Re: Lesser Spotted Eagles in Zemgalē, Latvia with Laila and Uldis, Latvijas Dabas Fonds, nest in birch, 2023

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17.18 Laila left the nest


17.20 Laila returned, calling

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19.05 She left the nest again


19.07.57 She returned


A bird flew above Laila, I think it's a jay
Laila starts calling immediately

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19.08 Poor Laila




19.12 Oh no, it is a jay they where awful last year..

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2 jays I really don't like them when they're bothering Uldis and Laila




19.40 The jays seems to be gone, Laila fell asleep

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I need to go, bye everyone

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May 9

Hi everyone!

12.49 Laila is preening


13.44 Just cute


13.51 She's preening again

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14.18 Uldis arrives with a rodent Laila grabs it and flew away. Uldis stayed and covered the eggs

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14.20 A common buzzard is heard from the forrest. Uldis is listening


14.48 Uldis is tired


14.53 Laila returned with a fresh branch

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14.53 A crack was heard. Uldis left a few seconds after. Laila covered the eggs

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18.46 Uldis flew in with another rodent


18.47 Laila flew away with the rodent. Uldis rolled and covered the eggs

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18.57 Uldis is really trying to stay awake, he's very tired

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19.16 Laila returned with some dry hay


19.16 Uldis took some hay from Laila That was new to me, I haven't seen this before. He usually leaves the nest quite quickly when Laila arrives


He dropped the straws over the eggs. A green twig got stuck on Uldis breast. The common buzzard called


19.17 Uldis flew away. Laila covered her eggs

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Nothing special happened after the change. Laila preened, rolled the eggs and watched the surrounding

Sleep well Laila & Uldis

Goodnight everyone

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Thanks hahe_!

Andris of the other nest too is quite attentive to the eggs this year, hanging around a bit. Happily, he has found more food today, Uldis outshining him this past week.

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Thanks hahe_!

Andris of the other nest too is quite attentive to the eggs this year, hanging around a bit. Happily, he has found more food today, Uldis outshining him this past week.

handbyl that's really interesting, they are so similar in many ways but very different.
Thats good he found more food , it must be the cold weather. Im happy it turned

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May 13

Good morning everyone

It's a crazy period at my work, i'll try to be here as often as possible
Imgur isn't working for me at all, I'll try to upload pictures later

05.00 Laila wakes up. She's preening, rolls her egg and back to sleep
05.22 again preening, egg roll, rearrange twigs in the nest, preening, back to sleep
05.57 Laila leaves the lest
06.03 Laila returned with a bunch of dry hay. She put the hay on the eggs, rolls the eggs and covered them
06.08 Egg roll again
07.56 Laila left the nest again
08.05 Laila returned with a green fresh branch, she rolled and covered the eggs

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08.48 She left the nest again, she's restless
08.52 She returned with a green twig, she rolled and covered her eggs
08.53 Uldis took Laila by surprise, he's got a rodent for her
It seems like Uldis waited for Laila to leave with the rodent. But she keep staying and tells Uldis to go and find more food

08.54 Uldis surrender and flyes away
08.55 Laila flew away with the rodent
08.58 Laila returned, she's calling thanks for the rodent, keep them comming
She rolled and covered the eggs

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13.22 Uldis arrives with a snake or a slow worm?

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Hi everyone!

My imgur is working, finally
I will start with some pics i took yesterday 230513

05.00 Laila wakes up. She's preening, rolls her egg and back to sleep