Latvian Golden Eagle Nest

[Marfo]

Marfo, she did a bit more than pull up his head.

Yes, she did more than that. I wrote that as well, didn't you read it?

[Marfo]

16:43
Spilve is eating the wader bird she put next to Klints. I guess there will be people in the chat who think she is eating Klints.

[Black swan]

Good evening,
Thank you all for reporting, pic's and videos.

So much is happening today and so little time (for me).
@Liz, that's been a lot of work with cutting vids, I think.

I rewound the stream now. Most seen and some saved on my PC.

Will see what the next day brings.


17:58

[Black swan]

July 7

Good Morning

9:02 Spilve comes with a bird


She put it down close to Klints body and watching again a lot.
9:11 she moved the bird close to Klints head and begins to eat
9:13
From time to time again she shows the feeding behavior.
When she is ready, again intensive watching the body

9:21 she jumps to cam branch

[Dmtm2005]

Good morning,

9.12 am
Spilve picks up the bird and walks completely around Klints body and back up to where his head lays , she drops the food and starts eating it but all the time watching Klints as though he will wake up .

9.17 am
Spilve leaves

[Marfo]

9:02
Today's annoying bird is the one that was here a few days ago. I thought it looked like a grey shrike (Lanius excubitor) but it is brownish. I looked it up and found it: it is a Red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio). The female (I think) is attacking Spilve, who is not impressed. The male is in the tree.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-backed_shrike

[Dmtm2005]

Hi Marfo ,

The shrikes are probably attracted by the flies that are obviously going to be around the nest , flies and other small insects along with frogs and lizards and small rodents are their staple diet.
They are known as the ‘Butcher bird’ as they impale any prey on the thorns of bushes and trees and leave them there until they eat them.
I doubt they are looking to feed on Klints as they don’t usually feed on carrion.

Regards

[Marfo]

Hi Marfo ,

The shrikes are probably attracted by the flies that are obviously going to be around the nest , flies and other small insects along with frogs and lizards and small rodents are their staple diet.
They are known as the ‘Butcher bird’ as they impale any prey on the thorns of bushes and trees and leave them there until they eat them.
I doubt they are looking to feed on Klints as they don’t usually feed on carrion.

Regards

Thanks Dmtm, but I didn't say they were after Klints, I know what shrikes do and eat. They have been 'attacking' Spilve before, so did the mistle thrush yesterday and before that. I don't know why these birds do it but there are (were) great grey shrikes nesting nearby.

[Dmtm2005]

Thanks Dmtm, but I didn't say they were after Klints,

Sorry Marfo , didn’t mean it to sound like that , I know you didn’t think the shrikes were looking to feed on Klints , should of put it better .

As we know Shrikes and mistle thrushes are both known for their aggressive tendencies.

[Marfo]

Sorry Marfo , didn’t mean it to sound like that , I know you didn’t think the shrikes were looking to feed on Klints , should of put it better .

No problem

As we know Shrikes and mistle thrushes are both known for their aggressive tendencies.

Mistle thrushes as well then? It's funny these small birds would take on such an enormous eagle..

[Dmtm2005]

[quote=Marfo
Mistle thrushes as well then? It's funny these small birds would take on such an enormous eagle..
[/quote]

Key information
The mistle thrush is is a pale, black-spotted thrush - large, aggressive and powerful. It stands boldly upright and bounds across the ground. In flight, it has long wings and its tail has whitish edges. It is most likely to be noticed perched high at the top of a tree, singing its fluty song or giving its rattling call in flight.
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My friend and I once strayed to close to a Mistle thrush nest whilst walking through a wood , we only realised when we started getting ‘dive bombed’ by the female until we left the area.

Very brave !

[handbyl]

Hi all,

there have been a few disasters in camera viewed nests this season - two involving goshawks, which meant an empty nest to which the parent(s) return. That's one kind of situation a breeding bird can meet. Here we have another - the chick remains, dead but intact.

This lead me to think about the role hormones play in breeding behaviour, and how those might result in different "reactions" to a disaster leaving an empty nest and one such as the case of what we have here. Do we know much about hormones in birds?

[Tatyana]

July 8
Hello everyone!
There is no Virsis, Klints disappears ... Let them go, but we will remember them with great gratitude to Nature, that it allowed us to observe such wonderful birds! And we wish Spilve a long life and many chicks in future life! (Maybe it sounds too pathetic, but I wrote what I feel)

[Lucia65]

@ Tatyana.
Not pathetic at all, and well said.

[Marfo]

13:11 Spilve fies in with little bird.
She eats the prey. Then she looks at Klints, eats some bugs, removes some down. She pulls Klints' leg.
Then sits a while, preening and yawning. She flies to the branch at 13:22. Don'tknow when she left.







https://up.picr.de/38961567ge.jpg

Four images, sorry...

[Tatyana]

Spilve ate the brought bird herself. It seems to me that she was much calmer and more confident - perhaps she already perceives the remains of the chick just as part of the nest that needs to be taken care of (again, this is just my unqualified opinion! )
13.22 Spilve jumped onto her favorite branch (next to the camera).

[Liz01]

here is a video of her visit yesterday at 1:11 pm . She came home with a Lapwing chick. she ate it.

[Black swan]

July 14

10:38 Spilve returns to nest


10:41 off to her fav. branch and back at 12:00
she flies out into the area at 12:03

[Lucia65]

thanks Black swan

[Black swan]

@Lucia

July 17

Spilve returns again:
10:07:52, she came with a bird (long legs)


10:08


eats the prey she brought - 10:16 -


when she is ready she stares at Klint's body again...
10:35:07 off to her cam-branch (she stays there)
10:40:41 short soft calling from her
11:03:08 she flies off into the area (flybye to see)

put video on YT with most of it (sorry a bit too loud)