Goshawk Nest Webcam in Tartu by RMK 2022 - 2023

[Hellem]

Polly

Yes, Ruudi has a transmitter and a ring around his right leg

00:04 Alla gets up, 00:53 she covers the eggs

[Polly]

I was wondering if the tracker is strapped on or 'taped'? (Sometimes medical skin glue is also used)

April 1st


Good morning everyone!

06:11 Alla is sleeping


'18 she is already at the edge of the nest and looks into the morning.


'31 Alla leaves the nest

One egg is good to see, the other is probably hidden under the piece of bark.

[Polly]

08:40 Nobody has been back yet

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08:45 Ruudi comes to the nest, bringing a long twig.


He pushes a twig in the nest bowl, puts some pine greens closer to the eggs, and lays '48 on top of the eggs.


09:07 Ruudi leaves the nest again.




09:51 Alla is now almost 3.5 hours away.

[Polly]

11:06 No one has been back in the nest since Ruudi's departure at 09:07


Currently around 1°C.
Temperatures are expected to rise very encouragingly in the middle of the week.

[Polly]

11:06 Ruudi is back with bark.


He arranges some nesting material in the nest bowl (and turns the eggs?) and covers the eggs.

[Hellem]

Polly and everybody

Polly

11:52 Ruudi flies away
12:09 Alla is back with a piece of bark, 12:11 she rolls and covers the eggs
12:50/51 Alla rolls the eggs
13:09 Alla gets up, works with the nest material in the nest bowl, 13:14 covers the eggs
14:03 - 14:05 Alla rolls the eggs
14:28 - 14:32 Alla is again busy in the nest bowl
15:02 Alla flies away
15:08 Well eaten Ruudi lands, 15:09 covers the eggs
15:40 Ruudi flies away, 18:28 the eggs are still alone ...
19:52 Alla is back and covers the eggs
20:33 Alla gets up

[Polly]

15:08 Well eaten Ruudi lands, 15:09 covers the eggs
15:40 Ruudi flies away,

That was a hard day for us observers. The eggs were unprotected for hours.

I remember last season - the temperatures were sometimes even lower. Ruudi and Alla know what they are doing.

[Polly]

I think Alla will lay another egg tomorrow. (Last season the intervals were 3 days.)
She took a lot of time to regenerate today.
Then she will also start to stay on the eggs more consistently.
From then on, if a fourth egg follows promptly, the hatching dates would be in the good interval.
Or?

[Polly]

19:52 Alla is back and covers the eggs

20:31

[Hellem]

00:45 - 00:49 Alla is calling in loud voice , alarm

Polly
Last year the 3 hawklets hatched during 1 day, Alla knows how to do it
https://looduskalender.ee/forum/viewtop ... 88#p840188

[Polly]

Alla knows how to do it...

Yes absolutely!

00:45 - 00:49 Alla is calling in loud voice , alarm

You are good Hellem! Thanks!!!

In fact, Alla is not wrong.
00:44:48 completely silently, the bird arrives at the side (slightly below) the nest.


00:44:53 he jumps up. You can see his silhouette. But I don't want to say that he stays on the edge of the nest. Not even short. I think he jumped right on.

Alla spreads her tail feathers. She has absolute defense position.


Everything will be fine.
Probably an smaller owl, right?

Hardly anything was heard:
(except Alla)
00:46:17 melodic
00:46:40 like a croak/bark
00:48:15/16, 40 ?

01:08 Alla covers the eggs.

Later in the night I happened to find geese (01:41/42) and again that short call like barking (sorry I screwed up the timestamp)

[Polly]

April 2nd

The morning starts normally again. The excitement is gone.
Allah is ready to go quickly:
06:14 eyes are still closed


'15 eyes open


stretch briefly and Alla runs out of the nest.

[Polly]

06:23 Ruudi takes over and covers the eggs.




In '31 he goes back to the edge of the nest.


'32 out

[Polly]

Alla is not long in coming.
06:33 She returns (Ruudi probably saw her coming) and hatches onto the eggs.




07:19 She is fumbling with branches in front of her.
'20 Alla gets up, continues to arrange branches and loosens the nest bowl.


'21 and covered the eggs again.

[Polly]

Alla and her bumblebees in the butt ...
07:23 She comes off the eggs again and continues to work. Alla primarily pulls the green pine shoots into the nest bowl.

Then she climbs onto the edge of the nest and leaves the nest after a short sightseeing in the sunny morning.

[Polly]

08:16 Ruudi returns with bark, covering the eggs.


Then he's in a hurry.
In '24 he gets up and runs out.

[Emi7]

Hello Polly - Hellem and everyone.

Of course they know what they are doing, these irregularities in the first days after the laying of the first eggs are aimed at hatching the chickens with less age difference.

As for Ruudi, I did notice at first that it seemed that he did not have the transmitter but it is more covered since on some occasion I have seen it.

Greetings

[Polly]

08:59 Alla brings bark and covers the eggs.


from 09:05 she gets visitors again...
A pair of bullfinches fly and call around the nest. Sometimes it sounds like there could be more than one. Seems they disapprove of the Goshawk's presence.






They are present/heard for several minutes.


Emiliano!

[Polly]

09:10 Alla yawns heartily


09:16/17 Alla observes and puts up her head feathers.

[Polly]

09:37/38 Alla gets up, loosens the nest bowl and lies down again.

The woodpecker calls...

10:05 - 08 Nest work again
10:37 Alla leaves the nest


'39 Ruudi takes over and brings a branch with him. He's lying on the eggs.


10:44 Ruudi leaves the nest