Eastern Imperial Eagle

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...from part 1:

11:21 Altyn with a branch

Sheltered the chicks
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11:22 Removed the branch, sat down on the chicks himself

11:26 Flew away
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


11:35 Altynai with kaka. Maybe a cold snap is coming? It's been a long time since they brought any

11:36 The middle begs for the older one
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11:36 asked for it - it's lying!

11:40 Altynai flies away
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


11:56 [Altynai] Returns with another branch

11:56 Laid on chicks
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Removed

11:59 Flew away

Senior and junior woke up
The younger one started biting the older one. And naturally, received it from the elder

12:04 - I'll bite you!
- Shut up, booger!

12:05 Altynai with kaka
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12:07 Junior again: "I said, I'll bite! "

12:08 Bit - lies down! )))
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


12:39 Altyn with a gopher

Immediately Altynai, shouting: “Gophers for children!”)))
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12:41 Altyn flies away. Altynai takes a gopher and prepares to feed the children. The senior is already at the ready)))

12:43 Feeding 5

Senior eats

part 2...
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...from part 1:

12:46 Altyn with another gopher

Altyn is flying away. Altynai immediately takes the gopher to himself - it's calmer this way)))
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Feeding continues. The younger one wakes up and started arguing with the older one again. And in vain of course!
With the elder, it is better not to argue)))

After the disassembly, both ate well and peacefully
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12:55 The elder fell off. The younger one ate a little more

12:57 Feeding is over. Altynai shelters the chicks
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


13:06 The middle woke up. Altynai gets up - it's time to feed the hungry child again! The youngest also woke up and tried to argue with the middle. What if he wins the argument?

Didn't win… Rather, received an award, but not the one wanted))) Arguing with the middle is even worse than with the older one)))
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13:08 Feeding 6
The younger one is laid down. The middle eats.

13:16 Feeding is over. Altynai shelters children
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


13:37 Got up straightened the nest

And sat down again
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


14:30 Altyn's voice is heard
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14:30 Altynai flies away, screaming

14:36 Altyn arrived. He took one gopher
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And flew away with him

14:37 Returned with the same
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14:39 Sat on the children
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


14:58 [Altyn] Flew away
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15:03 Altynai is back

Sees Altyn approaching with the loot
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15:04 Altyn with a gopher. The elders are arguing. Junior is watching

Altyn is flying away.

Altynai takes the gopher. The gopher is still alive. He pulls with his paw. The elder looked at the paw carefully and then grabbed it.
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part 2...
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...from part 1:

15:11 Feeding 7
An attempt to self-feed by the elder. The elder was hungry. And he himself took a piece of the remaining food and began to try to eat on his own. Altynai watched him closely

15:13 Altynai started feeding the elder
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15:20 The youngest also woke up and started eating

15:27 feeding is over. Altynai covers the kids
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):

16:16 Altynai gets up and stretches

16:24 middle woke up and wants to eat
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16:24 Feeding 8

Altynai begins to feed the middle

16:28 The elder wakes up and stretches and also starts eating
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16:40 Feeding is over. The children are full. Fell asleep

16:44 Altynai flies away
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


17:18 [Altynai is] Back


17:24 Feeding 9

Takes a gopher. The elder is already ready to eat)))
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Begins to feed. The senior and middle ate well. The younger one was asleep.

17:38 Feeding is over. Altynai shelters children
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


​17:52 Altyn with prey (gopher)

Altynai takes the gopher. Altyn is flying away
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The younger one has woken up and is demanding food

18:20 Feeding 10

Altynai takes a fresh gopher and starts feeding the baby
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18:25 The senior and middle ones wake up. The middle one immediately got into a fight.

Well, he immediately gets a beak)
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18:26 The middle lies. Junior and senior eat

part 2...
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...from part 1:

The younger one ate and fell off. The middle one pulls up and eats too
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18:36 Feeding is over. Everyone ate and mum put everyone to bed
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4 June 2022 (Saturday)

Originally posted in the official journal (translated from Russian):


19:36 altynai gets up to brush her feathers. Babies have air baths
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21:10 Altynai and the children are sleeping…


Good night, dear Altynychs! Good night, dear friends!

The result of today:
production: 4 ( gophers)
feeding: 10 (gophers)

[video available here]...

https://vk.com/video-205817899_456239164

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NEW DAY

5 June 2022 (Sunday)

In Nest: Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: facing right, perpendicular to camera

01.30.00 - Altynai visible in nest.

