Latvian WtE nest webcamera Juras-erglis Durbe 2022

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22:24 onward a grey heron called every now and then...


22:26 at least two grey herons called. all invisible.


playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjup ... U_jI8IcYsZ

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August 2

good morning!

3:24 a tawny owl called rather far.

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3:46 more owl's calls.

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3:49 more tawny owl's calls.
3:51 two voices.
3:53 one flew closer.

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3:57 a tawny owl male called. then a female, far.

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the pee-pee -bird called in the forest for a really long time.

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6:17 Voldis flew in with a big green aspen twig. this time he had 'combed' his tail tidier than last time.


he worked with the twig. then he looked around...
the pee-pee -bird called and chaffinches warned...
6:18:24 the pee-pee-bird flew by! it was a hawk of some sort, not an osprey.
i think it was a sparrowhawk.

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6:20 the sparrowhawk flew from the spruce on the right and
6:20:10 the sparrowhawk flew by the nest tree on the right side and called.


6:20:46 another flyby behind the nest tree and back to the spruce on the right.

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6:22:29 the sparrowhawk took off from the spruce and flew by on the right side.

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pee! every now and then...

6:30 voices of two sparrowhawks!

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the hawk(s) continued calling in the forest...
6:37 Voldis flew out.

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the sparrowhawk(s) continued calling in the forest.
6:39:15 a cone dropped from the right branch. the rumble of falling lasted 6 s, klonks - klonks... from branch to branch, many branches.

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7:05 - 7:11 footsteps.... no voices. a wild boar? a male loner? a boar family would probably talk at least a little.

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7:33 a nuthatch visited. then some voices of a willow tit, too.

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20:19 mega2 wrote in the YT chat: "​19:47 vairāki mazputniņi pārlidoja ligzdu,daži tupēja zaros-mušķērāju jaunie putni?"
= "​19:47 several little birds flew over the nest, some crouched in the branches - the young birds of flycatchers?"
my guess is juvenile chaffinches. the one on the right branch flew away just seconds after the third flew to the opposite side, on the left branch. the one on the poop branch flew away with the third.


20:22 very distant wild boar voices.

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21:00 (already earlier) the pee! - pee! - pee! call.
the bird was far. it was probably the sparrowhawk again.

playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjup ... q970wbeecB

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August 3

good morning!
red sky at dawn. will that bring rain?

the only morning singer is a wren. he has been singing nearby in most mornings (besides wood pigeons of course).
i think that there were even two wrens, singing at the same time, one closer and the other a little farther.

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6:34 calls kraah! kraah! kraah! is that a bird or a mammal??
also the pee-pee-bird, the sparrowhawk called.

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17:26 what bird is calling?? loud calls...
17:26:26 a big bird flew high in the sky over the meadow and then curved back to the right.
this kind of voices could belong to a bird of prey...


only this morning it came to my mind who will be the next strange bird of prey who will come and visit us. we have had hobbies, we have had ospreys, we had a sparrowhawk yesterday morning. who will come next?

[Polly]

You control the arc of tension.


Sounds powerful, possibly youthful. Pretty sure for me. There is some delicacy in the reputation.
Similar to begging call Goshawk Juvenile/female in demand but too short...too loud and a bit too shrill.
Hawk ... almost young owls.
Do they beg and fly during the day?

This territory is a paint box... especially now that adult couples are consolidating their territory and youngsters are looking for a new one.

I know that the term bird of prey is common and fixed, but aren't all animals predators?
(Just a note, not for discussion.)