June 2019

 

The Bird of the Year web camera was installed by Eagle Club (Kotkaklubi ) and Birdlife Estonia (Eesti Ornitoloogiaühing)
Transmission provided by  EENet
The project is supported by KIK (Estonian Environmental Investment Centre)

Estonian text posted 05.06.2019

The nest in Hiiumaa was found by Renno Nellis in the last week of May when there was one egg. At the time of camera installation there were two eggs in the nest, white and flecked in grey and brown; this is the usual size of a nightjar clutch.

Video recorded by  Gavril, LK forum
Essttonian text posted 30.05.2019

 

 

Osprey      Kalakotkas               Pandion haliaetus

 

At noon the second chick in the nest was hatched.

In the video we can see male Marko at the left  and mother Miina feeding the chicks. It seems as if family life in the nest is still a little strange to Miina and she must listen to her maternal instincts, or maybe this is her first clutch? From what do we conclude this: yesterday she tried to feed a chick still in the egg shell … But surely she will adapt to the circumstances.

Screencap from web camera  Sova, LK forum
Estonian text posted 29.05.2019

The first osprey chick hatches in Võrumaa today, the situation at half past five in the morning 

Osprey             Kalakotkas         Pandion haliaetus

 

The chick’s voice is audible already several hours earlier.

Mother Miina laid the first egg on April 22, the second on April 23 and the third on April 26. On May 2, one egg was lost from the nest in the cover of darkness, read more: LINK