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So the last young eagle owl left

Tiger owl      Kassikakk        Bubo bubo

Large birds - the incubation period is long and nest life goes on for a long time. The tiger owl chicks were hatched in the last ten days of April and the incubation lasted 35 days.

Cold mornings make the owlets search for warmth

Eagle owl          Kassikakk          Bubo bubo

Eagle owl        Kassikakk      Bubo bubo

From Tuesday we can see what goes on in the nest of the dusk and night active eagle owls in the night too. The Latvian team installed IR lights at the nest.

We will write more in the next few days about the nest life and activities of these owls.

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The breeding territory of eagle owls in Kurzeme (Courland) in Latvia is known since 1998. For several years nesting on the ground failed, and so a nest platform was built in a spruce at a height of 10 m in 2013. Since then the breeding of the eagle owl pair has been successful.