Eastern Imperial Eagle

All eagles except White-tailed and Spotted Eagles
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

In Nest: Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: facing camera

03.00.00 - All looks the same, except perhas even more wet. Looks like more eaglets have spilled out from her front.

03.12.50 - One eaglet emerges from underneath another eaglet! The two older guys, I believe.
Altynai loosely grooms the ones that are waking up.

03.14.20 - Both wake up fully & stark bucking about, so Altynai stands back off them to stand on the nest bowl rim, clear off all of the eaglets.

She looks yonder, down at the brood, who have sniggled back into each other.
Eaglet 1 is looking pretty developed now, bigger rounder head.
Eaglet 3 (closest to mum) also looks larger.
They all continue snoozing yet wriggling about, different heads popping up at random intervals.

03.20.00 - This is the scene ^.

03.29.10 - Calls can be heard off in the distance, Altyn barking I believe.
Eaglet 1 gets up & stares up at Altynai now, does some SELF-grooming!
Eaglet 3's head keeps popping up!

03.31.00 - Altynai is looking about, sensing something. She stand up more & turns towards, then jumps onto the left branch, ready to fly off.

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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

In Nest: (loose shift change); ALTYN & 3 eaglets
Orientation: facing camera also

03.31.22 - Altynai flies off, then barking close by (from her, no doubt).
Eaglets remain as they were.

03.33.12 - Altyn arrives at the nest for the 1st time today (from the right). Walks down into nest slowly settles half-on, half-off their brood. They squirm enough that he keeps rising up with their bucking.
He does some nest bowl work, digging hard into it beside the eaglets.

03.40.00 - These ongoing struggles continue: between Altyn's need to cover his eaglets & their desire for more room below dad; and between eagles & bugs.

03.46.40 - Eagle calls heard yonder.

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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

In Nest: (shift change) Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: facing camera

03.46.58 - Altynai returns, perches on the right limb briefly.
Altyn rises off the brood
Altynai then decends the branch, pauses. Altyn is also paused on the far nest bowl rim.
She continues into the nest. Altyn makes way fully as she arrives inside.

03.48.07 - Altynai grabs some kind of carcass (small gopher, I'd say).

He hops up onto the left limb to perch, (briefly wrestling with a foliated branch sticking up on the way).

03.48.50 - Altyn flies off once feeding time has started.

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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

In Nest: (shift change) Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: usual food dispensing position (far rim of nest bowl)


FEEDING TIME

03.48.40 - Begins. All eaglets look interested, turning to face Altynai at the feeding position.

Altynai is actually drawing this meal from a bird, by the looks of it, despite having grabbed the gopher just before.

Eaglet 3 gets served first.
Eaglet 2 is in fighting mood (as usual). Seems to be more interested in sparring than eating nowdays!
Eaglet 1 remains low in the bowl.
Eaglet 3 is up the front, getting fed. Definitely getting the lion's share first up.
Eaglet 2 is trying to peck at Eaglet 3 from behind Eaglet 1's body, so largely unsuccessfully. Gives up, & falls back into the bowl with Eaglet 1.

It's interesting to me the late-arrival small Eaglet 3 is actually BENEFITTING from having 3 in the nest simply because of the sheer BULK of Eaglet 1 by now! :D

03.51.53 - Altynai barks louding into the distance after hearing the seeing something yonder. Pauses meal time, then returns to it, but it soon stalls.

Eaglet 3 is still keen, head clear of the collective fluffy mass, looking up & about.

03.53.45 - Altynai walks into the nest bowl, slowly & carefully starting to settle back upon the resting brood.

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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

In Nest: Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: facing camera

04.00.00 - Altynai has been contenting herself with eating the various bugs around the nest that she can reach from where she is perched, breast up against the brood.

04.20.00 - All the same as before. Altynai looking about her, grooming her brood lightly, bug patrol, etc.

04.40.00 - Literally the same since last feeding time.

