Estonian Osprey Nest (Mati & ?) 2018

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Estonian Osprey Nest (Mati & ?) 2018

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Welcome to the seventh season on this nest!

Introduction on LK main page in English: https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/en/node/2493

In 2017 Mati, the male osprey (metal ring right ankle), waited in vain for a return of Mai (ringed, 29, on left ankle, metal ring on right ankle), his mate in 2016.
A new female appeared, with Estonian ring LF (LF ring left ankle, metal ring right ankle, ringed in 2015), but she turned out to be too young for successful breeding and she refused Matis´ attemps for mating.
Nevertheless she stayed around the nest with Mati for months, got fish from him and seemed to be happy with this situation.

Will she return and become his mate in 2018?

Mati
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LF
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Nest is located in South Estonia, Võrumaa.
A military base is close, so it is not unusal to hear motor sounds from trucks and other vehicles, sometimes even shots.

A fish farm, as well as a river, is not far, so good hunting conditions for Ospreys.

Ospreys (Pandion heliaetus) reach body heights of 50-66 cm, and wingspans of 1,27 - 1,74 m. Females are bigger than males.

- Winglength ♂ 448 bis 495 mm ♀ 470 bis 518 mm
- Weight ♂ 1,12 bis 1,74 kg ♀ 1,21 bis 2,05 kg

Usually two or three eggs are laid and incubated 36-41 days.
Young Ospreys fledge after 50-54 days.

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Introduction and summary 2012: viewtopic.php?p=135899#p135899

Introduction and summary 2013: viewtopic.php?p=209670#p209670

Introduction and summary 2014: viewtopic.php?p=303570#p303570

Introduction and summary 2015: viewtopic.php?p=365865#p365865

Introduction and summary 2016: viewtopic.php?p=446787#p446787

Introduction and summary 2017: viewtopic.php?p=519323#p519323
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Camera links

JW Player: http://pontu.eenet.ee/player/kalakotkas.html and/or http://tv.eenet.ee/kalakotkas.html (Android)

Android, VLC: rtmp://193.40.133.138/live/kalakotkas or rtsp://193.40.133.138/live/kalakotkas

Mac, iPhone and iPad: http://tv.eenet.ee/hls/kalakotkas.m3u8

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuWc6JZWo6Q

In case the given youtube link should not work, please check youtube channel of Urmas Lett (our Techno-Urmas here) for the current link
https://www.youtube.com/user/urmaslett

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Pontu picture/video archives: http://193.40.124.24/2018-kalakotkas/

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History of inhabitants

2012
Adults
Madis (metal ring) and Piret (SO)
Osprets
Nori (S7, ♀), Uno (S8, ♂) and Elo (S9, ♂)

2013
No successful breeding

2014
No successful breeding

2015
Adults
Mai (29) and Mikk (no ring)
Osprets
Carla (CA) and Cecilia (CC)

2016
Adults
Mai (29) and Mati (metal ring)
Osprets
Neeme (CN, ♂) and Paavo (CP, ♂)

2017
Adults
Mati (metal ring) and LF
No successful breeding
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Events 2018

12. April --- Camera goes online

13. April --- An unringed osprey (female) on the nest viewtopic.php?p=574799#p574799

14. April --- A second unringed osprey (male) appeared on the nest viewtopic.php?p=575257#p575257

15. April --- Third unringed unknown osprey (female?) on the nest viewtopic.php?p=575756#p575756

18. April --- Female osprey LF from last year is back on the nest viewtopic.php?p=576540#p576540
That´s what we know about her from last year: viewtopic.php?p=522649#p522649

5. May --- Female (?) osprey with Estonian ring MM appears on the nest viewtopic.php?p=581837#p581837
Details about MM: viewtopic.php?p=582030#p582030

7. May --- Osprey with Latvian ring N59 on the nest viewtopic.php?p=582607#p582607
Details about N59 viewtopic.php?p=582883#p582883
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Forum member Sappheira made an interesting statistic --- thank you!
Sappheira wrote:Period between arrival after migration and the first egg

2013
Irma and Ulmar; 10 days
April 29 - Irma (U5) arrived home in the afternoon. Ilmar delivered fish and they mated.
May 09 Egg #1 - (DJ, Kaido)

Oxana and Madis; 9 days
April 23 Piret left the nest. Madis mated several times a day with Oxana.
May 1 Oxana laid an egg.

