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Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 3:17 am
by Marbzy
13:38 And here we go again
14:17 The outline of the crop suggests a parental visit in the last few hours
19:03 There are too many gaps in the coverage today, but clearly there has been no revolution
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 3:19 am
by Marbzy
19:11 The chick gets up to carry out a search in the nest floor
19:41 Time to get ready for bed
20:23 Tomorrow the chick will turn 100 days old
Good night and fingers crossed!
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 10:31 pm
by Marbzy
1 June
04:01 The chick is sleeping lying on the ground
04:02 Good morning!
09:53 The chick has got untagged company!
In fact, it has now become very common for other vultures - mainly non-breeding singles and couples whose efforts failed this season - to visit this nest (and probably many others in the area, too). Their visits and aggression towards the current tenant are understood in terms of attempts to book the nest (i.e. take it over) before the next breeding season as well as potentially to even win a mate in the process (no, the chick is not a likely candidate).
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 10:37 pm
by Marbzy
09:53 This particular visit appears quite peaceful, but I have no idea if its initial stage was equally placid (aggression tends to be observed mainly directly after a foreigner's arrival)
09:58 The labelless visitor has departed the scene - the chick breathes a sigh of relief and gets up cautiously
10:01 Another guest! At least this one is quite harmless
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 10:42 pm
by Marbzy
10:02 The brave youngster bristles and barks at the little Egyptian to send him flying (just the tips of the Egyptian's wings can bee seen at the bottom edge of the image)
10:44 Lazy hours
11:57 Oh, no. Here's K53!
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 10:46 pm
by Marbzy
11:58 The visit begins with a heavy blow to the chick's back, but then acquires a fairly relaxed tone
11:59 These must be nervous moments for the chick
12:00 K53 is, however, more interested in his own plumage than in the kid
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 10:51 pm
by Marbzy
12:02 The chick has no arguments in confrontation with the huge male
12:04 I suspect we are going to see K53 coming back here again and again
12:55 This image cannot tell the whole story - the story of balance
The chick is actually scratching his/her head here. This action requires the scratcher to be able to stand competently on one leg. The chick's action is still not quite fluent, but (s)he keeps going without losing balance and having to support him-/herself with the other foot.
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 10:57 pm
by Marbzy
13:05 A news update
13:40 A mynah comes to congratulate the chick on the hundred days the griffon has lived
13:40 But the chick shows no interest
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 11:02 pm
by Marbzy
13:55 It's that moment when you can read the labels...
13:56 Dad has been to a wake and now he can get the party started
13:56 This is
some lunch!
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 11:05 pm
by Marbzy
13:58 The kid is all shaking for joy (or for more food, actually)
13:58 The visit may not have been long, but it definitely served its purpose
13:59 The penny is dropping (the - feeding - is - over)
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 11:08 pm
by Marbzy
14:05 The chick gets the ball rolling
14:06 The bowtie ball is not a metaphor
14:07 For a moment it seems that the chick's impetus is going to carry him/her across to the left-hand section of the ledge
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 11:13 pm
by Marbzy
14:08 Then the chick exhibits the complete sets of 10 primaries and 25 secondaries
14:10 That ball again!
15:17 Being a griffon vulture on an exposed rock ledge...
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 1st, 2020, 11:16 pm
by Marbzy
And then: crash (16:14)
There's no live stream until the evening, but when the stream is back, the camera is focused on the Egyptians' nest
And it's still there at 23:17.
Perhaps we'll have better luck tomorrow. Good night!
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 11:09 pm
by Marbzy
2 June
10:15 The camera spent the night with the Egyptians and it is (still?, again?) focused on that nest
11:05 As the cam changes focus, it offers a glimpse of another griffon chick in a nest located not that far to the left of
the nest
11:06 Back to our little hero - and his/her Mum
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 11:20 pm
by Marbzy
11:06 The chick will have been fed, and Mum is wiping her beak against the cliff (when the chick was much smaller, the parents would often wipe their beaks against the chick's down - I'm not sure if the chick would allow it now)
11:07 Mom looking a touch infernal
11:08 Mom's trademark takeoff
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 11:24 pm
by Marbzy
11:09 Mom's gone, but I wouldn't mind another lunch
11:37 The chick's ecstatic - Dad's just docked home
11:38 The little glutton sucks up the goods
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 11:26 pm
by Marbzy
11:39 Here's Dad making his trademark post-feeding move
11:41 The camera operator's reactions are quick today
11:44 A few minutes later, there is a reunion
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 11:33 pm
by Marbzy
11:45 A new delivery
11:48 Unusually, Dad wanders off to the right
12:21 T49 is enjoying an uncharacteristically long spell on the ledge
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 11:39 pm
by Marbzy
12:31 Then he rediscovers his favourite vantage point
12:33 He attends to his plumage, revealing the huge tag on the inner side of his right wing
13:25 Dad's been watching over the little one for about two hours already
Re: Griffon Vulture Webcam in Israel
Posted: June 2nd, 2020, 11:44 pm
by Marbzy
13:48 The chick tries to attract Dad's attention once again
13:53 Could Dad be trying to assert his authority following all the foreign incursions which have or have not been documented here?
14:37 Exactly three hours since arrival, Dad is off to pursue some other business