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Third egg in osprey nest

Screencap from webcam  lianaliesma, LK forum
Estonian text  posted 26.04.2019
English translation Liis

Female osprey Miina and three eggs

 

Osprey         Kalakotkas      Pandion haliaetus

 

The family life of the osprey pair proceeds nicely.

The order of laying the eggs at the moment is this: we saw the first egg in the nest  on April 21st, the second on April 23rd and the third today in early morning, that is on April 26th.

Chicks hatched from all five owl eggs

Screencap from webcam  Maggy, LK forum
Estonian text  posted 25.04.2019
English translation Liis

When Klaara left the nest hollow in the tree trunk it was clear that all of the tawny owl pair’s eggs had been fertilized

 

Tawny owl       Kodukakk        Strix aluco

 

In fact the hatching of the last owl chick started already last night (see the lower of the webcam images).

Looking at the hatching dates of the chicks it may be argued that the last chicks do not have very much hope of survival.

The order  of the hatching of the chicks: April 18th, 19th, 20th, 22nd and  25th.

Four owl chicks and one egg

Screencap from webcam Timea, LK forum
Estonian text  posted 22.04.2019
English translation Liis

The chick hatched today is lowest down  in the image …

 

Tawny owl         Kodukakk       Strix aluco

 

When the owl chicks were fed Klaara went out on her evening trip at a few minutes to ten o’clock.

The owl  chick that was hatched today is quite tiny compared to the older ones. In the nest trunk hollow four owl chicks are growing including the one hatched today; hatchings on April 18th, 19th, 20th and 22nd.

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