Latvian WtE nest webcamera Juras-erglis Durbe 2022

[Abigyl]

23:56 A nice moon on the upper left corner

[ame]

August 18

good morning!

the Moon rises outside our view and is visible in the top left corner now. soon we shall not see the Moon at all.


01:30 (about) frogs sang in the night.
(they have sang almost every calm night when it has been possible to hear soft voices).


1:42 - 1:46 tawny owls were calling nearby... there were at least two.

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01:51 tawny owls called more. this time they were rather far.


02:16 more tawny owl's calls. this time the owl was rather near.

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03:14 tawny owls again, at least two owls.
i think that one of them was a male: ho-ho-ho-ho-hooo!
there were some footsteps, too. someone was walking in the forest.
3:27 more calls, from closer.

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4:46 sound of wings! a bird took off from near and flew away in dark. it sounded like wood pigeon's wings.


4:56 - 4:57 guess who called? right: a tawny owl.

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5:11 a crane called in the meadow. it was dawning.


5:12 a pygmy owl whistled.
this is usually the time when tawny owls have stopped their calls and pygmy owls begin.
... not today. also a tawny owl called.

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5:19 a pygmy owl whistled and a tawny owl called. both were far. also a mallard called.


5:29 a pygmy owl called, and then whistled a few times.


the owls were busy tonight.

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5:52 Voldis flew in with a big green twig.




he worked a little...
then he looked around...

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6:02:29 Voldis yawned.
the twig was from a maple. i can't remember seeing maple twigs here before.


grey herons called far...
6:05 a grey-headed woodpecker called. then a crow. a bullfinch was talking.
6:06:02 the 'platypus' called. then the crow again.

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6:17 Voldis saw something and started looking at it....
6:19 he flew out.

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6:27 onward chaffinches and other little birds were talking nearby but the birds stayed invisible...
6:35 at least two little birds were visible (poorly! the light was very bad) on the left branches.

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7:56 a little bird to the top branch. then to the nest. another to the left branches.
a grey little bird to the front. the other on far left. flycatchers?
then the one from the front up. there were more than two little birds! the light was very bad.

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7:59 again, or rather still. this was in the back when the others flew away. spotty breast. is this a juvenile flycatcher?

...now i need some

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9:29 a little bird first on the back side of the nest, then on the left.

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10:27 a little bird. a flycatcher again, probably.
the maple leaf was nicely transilluminated.

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17:34 a great spotted woodpecker is calling nearby (but out of sight).

[ame]

17:45 mega2 wrote in YT caht: "​17:40:48 plēšputns iespurdza ligzdas koka galotnē-zvirbuļvanags?"
= ​17:40:48 a bird of prey pushed its nest into the top of a tree-sparrow hawk?
this is what the GT gives. the meaning was that a sparrowhawk flew to the top at 17:40:48.


thank you mega2!

- i couldn't see or hear when the hawk flew away.

18:36 a dragonfly rested on the nest for a while before flying away.

[Polly]

21:18:42 a big white bird flew by from right to left. all white, no other markings.
...

Hello @ame
Have you considered the option of a great egret?
Yesterday I brooded for a long time, made a video clip and looked at flight pictures of a great egret on the Internet. The broad wings are striking, the leisurely pace in flight ... great egrets do not fly with stretched necks. Which could explain why we perceive the neck as short.
Are there deposits in this area? Do you happen to know that?

Really an exciting moment!

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21:40 a tawny owl is calling in the forest, not near.
21:41:17 a pygmy owl called.


21:42 a tawny owl called.

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21:47:12 a pygmy owl called.


playlist:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjup ... -Zb3I7ZogC