The hope remains that the only one to come out from the nest trunk will stay healthy.
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
A sad sight for watchers but so too nest life may turn out in nature despite our best wishes.
We don’t know the cause of death of the last two chicks. It seems possible that a disease or parasites attacked them. We promise to share the information when any explanation is available .
Screencap from webcam Timea, LK forum
Estonian text posted 2019.20.05
The tail feathers of the largest owl chick are still visible at the opening of the nest trunk
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
We transmit the webcam images from the owl nest for the eleventh year. This year’s surviving owl chicks were hatched on April 18, 19 and 20. Such a sight we haven’t seen in the camera but it is known that similar things happen in the world of birds.
Screencap from webcam Maggy, LK forum
Estonian text posted 09.05.2019
English translation Liis
Three owl chicks remain in the nest trunk hollow…
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
That this might happen at some time watchers have already been forewarned about. In the later half of yesterday the fourth owl chick had become quite weak for several reasons.
The three owl chicks were hatched on April 18th, 19th and 20th and they will be three weeks old at the weekend. Klaara also stopped keeping the chicks warm this week but comes to feed them and keeps an eye on the chicks by being near the nest in daytime .
Screencap from webcam Maggy, LK forum
Estonian text posted 04.05.2019
English translation Liis
Image from this morning of the owl family in the nest trunk
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
The webcam image shows the difference in size between the three older chicks and the fourth that was hatched two days later than the first three.
Mother Klaara has no longer time to feed the chicks individually and the fight for survival between the owl chicks is on, altough it is not conscious but rather as human thinking sees it.
At the end of May the chicks start leaving the nest trunk
Screencap from webcam Maggy, LK forum
Estonian text posted 02.05.2019
English translation Liis
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
Nature disposes things in its own way as we know.
The fifth owl chick hatched almost a week later than the first one and didn’t manage to survive in the fight for life. Tonight we could see what had happened..
The appetite of the young birds grows by each day and female Klaara too must be busy with getting food several times during the night.
Screencap from webcam Maggy, LK forum
Estonian text posted 25.04.2019
English translation Liis
When Klaara left the nest hollow in the tree trunk it was clear that all of the tawny owl pair’s eggs had been fertilized
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
In fact the hatching of the last owl chick started already last night (see the lower of the webcam images).
Looking at the hatching dates of the chicks it may be argued that the last chicks do not have very much hope of survival.
The order of the hatching of the chicks: April 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd and 25th.
Screencap from webcam Timea, LK forum
Estonian text posted 22.04.2019
English translation Liis
The chick hatched today is lowest down in the image …
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
When the owl chicks were fed Klaara went out on her evening trip at a few minutes to ten o’clock.
The owl chick that was hatched today is quite tiny compared to the older ones. In the nest trunk hollow four owl chicks are growing including the one hatched today; hatchings on April 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd.
Scdreencap from webcam Timea, LK forum
Estonian text posted 20.04.2019
English translation Liis
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
The guess yesterday evening about a third owl chick on the verge of being hatched turned out to be true .
At a quarter to nine Klaara went on her evening flight. In the nest hollow three owl chicks tumbled around who had hatched on April 18th, 19th and 20th.
There is enough work for the parent owls, particularly of course for Klaus in order to keep the family fed.
Screencap from webcam Timeo, LK forum
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 19.04.2019
Just past nine o’clock it was evident what had happened in the owl nest
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
When Klaara was out for a quarter of an hour to stretch her wings we could see the nest interior – yesterday Klaara did not leave the nest.
Video recorded by Shanta, LK forum
English translation Liis
We also see male Klaus
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
In the video we can hear the voices of the adults, how male Klaus lets Klaara know that she might come to have an evening meal. After some time he himself comes to the nest with a rodent which he offers to Klaara but then decides to check in the nest hollow whether the hatching of the owl chicks is in progress since Klaara did not leave the nest on being called. …
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