Bird of the Year 2020: Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

2016: Great Tit (Parus major)
2018: Capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
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Bird of the Year 2020: Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

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Estonian Bird of the Year 2020: Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus)

https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/4500 (in Estonian language)

BirdLife Estonia: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNtUep ... aD2_z0wZVw
More about the Bird in Estonian language: https://www.eoy.ee/tuttpytt/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_crested_grebe

Stream Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UtnZsPhhn7A

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May 11: two eggs can be seen
May 12: a third egg was laid
May 12/13: nest disintegrated in the waves a storm produced on the lake

May 22: camera was moved to another nest with already 5 eggs inside: viewtopic.php?p=734208#p734208
May 27: a beaver visits the nest: viewtopic.php?p=735987#p735987 - https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/4560 and https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/4564 - both in Estonian language only
May 29: the first chick hatches: viewtopic.php?p=736473#p736473
May 31: the second chick has hatched: viewtopic.php?p=737078#p737078
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May 12
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Female is close to the edge. After a few seconds ( 45 sec ) you see she's laying an Egg? I'm not sure. It is hard to tell.
Then she flutters the wings and goes into the water.



I think it was around 6 PM, I looked back on the timeline

oh, now I see the time, 6:17 it's so tiny :whistling:
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8:49 change on nest
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It's nice to watch them, the male brings nest material, and before copulating, they "dance" and right after, she is leaving and he takes over.
I'm sure we can see if there is a third egg once she get up to leave the nest. At the moment she is sleeping. :laugh:
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I can't see more than the two eggs yesterday were there already.
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Yep, two it is.

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12.57 - mating, after that they do a little dance, she leaves and he sits on the nest

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17:00 :puzzled: I see really three eggs :whistling: Of a'm I wrong ?
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Fleur :wave: , she laid the 3rd egg at 6:17, it's clearly visible on your video :thumbs: :D
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:thumbs: Hellem

I hope the litter will remain intact in this weather.

And does not disappear under the webcam
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17:15 ............Or fall apart :cry:
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OMG :shock: , the poor bird is trying to save his nest, is bringing nest material :slap:
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This doesn't look good at all. :sad:
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17:42 She jumped on the nest, probably wanted to incubate, but all the 3 eggs sank under the water, she jumped off from the nest quickly :cry:

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