Goshawk nest in Riga 2023

[Polly]

Continue with the H - Team, which has passed the baton briefly.
The Jay takes over.

10:16 again with babble in the sound of the Goshawk
Hopping on the lower floor.

10:23 Jay and Goshawk share the chorus - both can be heard.

10:26/27 The Jay jumps through the tree.
And the big neighbor can be heard next door meanwhile.

[Polly]

Then the usual...
11:25 Several people scurry through the park near where the couple met.
'59 to hear

...blablabla ... sometime in the afternoon everyone had finished yelling.

12:38 Something is being burned. The smoke partly drifts through the area.


Hopefully it was some of the old stuff.

[Polly]

15:52 We see a goshawk moving down towards the nest tree from a higher position in the grove. The following sounds indicate a mating attempt/approach.



First seen here earlier this season.
(January 24.)
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What irritates me about the situation: Another bird flutters at the meeting point of the couple (circle drawing)?

[Polly]

16:19/20 Now, in the distance, the calls of a hawk

16:42 I don't have the knowledge of all the calls of the territory's smaller housemates. If I had to guess, it's the lute of the treecreeper.
I think we have the treecreeper here, not the common treecreeper.

16:46/47 Now the throaty, powerful calls from H21.




Thanks Emiliano for your timestamps!!

Sleep well.

[Polly]

February 2.

Good morning Emiliano, together!

It could already be heard from further away.
7:45:58-7:46:06, 7:47:12-17

Between 08:36 and '48 H21 could already be heard with many calls.
From '44 close to or already out of the tree.

H44 sounded quiet but agreed.

[Polly]

Next call 08:58.

09:08 H44 the animated conversation starts again.
(Wonderful! )


09:09 ...H21 is very energetic today.

09:10 There is a cracking noise in the tree, we'll probably see H21 arcing close around the tree and shortly afterwards H21 slips through the small entrance into the nest.




She pecks in the nest, moves branches indiscriminately.


'11 H21 leaves the nest down. Their calls can be heard in the grove.

12:44 - 53 mating/mating attempt

There is now no denying that the couple is beginning mating.

[Emi7]

Good morning Polly and everyone.

It could already be heard from further away.
7:45:58-7:46:06, 7:47:12-17

WORRIES OF A FIRST YEAR EAGLE WATCHER ...

It is true that something can go wrong at any time, nature is like that.
Thanks

[Polly]

09:31 A series of melodic short sounds in the grove

'33 Again H21 with strong calls. And then we see how the nest is approaching ... H21 brings a branch!




She puts him down and keeps calling.
She jumps onto the side branch, rubs her beak and flaps up onto the branch tip.

'46 H21 leaves the tree.
Flies steeply down.
shouts can be heard.





Thanks Emiliano, I will add it.

[Polly]

10:00 Both can be heard in the grove.

Snow/sleet has set in.

[Polly]

More calls:
10:34 in the grove (which sounded more like H44)

12:41 (also a few minutes earlier)
13:11, '12, '13 in distance

'20 coming back

[Emi7]

14:05:47-54 A little further.
14:36:41-47 Gjak.
15:21:23 Something far.
16:45:01 Brief

[Polly]

Thanks Emiliano for your help!

15:21:23 Something far.
16:45:01 Brief

Between these two timestamps, others were employed in the territory.

It's just a small fraction of the time they spent there.
Anyone with good nerves is welcome to listen to it...




A different documentation but it is part of it because it has now become the nest and brood area. Unfortunately.
That shouldn't be glossed over.


Good night!

[Emi7]

February 3rd

Good Morning Polly and everyone.

7:38 First Calls of the day.
8:42 crows in the nest.
Calls 9:08,13,14,16,( closest to the nest ) 20, 22, 27, 29
9:50:34 H21 alls nearby to appear at the nest and leave immediately.
It also calls in flight from outside.

[Polly]

Hello Emiliano!

...8:42 crows in the nest

...and she slips into the nest through the small entrance like H21.


Again at 12:08 - exactly like that.

[Polly]

09:06 Again the flock of birds in the tree of the Goshawk.
Sometimes I think it reminds me of the colony of sparrows we have in the hedge here. Or how the starlings that are gathering are suddenly quiet on command 3 seconds before take-off...it's unbelievable how quiet it is suddenly after the loud chirping.

Are there finches here?
They fall like shooting stars...

[Polly]

Calls 9:08,13,14,16,( closest to the nest ) 20, 22, 27, 29
9:50:34 H21 alls nearby to appear at the nest and leave immediately.
It also calls in flight from outside.

09:13/14 ...the Jay did it.
The Rascal slips into Team H's line of calls this hour.

to 09:08 to hear cracking and 08:10 We see a Goshawk flying from the factory premises into the woods, then calls.

to 13:20 At 20:29 H21 scurries through the tree. Her silhouette can be seen briefly in the upper crotch.
Even in '22 she's still in the bam.
Yes Emiliano!

'27 Here the couple can be heard together.
It is important for me to mention this to be sure that both of our H's are vital.

13:50:03 Here, too, we see the Goshawk flying into the factory premises. He was probably sitting in the upper part of the nest tree

[Polly]

I don't know if H21 came into the nest with expectations?
Or why she left the nest in a hurry...maybe she's just restless..."driven" by hormonal surges.
I think she's a bit ahead of H44.

Their calls also sound very sharp but get melodic nuances.



Is she pushing new tail feathers?

[Polly]

More calls:
10:25 an excited H21
'54, '57, '59 (excited in distance)

16:03, '05

In between other excitement.



Good night and have a nice weekend!

[Emi7]

H21 is really rampant, way ahead of H44 (let's see). She has been busy all the time keeping the territory by being noticed and now she has to maintain the Status against any possible intrusion.

But we have already heard three possible matings which means that H21 pulls the male even though he is not as excited as she is and has also replaced sticks in the nest. Already on the verge of three years, more builders may be made. (We will see it)

Margo also did it with her male even in December (2016/2017).

A greeting and I also wish you a good weekend.

[Polly]

February 4.


Hello Emiliano and of course together!


I had a wild day today with job and excitement. I tried to catch something anyway.

08:58 calls in distance

10:16 H21 in the field