Latvian WtE nest webcamera Juras-erglis Durbe 2023

[Liz01]

9:17 Milda went back into the nest




she settles down
9:17 Voldis flew from above .. or just over the nest tree??

[Liz01]

Milda stands up


9:19:15 she's scratching her head


9:19 Voldis came in with a branch in his beak

[Liz01]

9:19 Milda went on the right nest edge
9:20 she flew away


9:20:27 Voldis flew away too. same direction




9:22 loud singing swans

[ame]

thank you Liz!

9:16:16 Voldis ruffled his feathers on the top.
9:16:45 he pooped.
9:16:56 Milda came down to the nest.
9:17:35 Voldis flew away from the top.

[ame]

9:19 Voldis brought a big stick. he flew from the left side of the Swan Pond. he worked...
9:20 Milda flew out. Voldis flew out soon after her.

[ame]

9:22 -> swans called... they flew somewhere out of sight.

[Liz01]

9:26 Milda is back empty handed. EDIT: she brought a small green twig in her claw


9:27 Voldis came in. EDIT: he brought the half spruce tree


the half tree under his wing on the left


ohh! I see a huge green branch.. I've to check it
EDIT: I see that, ame saw it long before me.. OK. I'm a bit slow

[ame]

9:27 Milda brought a small green twig. Voldis flew by behind her.
then Voldis brought...? that was almost a whole small Christmas tree.
9:28 Milda flew out.
9:29 Voldis flew out.

[ame]

10:08 Voldis brought a stick.


10:11 a fake eagle called.


btw: i made some new clearer pictures of Milda and Voldis to help identifying them.
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[ame]

10:51 Voldis worked a little. then he continued looking around...


this time of the year may be the most delicate and sensitive time of the year in their breeding. they want to make sure that the environment is safe for raising a family. if they saw some disturbance they would still have time to build a new nest somewhere else although they would be in a great hurry. Durbe and Robert did something like that in 2015.

[ame]

11:12 at last Voldis flew out. before that he looked at something in the sky with a long neck.

[Liz01]

12:07 a strange eagle did a pit stop

[Liz01]

more pics

he's scared away by the camera. He looks healthy and well feed.


and off.. he stayed 4 seconds


ame, thank for the Voldis and Milda pics . they will help us

[Liz01]

12:30 Voldis brings a bunch hay




12:30 Milda came in too


12:31 there is someone on the left

[Liz01]

12:32 Both are working in the nest bowl, but they also pay attention to the left




12:35:25? a bird is flying around. EDIT: that was a fast flying bird. Not a eagle

[Liz01]

12:37 it seem the stranger is gone?

12:38 they are still pay attention to the left

[ame]

both have come home behind my back.
there's also a huge bale of new hay on the nest.

and a strange eagle was here too

... oh, there was a new eagle! older than the previous ones. thank you Liz for the pictures!
that was probably 5CY (± 1 year) old male: thin ankles, the beak was yellow but the eyes were rather dark, the plumage was fairly light and grey on the back and front, spotty on the behind under side. the tail was more white than bark but the tips of tail feathers were still dark.

[Liz01]

both have come home behind my back.

and a strange eagle was here too

[ame]

both are looking in the sky. is the sub-adult flying there? they don't look exactly worried, more interested.

12:30 Voldis brought the big bale of hay, but Milda didn't bring anything. Voldis worked but Milda looked mostly around in the sky.
Liz, i agree: the bird who flew by at 12:35:25 was not an eagle. it flew so fast over the meadow from right to left that it had to be rather close, and it looked so small that it had to be rather small. i think it was probably a crow. that would be interesting enough so that they would look at it and small enough not to get worried about.

[ame]

12:37 they continued looking around in the sky.