PATTI ... THIS IS WHAT I FOUND OUT. APPARENTLY THERE ARE 2 EGGS HERE. HOPE THIS HELPS!

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Post subject: Re: Estonian LSE Nest Discussion 2013 ~ Eha & KoitPosted: March 21st, 2013, 1:30 pm

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Facts about the 2013 season

Both eagles were already around when the camera started to work

First egg appeared on May 3
Second egg appeared on May 7

Breeding time will be 38 - 41 days, so our hatch watch will start around the 10th of June.

A word of caution to everyone since we have two eggs in this nest this year!

Lesser Spotted Eagles generally raise only one chick every year, even if a second egg is laid and a chick hatches from the egg. An article about this behaviour called CAINISM you can find here:

http://www.raptor-research.de/pdfs/a_rp700p/a_rp705.pdf

Please remember:
The birds and animals in front of the webcams are animals in the wild, in their eternal struggle for survival. You have to be prepared for fight scenes with respective consequences! The operators of the cameras will very rarely interfere in nature's mundane hazards. The younger chick will not be taken out of the nest and set back later!

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GOTCHA POP !!!

NEST OF EHA & KOIT. I SAW EHA JUMP UP AND LOOK DOWN ON EGGS ---DOES SHE HEAR OR FEEL SOMETHING ???

PICS OF MEAL BROUGHT BY KOIT.

OH YUM!

EHA CHECKING EGGS ...SHE TRIED TO GIVE A FEW MORSELS TO THEM! SHOULD BE ANYTIME NOW.

BLUE JAY WAS HARASSING EHA.






NOT SURE IF THAT WAS A LITTLE PEEP HOLE OR JUST SOME DEBRIS.

BETTER PIC OF JAY --- BOTHERS EHA ALL THE TIME!