Latvian WtE nest webcamera Juras-erglis Durbe 2023

[ame]

14:58 Voldis flew out.


did Milda fly earlier?

[ame]

15:07:39 the tree shook. Milda (with white tail) flew away towards the Fish Market on the left.

[ame]

16:35:21 a great spotted woodpecker flew to the top and called there a while.

[ame]

18:07:08 a big crash again,very near. no wind, no chainsaw sounds. it's a puzzle.

[ame]

about 18:40 the full Moon became visible in the sky before hiding behind clouds.


19:13:13 the camera went to sleep.
playlist:
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[Liz01]

February 6th

Good Morning

ame, thanks

7:28 someone is nearby . I hear a squirrel or bird?? There is fresh snow in the nest


8:04:10 A crow is calling and flew to the tree top .. or over it?


8:06 the crow is calling in a funny voice from the tree top

[ame]

good morning Liz!

7:26 - 7:28 someone was walking under the tree and made noise.


i heard the platypus calling very near. and also a crow.
did we catch her?
no, only almost, but we didn't actually see the platypus voice come out of a crow's beak.
8:04:00 a crow flew by calling. 6 s later another crow flew calling in a normal crow's voice and landed on the top.
8:05:03 the platypus called very near (the crow).
8:06:36 again.
8:07:31 a bird (the crow-platypus) flew away from the top, invisibly.


we'll catch you yet, platypus!

[ame]

9:46 a whooper swan flew over the meadow from left to right and sang.

[Liz01]

10:56 a eagle flew to the tree top. A adult




10:56 it sounds like beak cleaning

10:57 for me the stream is buffering

[ame]

10:56 an adult flew to the top. then cleaned the beak...
10:58:03 the stream went black.


only the introduction text band is still rolling under the black screen so it's trying to restart.

could the battery be empty and methanol canister be empty as well?

[ame]

11:56 the stream started! thank you Janis & Janis!

[ame]

12:18 Voldis flew in with hay.
- i didn't notice the stick, thank you Liz!
he dug the nest and lay on it for a while. then he looked around...
12:22 he flew out to far right.

[Liz01]

12:18 Voldis came in from the right with a bunch straw and a small twig




He's digging in the nest bowl and settles down He loves his nest very much

[Liz01]

12:20 he stands up


12:22 off he goes

[ame]

13:14:05 a crash without much wind and no chainsaws.
13:17:47 again.


edit: Jānis sent some info:

Jānis R restarted the system, it was enough this time. We are running low on methanol, hope to change the barrel before the system runs dry.

[ame]

14:01:about00 again a crash with no wind and no chainsaws.
14:08:08 more noise.
14:16:26 big crashing noise, again with no chainsaw or hard wind which one might think would be two plausible reasons for breaking trees. there is something else, but i don't have enough imagination to figure out what makes the trees break. ... or is the noise something completely different?

[Susanne]

ame!
The first crash sounds to me as if a bigger bird landed on a rebouncing branch above/behind the nest and instantly took off again (sort of "touch down" or "tip-toe through the tulips").
I haven't heard cracking branches either, nor are there loads of snow on/in the tree - so maybe that was an avian visitor of some kind? (Or one of the known kind, passing by for a quick check. I have noticed that sometimes one of the two perches on the higher branches, out of camera sight.) Just a guess!

[ame]

Susanne
when a big bird lands on the top or even touches the top the tree shakes and swings a lot. crows can't shake the tree and for ravens it's difficult though. their landing also makes a soft sound klops, eagles make a bigger sound and smaller birds smaller. even the crow-platypus in the morning made this sound. besides there weren't any sounds of wings.
all these birds make sounds with their wings even when they fly by the tree at a close distance. before all those crashes it was quite quiet.
i have been thinking about beavers as possible culprits for these sounds. they cut trees silently but do they work in the middle of winter? and in daytime?

16:43 Voldis flew in with nothing this time.
he lay down on the nest for a while. then he dug the nest a little. then he lay down again.
then he got up and looked around...

[ame]

16:52 Voldis climbed on the left rim. then he jumped to the top branch and wiped his beak against the branch.

[Susanne]

Voldis and the glimpse of sunlight at 16:50: