ESTONIA Jõgeva County NEW NEST

[marika.solo]

pic from the video by Liz, shared on youtube

male defends this time the nest - we can see the missing feathers

[marika.solo]

youtbe chat Madli and me

6:48 PM MarikaSolo
​​I hear egg talk (everyone else?)
6:48 PM MadliA
​​I hear it too, and I heard it already before
6:48 PM Hulbi Lorm​​
Yes. Nice.
6:49 PM MarikaSolo​​
thx Madli, so the last chick is on his way out - fingers crossed!

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egg talk from 19.46.58 - there must be a hole in the egg (egg talk by closed eggs sounds different), that is most probably the reason why she was collecting new nesting material

[marika.solo]

I observed this nest in the evening. Female incubated. At 22.02 both chick are moving + loud egg talk. Last at 01.20 camera when she take care of the nest bowl I heard loud egg talk.

FEEDINGS (by Madli):
1/ 14.16 (only 1 chick ate)
2/ 16.09 (both chick ate)
3/ 17.43 (both chick ate) + egg talk

SUMMARY of the situation after the attack:

[marika.solo]

May 12
Hello everyone

the situation there is still not good

youtube chat infos:
- ​​6.03.16 the bird flew over, so defensive posture.
- 6:03:18 bird was a goshawk!
- two little ones are visible, heads are up



goshawk? to me black stork

[marika.solo]

2 little one is moving


the bigger chick is picking to the moss


she is again more defending


06.11 and next both chicks are moving to 06.24 (than they are laying in the deep nest bowl), I hear loud egg talk

[marika.solo]

YT
- 6:58 she is still in defending mode
- You can see from her posture that this time it is not a conspecific


07:07:23 PS by stranger



6:41 AM UrszulaMN
​​06.03 it was probably a stranger, long red legs
6:58 A M Andra
​​06:03 vanags / goshawk

Ula is true in my opinion - BS


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- her body posture and behaviour reminds me of Janika2 (wings drooping and just standing) - she's most probably given up
- btw. according to one source such small chicks need to be fed every 4 hours

[marika.solo]

- 08.00.02 camera down
- 09.59.18 camera is back with this view

is this the strange who is preening there? female has ruffled feathers


stork flew away - female follows him with her gaze


in the nest is silent, no moving

some time she is watching around

[marika.solo]

- wings spread wide again to 10.08 (what kind of enemy is there again?)



the wind is strong - she still only is staying and time to time is watching around (around 10.12 intensively with long neck)

[marika.solo]

- before 10.11h she is stretching her leg and wing at 10.12 the other site
- 10.14 preening



- 10.18 next stretching

10.18.47 she picked up one chick (not alive any more )
https://i.postimg.cc/RFptkVZ0/2025-05-12-j-10-18-47.jpg

she is preening herself there


what to do now?


... the dead chick is the white thing still lying in the nest (on the nest rim)

[marika.solo]

- she is still on this parent branch (preening, resting, yawning, stretching, scratching the head and so on)