01.40.00 - Oh my god! She's actually tucked in asleep, head buried in behind her wing this morning! REAL sleep!
Stirs briefly but tucks back in.

02.00.00 - Still tucked into her wing sleeping! Stirs again, looks out, grooms, looks into brood. Back under wing.

02.20.00 - Still tucked in, sleeping

02.22.12 - Stirs, again, head up, eyes shut. Looks around with her eyelids shut. She stays in this mode now. Eaglets out front stirring slightly, doze on.

02.25.30 - Looking around, looks down at brood, yawn, looks down, around, etc.

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5 June 2022 (Sunday)


In Nest: Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: facing right & out, towards trunk

02.26.48 - Altynai reorients, after pecking at the nest bowl beside her. Stands up more, grooms herself around her left wing. Shakes her legs & underfeathers, then goes into position to settle on her brood again. Looks around sharply on the way there.
02.29.50 - Once settled, she stares down at her eaglets intently. Looks around, then pecks & examines nest beside her.

02.40.00 - More settled now, head still moving though. Can't really see eaglets.

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5 June 2022 (Sunday)

In Nest: Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: facing almost directly away

02.52.50 - Shuffles around more, now more facing away from camera, back almost entirely to us. No eaglets visible now.

03.00.00 - same. Perched down on eaglets (unseen), scanning the skies.

03.20.00 - All looks the same as it was.

03.40.00 - All looks the same as it was. (Transitioned from Blue to Golden Hour)

An uneventful hour passes.

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5 June 2022 (Sunday)

In Nest: loose shift change - Altynai, Altyn, & 3 eaglets
Orientation: dynamic.

03.54.04 - Altynai stands up, turns, hops to the left limb, & immediately flies off within 10 seconds.

Alone in the nest, two of the large eaglets wake up to see her off.
Both stand up, head tall, the larger looking out in the direction mum flew off from, the smaller starts the compulsive pecking at the larger.

03.54.37 - One beak-to-beak blow from Eaglet 1 sees off this beligerent challenge. (Again, looks almost comical).
Eaglet 2 stays down.
Eaglet 1 grooms itself once more.
Eaglet 3 remains sleeping throughout, stirring only slightly.

03.55.28 - Altyn flies in, lands on left limb. Eaglet 1 sees in his arrival.

Altyn gathers the leftover meats & picks over them.

03.56.40 - Altyn then flies off with a gopher carcass. Eaglet

03.57.12 - Altynai flies in & lands on the left limb. She starts to descend then pauses.

10 seconds later Altynai also arrives back, landing right in the nest, with the gopher (same one?) & drops it off.

The two swapping spots, Altynai enters the nest, Altyn takes to the left limb. Much talking between them.
She takes the gopher & makes preparations for meal time...

03.58.12 - Altyn flies off.

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5 June 2022 (Sunday)

In Nest: Altynai & 3 eaglets
Orientation: new, side-on food distribution place, to the left of nest.

03.58.23 - First, Altynai has some of the food herself.
Eaglet 1 has remained alert & waits somewhat patiently to eat.
The other two remains lying down, head facing away.

FEEDING TIME

03.58.36 - first morsel dealt out, to Eaglet 1.
20 seconds later, Little eagle squirts a poo out. Getting much better distance now!
Back to eating, heartily. Others slumber on.

04.01.00 - Eaglet 2 looks over at the feeding, head moves from away to down & closer. Monitors Eaglet 1; decides time hasn't come yet.

Eaglet 1 eats on. Altynai tries out biger chunks but ends up having to break them down more or eating them herself. Ests until he's starting to collapse down.

04.06.12 - Eaglet 1 turns away from the feeding position & tucks head down. Decides more is good after all, but only in a lacadasical way, lying down eating, barely raising a beak. Perhaps Eaglet 2's interest inspired more eating.


04.09.12 - Altynai moves closer into the others to offer them some food. Puts food right up to one of their beaks, facing her, yet the eaglets doesn't take it. Another attempt is made: same result.
Eaglet 1's interest in food rises with this, head rises off the floor again to eat again, yet swiftly settles back down into the nest.

04.10.05 - Altynai again leans over Eaglet 1 to reach the beak of the other awake eaglet. This time the offer of food is accepted, sort of. None goes in. The eaglet then shakes its head repeatedly, as when it attempts to swallow an overly large chunk. No idea why.
More food for Eaglet 1.

04.11.45 - Turns away again within a minute.

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