Estonian Osprey Nest (Ivo & Iiris) 2022

[Bea]

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Welcome everybody to the 10th season on this nest!

Introduction on Looduskalender main page (in English)
https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/en/node/6535

Camera link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PsGhzcNERs

In case this camera link changed and doesn´t work, please visit the YouTube channel of Kotkaklubi to get the current link:

Kotkaklubi YouTube Channel
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCvBXT ... Saqd19N0Sg

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Ivo (ED) hatched and was ringed in 2013 by Joosep Tuvi, in a nest 50 km NNE in Jõgeva county

Iiris has no rings and so one can´t say something definite about her

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Nest is located in South Estonia, Tartumaa, not far from a fish farm. Natural river and ponds are in vicinity, too.

Ospreys (Pandion haliaetus) reach body heights of 50-66 cm, and wingspans of 1,27 - 1,74 m. Females are bigger than males.

- Winglength ♂ 448 bis 495 mm ♀ 470 bis 518 mm
- Weight ♂ 1,12 bis 1,74 kg ♀ 1,21 bis 2,05 kg

Usually two or three eggs are laid and incubated 36-41 days.
Young Ospreys fledge after 50-54 days.

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How to catch an adult osprey to ring it or equip it with a transmitter - documentation from Jürgen about an attempt in 2013:
https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 99#p260799

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[Bea]

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Main events 2022

15. April --- Camera starts transmission for public, Iiris and Ivo already on the nest, we don´t know when they arrived

Ivo´s (ED) plastic ring on left ankle is damaged https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 01#p848001

20. April --- Egg #1 is laid https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 57#p848557

24. April --- Egg #2 is laid https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 97#p849297

26. April --- Egg #3 is laid https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 02#p850002


18. May --- Osprey with Estonian ring VH (left ankle) makes a touch-down on the nest https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 38#p854538


28. May --- Ospret #1 hatches https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 37#p857237

29. May --- Ospret #2 hatches https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 96#p857496

31. May --- Ospret #3 hatches https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 48#p858148


6. July --- Osprets get their rings X5, X6, X7 from Urmas Sellis https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 93#p867993

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[Bea]

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Hello Osprey fans

We are at the start of the new season and I want to try something new, a kind of addition to the first and/or second page.

I will document the Main Events 2022 as usual and like in previous years, but I´d like to offer you observers to reserve a post on the first or second page (just like you can get it when the cams start) to give you the possibility to document more and additional behaviours/events or things like that, which are not directly "Main Events", but remarkable though.

Maybe you observe an unexpected, sudden and not explainable behaviour, we had something like this some years ago, when two female osprets began to show some strong aggression to the female or when the female at the Latvian nest began to cast pellets repeatedly and more than it can be expected - just as two examples about what I am thinking about.

Such events are interesting, but often "sink" among all other posts, but when we can have a link to them on the first page/s, we can find them back easily.

The maximum amount for links in one post is limited to 20 (I hope I remember this right) and you can edit your post at any time, we have no time limit for editing own posts here in LK.

I hope that I could explain my intention good and understandable enough, if not - please let me know and I hope that some of you are interested to participate in this "experiment".

Let´s hope that our osprey cams will start soon!

Thanks in advance!

[Sappheira]

Good morning everyone, our Ivo is back and already is with a girlfriend.
The lady is without a ring, it takes time to find out if Iiris is or not.

06:04
Ivo



06:32

[Sappheira]

05:51 Lady



successful mating
05:51

[Sappheira]

Dear osprey lovers, help identify Iiris.
On the first photo is our Iiris.
On the second today's lady. Based on the pattern of strokes around the eye and spots on the pupil of the eye, I think that this is not Iiris.

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[Sappheira]

The same is in the figure under the wings. In the first photo is Iiris, with her characteristic pattern.
The second photo is today's lady. We see that the drawings are different.

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this photo has a different drawing and it is possible that last year there was a different bird on the nest.
Friends, help me, it's hard for me alone



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[Sappheira]

But the lady at 6:55 looks a lot like Iiris. Compare. Two spots on the pupil at 16 o'clock.

Iiris 2021


today

[Sappheira]

BUT
if you compare these two photos, then you will agree with me that this is one and the same bird.
I don’t draw any conclusions yet, but the fact that Iiris was on the nest today, I’m starting to seriously think about it

Iiris 2021


today

[seira]

I think it's Iiris, necklace, voice, behavior, etc.

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[Sappheira]

Thank you, seira
let's keep an eye on this bird to see it from all sides. I also think it's Iris.

And here is the first fish today.
08:10

[Sappheira]

Ivo works on the nest while Iiris eats the fish.

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9:48

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Ivo moves the branches and looks around.
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12:01
Both are on the nest.

[Sappheira]

12:02
Ivo flew away, Iiris (?) remained on the nest.

[Sappheira]

12:10
Ivo is working on the nest again.