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We can observe a couple of Short-toed Snake Eagles (Circaetus gallicus) breeding in Israel

Wikipedia about Short-toed Snake Eagles:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short-toed_snake_eagle

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Camera links

Browsers
https://www.birds.org.il/he/tracking-me ... x?camId=22

VLC and other players
https://5c3e35ef1aaf1.streamlock.net/li ... 72006.m3u8

Webpage provides informations in Hebrew language only.

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2019

22. March --- Egg was laid (information on webpage, in Hebrew only, translated with help of google translator) https://www.birds.org.il/he/tracking-me ... x?camId=22

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24. March

16:00
The female Short-toed Snake Eagle got food from her spouse .... a snake, of course
It took her 20 minutes to gulp it down completely

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28. March

Short-toed Snake Eagle, Israel
https://www.birds.org.il/he/tracking-me ... x?camId=22

10:28
Another food delivery, snake is served again








There were problems with this camera, now live stream is back, but unfortunately without sound

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01. April

16:39
Shift change, the incoming bird brought a little twig with it, to make the nest better







Camera was offline for two days or so, pity for those observers who have time only at weekends

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2. April


13:19
Other food than snake --- it looks like a mole or so ... it went down in whole

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4. April

14:03
A greenish snake is delivered

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9. April

During the last days I saw that parent birds often get up from the nest and only stand over the egg for a while.
I suppose it is quite warm in the area and when parents don´t want to have a boiled egg they have to get up that it won´t overheat.

From today

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10:42
A snake was delivered, again such a greenish one

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11:03
At first I thought another snake is delivered, but then I saw that it had tiny feet .... it must some kind of lizard

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13. April

13:19
Male (?) delivers a snake, but female doesn´t eat it immediately. He stays a while and sends several astonished looks because the snake is not getting eaten.

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13:44

Interesting episode

Female (?) is sitting on the egg and suddenly is surprised .... something is moving under her!
The snake from the last delivery, not eaten yet, is still alive

She got up, watched the whole event a while, lifted the snake up and maybe ended her life then ....









My recording stops not long after this event, so I can´t say more about the fate of this snake ....

I am absolutely fascinated by the food situations here on this nest .... *wow*

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16. April

11:36
Male delivers a still alive snake and the female swallows it - snake is still twining

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28. April

15:54
Still alive snake is delivered and goes down in whole, one can see that the tail tip is still twining

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9. May

The eaglet has hatched

13:24
A parent with food and feeding the little one

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14:35
Next food for the eaglet was a lizard

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14:47
While eaglet was still fed with the lizard, a new delivery came in, a snake. The female ate it herself.