04.50.20 - Altynai dozing off until one of the bigger eaglets stirs briefly. Back to dozing off. (Typical action in this stretch of time).

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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

In Nest: Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: facing camera

04.54.00 - Altynai stares straight up. Some bird chirping. Stays steadily staring upwards, then tracks it as it flies off.

05.00.00 - All remains as it has been since last feeding time. Larger eaglets doze outside of mum, one's head buried in the feathery breast, the other facing us.

05.20.00 - Altynai staring up at a bird she has been tracking for thr past minute or so & continues to.
All else is the same.
Squirming big fluffy eaglets out front, little one under her. Grooms them & around them occasionally.

05.40.00 - (Well whaddayaknow): same. ;)

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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

In Nest: Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: facing camera


06.00.00 - The scene at the nest has remained unchanged since the 1st feeding of the day ended.

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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Early morning observations summary:

Woke up to a very wet morning:
Altynai soaking wet when first seen;
Even Altyn was wet when he arrived;
Eaglets were well protected from the rain.

1 feeding, where only Eaglet 3 ate.

Altyn came to the nest once, sitting with the brood that once. He didn't bring any supplies (I don't think).

(VK's stream didn't allow reviewing, so I had to use the You-Tube stream).
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


04.06.2022

2.37 wet rainy morning. Altynai is wet.


3.14 Altynai gets up.
3.30 Children are sleeping, mum is drying feathers.

3.31 Altynai flies away.
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


3.33 Altyn has arrived.
He quickly packed the chicks under him.
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


3.46 Altynai is back.

Altyn gave way.

Altynai takes a gopher. Altyn jumps on a branch.

She also took the bird.

3:48 Feeding 1 .

Masyanya [baby/smallest?] eats. She feeds it the bird.
Brother is a little dissatisfied with this order.
hits the guy a couple of times, but didn't fight.

3.54 breakfast is over.
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


5.13 the elders have woken up.
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


6.10 Feeding 2

Senior at the table.

6.27 The elder is full.
Altynai took the bird and thinks about who else to feed.

She thought about it and decided to warm the children.
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


8:53 Children wake up. Altynai gets up
[_]

The elder immediately explained to the younger ones who eats first. Well, you never know who forgot)))


part 2...
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...from part 1:



8:53 Feeding 3

Having laid out the middle and younger, he begins to eat
[_]

8:56 The youngest did not wait for his turn and still got up and started eating. The elder was calm until the younger, grabbing a piece, accidentally bit his brother.

The elder, not understanding the situation, quickly explained everything to the younger and laid him out. And he continued to eat.
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9:05 Middle and junior rise. And they start eating too

9:10 The youngest went into a food coma. Senior and middle still eat
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9:18 Feeding is over. Altynai gathers children to herself
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


9:49 Altynai gets up. The middle one immediately got into a fight with the older one
[_]
The elder quickly explained everything to the middle one in a few strokes
The offended one crawls away to his mother)))
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9:52 Altynai takes the remains of the skin

And flies away with it
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


9:54 Altyn

He checked the nest for remnants. Found some pieces, offered them to the sleeping children - the children are full. And he ate something himself
[_]
10:02 Sat on the children. There is no other way to call it))) Constantly looking towards the field
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


[Altyn] Breaks down and flies away, screaming.
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10:12 Altynai with a green branch

10:15 Feeding 4.

Takes the leftovers and begins to force-feed the children.
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10:15 Senior and middle yield to the pressure of mum and start eating

10:22 Altynai sees someone upstairs. Flattened and swearing
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10:26 We continue to eat
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10:32 Feeding is over. Altynai takes the remains of the skin and flies away with it
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


10:37 Altyn
[_]
10:40 sat on the children

10:45 Children are restless))) They don't sit quietly under the folder in any way)))
[_]
10:54 Watching someone
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


11:10 Altynai brought a big poo
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11:14 Flew away

11:15 Brought a green branch
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11:16 Immediately followed by Altyn and also with a branch

Both immediately flew away

part 2...
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