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10:24 Alla is sleepy... :innocent:
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:hi: Polly and everybody

Polly, thank you for the pictures and video, they are so cute together :D :2thumbsup:

So, Alla laid her egg secretly on the night of March 27/28 and we don't know the exact time 8-)

10:55 Alla stands up, stretches, goes to the nest rim, 11:08 preens, 11:18 covers the egg
11:51 Alla flies away
11:52 Ruudi lands, 11:55 flies away ... and is quickly back with a nice spruce branch :laugh: , 11:58 flies away
12:10 Alla is back with a piece of bark
12:19 Ruudi with a green pine branch, small talk and Ruudi leaves
12:38 Alla covers the egg
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So, Alla laid her egg secretly on the night of March 27/28 and we don't know the exact time 8-)
That's how it looks.
But also nice that Alla was without visitors during this time. :innocent:
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An article and pictures by Tiit Hunt:
The first egg in the hawk's nest
https://www.rmk.eu/metsa-majandamine/lo ... kullipesas

13:00 Ruudi with a piece of bark, small talk and he leaves
13:01 Alla flies away
13:02 - 13:04 Ruudi with a piece of bark :laugh:
14:19 Alla is back with a little twig, 15:12 ... is still standing on the nest rim, 15:50 ... flies away
15:51 - 15:53 Ruudi
15:55 Alla with a piece of bark, 15:57 ... flies away, 16:01 ... is back with a piece of bark, 16:10 ... leaves again, 16:12 ... is back with a tiny piece of bark :laugh:
16:45 Ruudi lands on the metal grate on the right, Alla calls, 16:46:58 ... comes with a piece of bark, they talk and Ruudi leaves
17:17 Alla flies away (the egg isn't covered since 13:00 :unsure: ), 17:50 ... lands with a piece of bark
18:18 Alla flies away again
18:38 Ruudi with a piece of bark, 18:39 he covers the egg :D , 18:53 he leaves
19:29 Alla is back with a piece of bark, beautiful evening light in Tartu :D, 19:30 she covers the egg
19:46 She stands up and redecorates the nest bowl, 20:40 it's completely dark but Alla is still standing on the nest rim

Good night!
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Hello Polly - Hellem and everyone.

Thanks for your documentation. :2thumbsup:

Congratulations to the couple, it is going very well after the enormous work they have done. Ruudi is a nest building machine. I have observed that the couple get along very well with each other. :loveshower:

May everything continue well although there have been jobs nearby but not like last year.

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15:12 ... is still standing on the nest rim...
A whole photo book would not be enough for this time - Alla can make a thousand facial expressions.
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Is it possible that Alla regulated her body temperature?
Their posture and position of the feathers were special.


Hellem, Emiliano ...thank you both!!! :2thumbsup:
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Well, she's a little off balance and her limbs are probably stiff. No wonder ...
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(the egg isn't covered since 13:00 :rolleyes: )
I remember last season's crime thriller. It wasn't just our female hawks H21 and Alla who sometimes stayed under snow during periods of frost. It also affected other broods. Just like every year with birds that start breeding early.
But they have great management and regulate everything so perfectly that - like here and despite the eggs often lying uncovered in severe frost for hours, all the eggs ended up becoming chicks.

They're so much smarter than us. :innocent:
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18:39 he covers the egg ... 18:53 he leaves
Fascinating how naturally Ruudi slips over the egg. :2thumbsup:
He goes out in a hurry...
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19:29 Alla is back with a piece of bark, beautiful evening light in Tartu...
Again and again wonderful evening mood... :innocent:
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See you tomorrow, sleep well! :wave:
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March 29th

Good morning everyone! :hi:


Alla is just asleep...
06:16
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'17 Then she gets up, stands on the edge of the nest and looks around.
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'28 She leaves the nest towards the camera
'45 back and covers the egg
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07:14 Alla gets up, loosens the nest floor and then stands on the edge of the nest.
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She loosens her feathers. She loses fluff...
Alla swallows a feather.
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'25 She goes back on the egg and covers it.
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Egg - Sitting for Ruudi :D

07:52 Ruudi comes into the nest - Alla leaves it.
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First Ruudi does 3 minutes egg dance with plucking and looking out, then he covers it.
08:02 Ruudi out - '09 back
08:12 Ruudi out

09:05 Ruudi back with bark
'06 He flies into a nearby tree
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'07 ...and returns with bark
'08 out again
'09 back in
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'15 Ruudi leaves the nest.

Ruudi has bumblebees up his butt. :laugh:
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09:48 Alla returns, she brings bark.
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Without delay, she hatches onto the egg and covers it. :innocent:
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10:19 am Alla leaves the nest again. Seems she was lured or noticed something.

10:50 Ruudi takes over and brings a branch with him.
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Put him in the nest bowl, stand by the egg...on the edge of the nest and out in '52.
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11:05 - 11 Ruudi again with bark
He does a little nest work and then stands by the egg. And waiting for Alla? :laugh:
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:hi: Polly and everybody

11:53 Alla is back with a tiny piece of bark, 11:54 she covers the egg :D
12:56 Alla stands up, 13:07 she is preening, 13:54 she covers the egg
14:44 Ruudi with a piece of bark, Alla flies away, 14:45 Ruudi leaves :laugh:
15:18 Alla is back with a piece of bark, 15:23 she covers the egg, 15:29 ... stands up, preens on the nest rim
15:31 Ruudi with a piece of bark, Alla talks, Ruudi leaves, 15:34 Ruudi with a tiny twig, Alla talks, Ruudi leaves :mrgreen:
15:54 Alla covers the egg
16:36 Alla stands up, preens on the nest rim, 16:39 she leaves, 17:40 she is back with a nice green branch, 17:43 she rolls and covers the egg
18:38 Alla flies away
18:39 Ruudi with a piece of bark, 18:41 he leaves, 18:42 ... is back with a piece of bark ... flies away, 18:57 Ruudi with a bark, 19:04 ... flies away, 19:05 is back wit a bark, 19:07 he leaves, 19:08 ... is back, 19:16 ... flies away, 19:17 is back wit a bark, 19:19 ... and off :laugh:
19:25 Alla is back with big piece of bark, 19:29 she covers the egg
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15:54 Alla covers the egg
Thanks Alla. :laugh:
Finally we can admire the egg in all its glory.
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18:57 The egg alone at home... maybe that will change tomorrow.
2 eggs home alone? :innocent:
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18:57 Ruudi with a bark
Almost cheesy but the nest really has an atmospheric location.
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Somehow both partners know when the eggs need to be chilled or kept at temperature.

A very explicit vote or everyone decides for themselves? (They test with their feet by touching the egg.)
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I don't want to doubt, but is it possible that Alla is already continuing to lay her eggs? :puzzled:
@Hellem? Are you still online'?
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