2014
Irma and Ilmar; 9 days
April 17 - Ilmar arrives at the nest (first arrival 15:31)
April 24 - Irma arrives at the nest and starts attacking the "Dark Beauty" (18:44)
May 3 - Irma laid an egg.

2015
Irma and Joosep; 10 days
14. April - Osprey with ring J3 appears on the nest
24. April - Irma (U5) returns!
3. May - J3 is named Joosep
3. May Egg #1 is laid

Mai and Mikk; 9 days
23. April - Ringed Female Osprey on the nest, white numbers on black ring 29 left ankle.
1. May - Ospreys were named Mai (female) and Mikk (male)
1. May Egg #1 is laid

2016
Irma and Ivo, 13 days
18. April - Irma (U5) is back
19. April - Male Osprey with Estonian ring ED left – Ivo, probably first couple experience
1. May - Egg #1 is laid

Mai and Mati; 8 or 9 days?
16. April - Mai is back on the nest (ring 29)
20. April --- Unringed Osprey at (over the nest)
21. April - Unknown Osprey over the nest
28. April - new resident male Osprey is named Mati
28. April - Egg #1 is laid

2017
Ivo and 718
11. April - Ivo (ED) is back at the nest
12. April - Female Latvian Osprey (red ring with white numbers 718) arrives
Today is 9th day
Egg #1 is soon?
viewtopic.php?p=522099#p522099


2017
There was no egg laid from Latvian female osprey 718

Irma arrived at 22. April and first egg was laid 2. May --- 10 days
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Hello to all osprey fans :hi:

I prepared the topic for 2018 already "behind the curtains", to be ready for the season :wink:

Like probably most of you I already champ at the bit .... :whistling:

Hopefully our osprey cams will be online soon and then the new topic will be opened, now it is still locked.

Until this happens the 2017 topics will stay open
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=891

Stay tuned! :wave:
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Post by CTL »

The camera of this Nest is working again Please check any Osprey come in.
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:hi:
Mati's beautiful nest/castle is waiting him, thank you for the camera :D
Last year Mati arrived on April 12th :whistling:
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The best and loudest bird song concert is in these woods! :loveshower:
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Summi wrote: April 12th, 2018, 7:58 pm The best and loudest bird song concert is in these woods! :loveshower:
Yes, and beautiful sunset :D
20:20 The beautiful song concert is still lasting
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And here we are - Mati´s nest is online :loveshower:

20:26
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Thank you Urmas and friends :thumbs:
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:loveshower:
Hi everyone.
Greetings from Rainy Spain.

So excited to follow again ..and to introduce a whole new class of children to this wonderful world.
Fingers eyes and toes crossed for Mati to have better luck this year.

(Could anybody post the link to the migration map of the birds? Sorry if it´s already here somewhere, I can´t remember how it was called)Thanks.
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Jojo :wave:
Here is the birdmap:
http://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/
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21:10 The beautiful bird song concert is still lasting :D
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Hellem wrote: April 12th, 2018, 9:09 pm Jojo :wave:
Here is the birdmap:
http://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/
Thanks!

So exciting !
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Good morning, everyone,

:loveshower: :loveshower: :loveshower:
I wish Mati a successful 2018 season.
Maybe LF will come back again.
My thumbs are crossed. :thumbs:
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Good morning osprey lovers :wave:
The tension is increasing by minutes, isn't it?
Great admiration and big thanks to Urmas and his team to be ready at exactly the right time.
I wonder how we could manage without the beautiful nests some time ago :mrgreen:
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11:00 An osprey at the nest. No rings (?)
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