Greater Spotted Eagle Webcam ~ Tõnn(???) & Tiiu ~ 2021

[Tatyana]

Hello everyone!
What a big and beautiful chick!



Interestingly, it is already possible to determine whether it is a greater spotted eagle, a lesser spotted eagle or a hybrid?



IceAge, Hellem, Moira!

[Tatyana]

Whose is the back of the head?



Sunny umbrella.

[Moira]

Hatching time suggests hybrid. To know for sure you'd probably need a dna sample, I guess.

14.56 - male calls, female leaves
14.57 - she brings a twig
14.58 - leaves
15.00 - female brings a twig, male follows with a little stick
15.01 - male leaves

15.56 - male brings a mouse, the chick manages to get it after some struggle and swallows it, male leaves


17.39 - female leaves and starts serious home improvement. Between 17.52 and 18.29 she brings 8 various twigs.

19.15 - male brings a frog, the chick wants to get it but the female won't let, male leaves, female starts feeding


19.23 - female leaves
19.25 - brings a twig

[IceAge]

20:55
female flies away


Tatyana

[Moira]

20.57 - the female returns with a dry twig

22.48 - the male brings a frog, the female takes it and feeds the chick once the male is gone

[IceAge]

July 16.

Good morning,

05:05
female flies away and male comes with a small mouse. The chick swallows it.


05:08
female brings a spruce twig

05:30
male brings a bird

05:31
female comes with a green twig and male leaves. Female begins feeding.

06:46
female brings a vole and starts feeding.

In the meantime, the female is busy collecting twigs.

[Moira]

Good morning!

7.05 - the female leaves after bringing in several twigs

7.51 - the male brings something to eat. It is some stout or weasel? It can't be vole.

[IceAge]

Moira I think it is a mustela nivalis.

[Moira]

Thanks, IceAge!

8.29 - the male brings a mole

9.33 - the male brings a bird



9.40 - the female arrives with a twig
9.41 - the male brings a huge mossy branch



10.23 - the feeding starts, they eat the bird

[IceAge]

11:37
mum is preening her chick

[Hellem]

all

13:01 It's raining and mom is an umbrella
13:07 Male brought a mole?, 13:08 he flew away

IceAge, Moira

[IceAge]

It's dry under mum.


14:39
It is a mole and female starts feeding


Hellem

[Hellem]

15:46 Female saw something (a prey) on the ground and flew away
15:51 She is back with nothing

[Moira]

16.03 - the female leaves

[IceAge]

16:50
the camera stops
17:22
the camera is back and the female also. The rain is over and the sun is shining.
17:26
male brings a vole

[Moira]

18.53 - the male brings something to eat, hard to tell. A roadkill or a part of it? It definitealy is not as tender as the moles and voles, as it turns out later, when they eat it.



19.03 - after the meal the female leaves
19.07 - back with a twig

20.03 - time for dinner, the female pulls out a mole and eats, the check gets some, too.

21.16 - she pulls out another mole and another dinner starts

21.28 - mom leaves
21.32 - back with a dry twig

[IceAge]

21:47
camera stops

Good night .

[IceAge]

July 17.

Good morning,

05:00
female flies away
05:18
back with a dry spruce twig
06:22
female away again
06:27
back with green spruce twig
06:49
female takes a mole out of stock and begins feeding
07:47
female flies away
07:50
back with a spruce twig
07:51
the camera stops
08:18
cam is back and female feeds the chick with a mole
08:56
female flies away and comes back with spruce twig

09:10
male brings a vole

female starts feeding

[IceAge]

The female is busy collecting twigs, like every morning.

11:49
male brings a vole


12:09
female takes the vole under the chick

12:15
female starts feeding

Hellem

[Hellem]

all

12:15 Feeding

IceAge