard.
Today twice near the nest (14:40:56 and 15:21:03)

They are still around and it also seems that snowfall is more frequent this year.

Good night.

PS I had not seen your message and we have repeated.
Thank you for the congratulations, also for you and yours.

[Emi7]

December 24th

Hello Polly and everyone.

Between 13:42 and 13:43 , parus major is seen in the nest, moving and flying, and the goshawk sounds, which may be one of those that crosses and lands until 13:54 (facing the nest and leaving behind to the left).

15:50:25 The goshawk enters in flight to one of the branches below the nest and calls as it almost always does when it lands or leaves although now it leaves in silence (15:51:35).

Greetings