Latvian WtE nest webcamera Juras-erglis Durbe 2022

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10:30:about 35 an eagle flew away from the top by the Sisters and Cousins.
no, it was probably an osprey after all. the wings were long and narrow. the tail was too dark even for a young eagle. also the tail was long and wide like an open fan.

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14:12 a visitor! who was this?? a brown bird of prey, slightly bigger than a raven. dark brown feathers on the wings and back, with light brown tips.


long wings which cross above the tail when the bird stood on the nest. large spots of dark feathers around the eyes.
here there is some low notch in the end of the tail.


long reddish-brown trousers.

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grey legs. (they were not well visible but i marked the leg here).


14:12:50 flew out. dark tail with white/light tips of feathers. the end of tail was even (the notch 'disappeared'?).


could it be a young black kite, Milvus migrans?

[AlteEule]

14:12 a visitor! who was this?? a brown bird of prey, slightly bigger than a raven. dark brown feathers on the wings and back, with light brown tip. reddish brown long trousers.
long wings which cross above the tail when the bird stood on the nest. grey legs.

May be a
Lesser spottet Eagle (in German: Schreiadler)?

Such a beautiful bird!

Bye, AlteEule

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hello AlteEule!
a lesser spotted eagle is one possibility, but it doesn't quite look right.
a young LSE should have a rusty-red spot in the back of the head and a adults should be evenly brown.
besides the trousers of LSE are shorter...

14:11 a big bird circled high in the sky above the meadow... the bird was visible in the top right. it had to be our visitor.
here's a longer version of the visit.

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​i asked the people in Karula BS what they thought and there were a few opinions that the visitor was a black kite (Milvus migrans). i hope that vainamoinen or some other specialist would confirm this.

i sent the question to vainamoinen.

in the meanwhile:
20:03:00 a great spotted woodpecker flew to out top. she called...
20:03:52 the woodpecker flew away.

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21:03 the harvester stopped. it has been working all afternoon again.

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21:16 it sounds like rain started.

playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjup ... bTRoPS6Fpe

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August 17

good morning!

it has been cloudy all morning with some breeze.
7:17 - 7:20 a great spotted woodpecker called near but stayed out of sight.

i didn't find anything else.

[AlteEule]

hello AlteEule!
a lesser spotted eagle is one possibility, but it doesn't quite look right.
a young LSE should have a rusty-red spot in the back of the head and a adults should be evenly brown.
besides the trousers of LSE are shorter...

Thank You, Ame,
i didn't know this!

Your proposal of "Milvus migrans" let me look at the online given birdpictures.
And I suppose, You are right.

Bye
AlteEule

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8:56 a you great spotted woodpecker flew from or by the top down and then called nearby.

[Jo UK]

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thank you Jo!
i posted the warning on the Karula and Durbe YT chats, too.

11:26 a blue tit visited. the colours were so faint that i believe it was a juvenile.

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i sent the question about yesterday's hawk to Urmas and Jānis. an hour ago i got a reply from Jānis:
"It is a juvenile Black kite (Milvus migrans).
Best wishes,
Jānis"

thank you Jānis!

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19:27 mega2: "​19:26 dižraibais dzeņa tēviņš ligzdā"
= ​19:26 male spotted woodpecker in the nest.
19:25 -> a great spotted woodpecker callednearby.
19:26 a male came to search the nest.

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19:30 mega2: "​19:29 arī mātīte atlidoja"
= ​At 19:29, the female also flew
or a juvenile?
19:34 mega2: "​19:33 arī pelēkā dzilna ligzdā-dzeņveidīgo salidojums"
= ​19:33 also gray woodpecker in the nest - gathering of woodpeckers
besides the woodpeckers some wood pigeons visited the top.

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20:33 mega2: "​19:35 mazputniņš kreisās puses zarā"
= ​19:35 little bird on the left branch


thank you mega2!

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19:35 a bigger bird on the trunk. a grey headed woodpecker?
19:40 flew away.

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21:18:42 a big white bird flew by from right to left. all white, no other markings. wide long wings. short neck, big head. no tail (= short). not a swan, not a white stork.


the bird that came to my mind was a snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) which is very unlikely.

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21:46 a pygmy owl? yes, but far.


22:56 a tawny owl called near. she was loud!
there was probably another owl, too, a little farther.


23:05 rustling near the microphone.
23:08 more.


playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjup ... MpklPMN5gS