Estonian Eagle Owl Nest 2022, 2023

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3:37 one of them is eating

4:21 all are in the corner
5:08 I see another one eating with back to us. could be #2 or ..
5:09 the camera has switched in daylight mode
5:38 they are a pile in the corner

5:47 active again
5:56 resting
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there was a break..
6:12 all are resting
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7:09 all are sleeping
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7:13 all are up and preening
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7:15 the oldest is as big as and adult
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7:23 look at #1 :bow: :2thumbsup:
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the camera went off

9:19 we are off and on sometimes . I will check the stream later . Till now I saw no parents

just beautiful
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all are preening
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10:55 the pantry is empty
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12:28 I have not see any parent till now. They are preening and resting
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13:22 :innocent:
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crows are above
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13:24 crows are on the nest tree
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they are flying around
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Mom comes home and is hooting
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13:38 she flew away- owlets are still hungry.

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Liz01 wrote: June 6th, 2023, 2:33 pm 14:15 owlets are hissing hungrily
:hi: Liz,
Hanna seemed to be hungry too, she picked the last bits of a leftover and ate them herself...
On the other hand, knowing how eagle owls control certain development phases of their owlets by "feeding below demand", this could be the next stage: Instead of the owlets waiting forever for the next food delivery within the nest, the parents might want them to leave the nest when hungry. :book:
“Animals, like us, are living souls. They are not things. They are not objects. Neither are they human. Yet they mourn. They love. They dance. They suffer. They know the peaks and chasms of being.” (G. Kowalski) Caveat: Apart from this remarkable sentence I do not agree with his philosophies.
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Askja wrote: June 6th, 2023, 3:10 pm :hi: Liz,
Hanna seemed to be hungry too, she picked the last bits of a leftover and ate them herself.....
Askja,
I know that too. But they're not ready to fly yet. I mean fly to the ground. :puzzled:
From what I see this year, it seems to be extremely difficult for birds to find enough food. They come every day closer to us humans, without shy.
Birds of prey fly less than 2 meters away from me, very low over densely overgrown fields to find food. I don't need a binocular to identify them.
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13:38 /13:39 Wing exercises :D

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14:15 owlets are hissing hungrily
14:33 Male white tailed eagle is calling
15:31 all are sleeping in the corner


16:20 the stream is unstable again. Little #3 is hissing. Crows are calling

17:27 little #3 is doing a ps

18:09
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18:39 we are off
18:59 all are in the left corner

I wish Hanna & Hugo good hunting time this night :2thumbsup: I like happy little ones :mrgreen:
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19:16 wing exercises
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19:20 that is pretty cute :D beaking and preening each other
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19:22 :innocent:
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19:44 a lot of break in the stream
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:hi: All, thank you Liz :2thumbsup:
Liz wrote: But they're not ready to fly yet.
No, of course not, I didn't say fly. But at least #1 and probably #2 are ready for branching, they are 42 and 41 days old. They should soon begin to go to the female when she is sitting on a branch a few meters away. As it is now, they are all too happy waiting in the nest for the female to come in and bring food. They need something to encourage them to leave the nest box, go out to her - and that is... hunger. Later on, when they are confident on the branches, prey will be delivered outside.
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Liz01 wrote: June 6th, 2023, 7:40 pmvideo
Liz, that's a wonderful video! (Sorry, I didn't see your last post before, forgot to refresh and scroll up)

19:11 #2 (1?) and #3 bickering and cuddling :shake:
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19:14:45 Thunder! The owlets are startled.
19:48 Owlets have been active and and playful but now they quieten down and sit watching.

20:15 Owlets have huddled up in the corner.
21:15 Two owlets sit, one is stretched out flat, all seem to be sleeping.
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still 06.06.2023

So far the owlets have been sitting but they were awake and very interested in everything that went on around them.

22:27 All three get up on their legs and stretch and flap wings.

