Eagle Owl Nest 2017-2020

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Eurasian Eagle Owl nest in Latvia! :loveshower:
(Bubo bubo)


Camera link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZcGP5WXPoE

Youtube channel of Latvijas Dabas fonds
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIcQwg ... hMBclDJENw

In case the youtube address of the stream should change, you can find the actual one on the channel


Latvian Dabas Dati forum topic: https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=3933


The nest of Eurasian eagle-owl is located in Latvia in Kurzeme region. The nesting area is known since 1998, when the natural nesting place was found on the ground. After several unsuccessful nesting cases on the ground, the artificial nest was build in spruce, about 10 m in height. Since 2013 the nesting is successful. The nest is so big, that a grown man might curl in it!
Right now the Eurasian eagle-owl female has laid two eggs, the male is nearby and guards the nest all day.


Wikipedia about Eurasian Eagle Owls
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_eagle-owl


Introduction on Looduskalender main page in Estonian language
http://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/1167#cam

Introduction on Looduskalender main page in English
http://www.looduskalender.ee/n/en/node/1167
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There are already some videos from Latvijas Dabas fonds



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Events 2017

27. March --- Camera goes online, three eggs in the nest http://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/view ... 70#p517670

Based on 35 breeding days, LDF expects hatching in the end of April
Latvijas dabas fonds wrote: Olas tiek perētas aptuveni 35 dienas, kas nozīmē, ka pirmais cālis šķilsies aprīļa beigās.
Latvian forum members named the owls Bo (female) and Bubo (male)

23. April --- Eggs #1 and #2 hatched http://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/view ... 54#p522954

26. April --- Egg #3 hatched http://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/view ... 83#p524283

11. June --- First owlet leaves the nest, jumps to the ground http://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/view ... 51#p535751

22. June --- Other two owlets leave the nest http://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/view ... 46#p537846

2. October --- Two owlets were found dead http://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/view ... 85#p552485

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Events 2018

Forum posts for 2018 begin here: http://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/view ... 32#p562032

There was no breeding activity in the nest in 2018, so no reports of main events.
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Events 2019

Forum posts for 2019 begin here: viewtopic.php?p=627185#p627185

No breeding in 2019

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Events 2020

Forum posts for 2020 begin here: viewtopic.php?p=706673#p706673
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27. March

15:04
Currently Mom Eagle Owl on the nest, dozing or observing vicinity, can´t see her face :D
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15:07
A short glimpse of one of the eggs, when she got up and shook her feathers and hooting a bit
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Ahhh .... Vērotāja from Latvian forum got a better pic - there are three eggs already :loveshower:

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Wow! Bea, these are wonderful news! We will watch Bubo bubo again! :loveshower:
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wow I am happy I love Owl`s and the the place is very nice :thumbs:
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I am curious whether the cam will have night view .... so that one can follow their doings during the night, as they are night active birds :innocent:
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Beautiful, I'm happy :headroll:
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Maybe I am completely wrong - but could this be Dad Eagle Owl guarding the nest?
In best camouflage?

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17:51
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19:04 female call
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it's hard to see Bea :blush:
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19:13 female away
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19:21 female back
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Ohhhhh .... wonderful - the cam has night view :headroll:

And no - it was most likely not the male in the next tree :D Would have been very close to the female, usually they prefer a bit more distance.
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19:33 female away


19:40 female back


yes Bea, night view :headroll:
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..not really night view, but beautiful and good sounds :thumbs:
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No constant night view as it seems ...

Short after the female was away at 19:33, the male was on the nest for short time - hard to see because of the difficult light/night view conditions at that time.
I suppose the female was out because he had handed her prey over on a certain place out of cam view.

He was there to admire the eggs :D and *quick-quick* out again, before SHE comes home again :laugh:
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Oh how lucky we are to watch bubos! Big thanks to the Latvians.

Urmas Sellis writes in the front page of Looduskalender that the night view will come at some point in the future.
http://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/1167
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