Wildlife Cameras that are really good

[Polly]

January 26th

The camera is still in night light mode when at 08:59 the first golden eagle runs from the far corner towards the feeding area.
The female, without rings, can eats a few bites little more than half an hour.


09:36 The ringed female asserts her claim by 'attacking' the unringed female from above and displacing her. It was quickly resolved.




09:46 The ringed female now leaves the feeding place herself.

Video by @Luontolive

[Polly]

12:34 The ringed female returns. Not on foot but by direct flight.


Eats for a few minutes until she notices something. She looks around and finally quickly leaves the feeding area.




All visits from the females:

[Polly]

The next flutter miracle won't be long in coming.

13:14, just 3 minutes after the female's departure, the handsome guy appears with a nice approach to the carcass.






Came, ate and flew away again.

The Goshawk ♡


The food carcass now resembles Swiss cheese...

[Polly]

Good morning everyone!

The processes at the feeding station continue in a similar way day after day.

The Goshawk seems to be back again, even if it doesn't appear every day.
The eagle owl stays away. Too bad.

A raven appears as a new visitor at the feeding place.

January 27th

The raven timidly approaches the food carcass and the flock of magpies. Lands a long way away and approaches only hesitantly. He jumps in place, over and over again.








I don't know why he's doing it but it will have some meaning and it looks funny.
The magpies and the raven quickly scattered and left the feeding place.
Whatever startled her doesn't show. At least not on the ground.

[Polly]

January 29th

The wolverine was on tour again yesterday in the night.




Sniffed, also looked like he was marking. Throws itself on its back, rolls... and pulls a nice piece out of the carcass.
Was the rolling a kind of marking, to feel good or because it helps him get to the food better... he'll know.

[Polly]

No visits tonight.
Last night something fluttered in the corner.

Thread, garbage or feathers?




And this morning it looks really wintery.

[Polly]

January 30th

Hallo together!

Golden Eagle and Goshawk handed each other the handle.
First the relaxed visit of the ringed female, 12:13 - 31


She “unfolds” the carcass a little.


There were only magpies there, who bitched a bit with each other. As if there weren't enough plucked cakes...

The temperatures seem to be in the range that allows the carcass to become supple again. It's nice to see that the animals are finding good access again.

The Goshawk appears at 2:40 p.m.
14:45 flutters onto the nearby branch and sits there until the ringed female golden eagle flies through the trees.
15:26 ... looked meager für our feeling but the Goshawk must not have felt any panic. Lightning fast and maneuverable - no danger in this situation.

The female leaves the feeding area at 3:44 p.m.

15:47 The coast is clear - time for the Goshawk and its evening round.
16:25 As dusk approaches, he leaves the nearby tree.



All visits

[Polly]

15:26 Arrival and departure


from @Luontolive

[Polly]

January 31st


The feeding area has been redesigned somewhat.
It now has some of the charm of a desert with the long-forgotten poor souls,which only the skeleton reminds us of.
Well, snow desert ...

The Glutton came here twice and decided in Round II that digging and shoveling wasn't enough to get his fill.
He rolls the carcass twice... which looks cute but I don't think it had the desired result.




03:57:31 - 33 another animal nearby?
The wolverine briefly diverts attention and appears as if it makes a sound.

[Polly]

Golden Eagle & Goshawk again today as a relay team.

(btw. I haven't seen jays or woodpeckers for a while.)

12:52 The Goshawk flies low and smoothly through the trees behind.
Almost level with the ground towards the carcass.






At first the magpies dare to force his company, but their caution prevails. Magpies prefer to peck together with golden eagles.

It sometimes seems like the goshawk eats itself into a food coma. He then stands in front of the carcass and just seems to be resting... watching... incidentally, this "course" is 2 hours 44 minutes long.

[Polly]

At 3:32 p.m. there is movement in the view of him.
Golden eagle? Moves through the trees from the left. The goshawk follows the flight of its big neighbor but it stops at the feeding place.
15:32 I have doubts about whether it is a golden eagle. I'm not that familiar with GE.




Then he sees the golden eagle, earlier than we do, and hastily leaves the place.

[Polly]

The ringed female lands, no less elegantly than her predecessor. And with her the magpies return.


Side by side....a peaceful meal. One tolerates the other.




15:57 The female leaves the feeding place. The magpies remain, satisfied.

[Polly]

February 1st

Good evening everyone!

I'm late today. It was my return day from vacation and I need to do some plucking. I hope I have summarized everything to some extent.

Please feel encouraged to participate here and everywhere. That makes everything a little happier, more colorful and different impressions bring everything together nicely.
Don't feel strange, weird or anything - just start writing.


Let's go ....

Pretty early in the night the wolverine.
00:03 initially in the background
00:06 Ran his laps.


Male. Don't know if he's hungry or wants to be a guy.
My dachshund is similar, even in his old age.

He still grabs a few chunks.
After a few rounds with his nose buried, he leaves the feeding station at 00:38

[Polly]

A night with a WOW effect... the next guest a fox. Yeahhh, finally!!! I've been hoping for this for a long time.

02:44 He gets pretty close to the carcass...

[Polly]

The next cautious approach 03:56

He doesn't dare come out of his cover. Only his eyes reveal his presence.

05:13 A courageous move.
He forgoes a meaty reward.
Leave this set table without having eaten. Smells the tree that the wolverine has already marked... shy away from danger.

[Polly]

The day pushes away the darkness (relatively ) and it's time for early shopping.
Goshawk & Golden Eagle, the sidekicks?

Clear.
08:36 The Goshawk arrives.
My goodness... getting a screenshot of a Goshawk in flight is sometimes like 30 posts. It won't work today. The little guy is too fast (sparrowhawks are even faster...hawks)

*scans the surroundings


A few bites and it looks like a 'still life'.


Checked several times to see if the stream stopped... no. He's still breathing.
His fan base is growing. The magpies dare to enter the orbit of their predator.


The Goshawk is fed up... he watches the ping pongs but it won't attack.

[Polly]

15:09 The Goshawk takes notice. He constantly looks up... into the treetops.
Something demands his full attention.


In this position he is not the hunter but, if in doubt, the hunted.

He doesn't let everything about him out of his sight for a millisecond...

15:18 He flees hastily.

This is what a screenshot looks like.
It would be interesting to see what speed he started at.



More than seven hours here - highscore.

[Polly]

One of my favorite videos since I saw it...



There must be gigantic perceptions and reflexes in seeing, feeling and moving... all in fractions of a second (???) I would be in comparison a wet sandbag.


Something similar with golden eagles:

[Polly]

3:20 p.m., two minutes later...

The ringed female golden eagle flies to the feeding place - and we didn't see her. The Goshawk does.

What would animals be without their keen senses?

The patient one.
The magpies also feel safe with her.


Short but peaceful meal.
15:43 As if on call, the female leaves the feeding place.
First perches on the middle branches of a nearby group of trees on the left before leaving the area two minutes later.



The baton fell to the ground today.

[Susanne]

Feb 02, 2025

Store Mosse nationalpark
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptzgbkmL5CA

Very interesting to watch! I've seen that Sigge has covered some of the footage in the past years - in my case, the YT algorithm was graceful and proposed the link
It seems to be a meeting place mainly for youngsters (apart from corvids) - WTE and Golden Eagles.
Here are some pics from today:

This very spotty WTE juvenile is ringed.





A GE juvenile has joined the party.