22:32 #2 nearly fell backwards leaning over for a PS :laugh:
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23:02 night view comes on.
No parent did show up yet.

22:54 waiting...
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23:40 waiting...
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00:57 Almost 24 hours after the last food delivery (the medium-sized corvid last night) Hugo arrives with a fairly large prey. #1 takes it away. Hugo slips again as he flees sideways from the hungry, beak clacking and hissing other two owlets. He sits for a moment on the lower big branch, then leaves.

00:57
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00:57 Hugo trips on the board again when he has to flee from the violently begging owlets. In the foreground #1 with the prey; I cannot make out what it is.
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01:03 There is a scramble for the prey and #1 has to move it a few times away from a competitor but he stands his ground and continues eating.

01:11 Beak-biting between #1 and #2 in earnest. :slap:
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By 01:18 #1 had moved the prey towards the pantry and sat beside it, together with #3. A moment later he leaves the place and now, 01:20, strangely, nobody is eating.

01:37 The two big siblings looking "out of the window", #3 sitting beside the prey, hissing. He doesn't even try eating.
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02:23 I think it is #3 who has started eating from the prey now.
02:36ff an older sibling has taken over the place at the table (#1 again?). A few minutes later #3 joins in, for a short time they are eating together.
03:00 Now the one that had waited, probably #2, gets eating too. As far as I can make out, all three have had a chance of a meal.

03:39 Hanna arrives with a larger prey. She must have been surprised that her owlets are just *mildly* interested :D
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Good night! :wave:
03:39 :offtobed:
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Good Morning everyone :hi: Askja, thank you! :2thumbsup:
Askja wrote: June 6th, 2023, 8:41 pm ...No, of course not, I didn't say fly. But at least #1 and probably #2 are ready for branching, they are 42 and 41 days old. They should soon begin to go to the female when she is sitting on a branch a few meters away. As it is now, they are all too happy waiting in the nest for the female to come in and bring food. They need something to encourage them to leave the nest box, go out to her - and that is... hunger. Later on, when they are confident on the branches, prey will be delivered outside.
Askja, thank you for your explanation :2thumbsup:

I did not consider their age :slap:
I still think of them as those little white cotton balls. In addition, I always have Bubo and Bo's nest in my head. there they did not branch out. They just flew to the ground
Askja wrote: June 7th, 2023, 2:33 am
00:57 Almost 24 hours after the last food delivery (the medium-sized corvid last night) Hugo arrives with a fairly large prey. #1 takes it away. Hugo slips again as he flees sideways from the hungry, beak clacking and hissing other two owlets. He sits for a moment on the lower big branch, then leaves.

00:57 Hugo trips on the board again when he has to flee from the violently begging owlets. In the foreground #1 with the prey; I cannot make out what it is.
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Askja wrote: June 7th, 2023, 3:32 am .....
03:39 Hanna arrives with a larger prey. She must have been surprised that her owlets are just *mildly* interested :D
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Askja wrote: June 6th, 2023, 8:41 pm :hi: All, thank you Liz :2thumbsup:



No, of course not, I didn't say fly. But at least #1 and probably #2 are ready for branching, they are 42 and 41 days old. They should soon begin to go to the female when she is sitting on a branch a few meters away
Eagle Owl youngsters can fly at about 8 weeks old and they start branching shortly before this time, so I suppose it's little bit too early for branching
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The little ones behave towards Hugo like Hanna. Bringing food is enough.

4:09 all in a row
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5:51 resting
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5:00 #3 is laying flat on his belly
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vainamoinen wrote: June 7th, 2023, 7:34 am Eagle Owl youngsters can fly at about 8 weeks old and they start branching shortly before this time, so I suppose it's little bit too early for branching
thank you for the information! :thumbs: great to see you here :2thumbsup:
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5:35 the oldest is preening
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5:56 #2 is preening itself too
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5:59 not much happens on the nest
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