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A new day LIVE

the chick grows and looks beautiful when it stands up to its full height and spreads its wings. so you can fully see its dimensions. I think it already has a weight of 700-900 grams.

A new day LIVE

June 3, 2021. Interesting Prey Item of the Day.

Mom brought a young ungulate to the nest. I've never been so excited to see what a bird brings for her young. It has been a pretty varied diet thus far. In Romania there are three possibilities, and I being an American, am not familiar with the size and character of any of these deer. Red deer (Cervus elaphus), fallow deer (Dama dama), or roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Hopefully those familiar can key this one to species for us.

Head:


Hoof:


I could see some spots, if barely visible when she dragged the carcass back. Overall size:


EDIT: Johan Krüger has helpfully noted that it was Capreolus capreolus in YT chat. Tusen takk igjen. :>

Raven wrote:June 3, 2021. Interesting Prey Item of the Day.

Mom brought a young ungulate to the nest. I've never been so excited to see what a bird brings for her young. It has been a pretty varied diet thus far. In Romania there are three possibilities, and I being an American, am not familiar with the size and character of any of these deer. Red deer (Cervus elaphus), fallow deer (Dama dama), or roe deer (Capreolus capreolus). Hopefully those familiar can key this one to species for us.

Head:


Hoof:


I could see some spots, if barely visible when she dragged the carcass back. Overall size:


EDIT: Johan Krüger has helpfully noted that it was Capreolus capreolus in YT chat. Tusen takk igjen. :>

In the chat I specified when my mother brought the prey, that it is a chick Capreolus capreolus

Wild Bucovina wrote:
In the chat I specified when my mother brought the prey, that it is a chick Capreolus capreolus

I was sleeping when Mom brought this prey live, so missed your contribution in chat. My apologies. Thank you for the initial identification, as well!

@Stelian,
Will there be no more stream? what is the problem?

Hello, any other way to get a link to donate here. The stated possibility is not possible for me to figure out how to do. The given link for donations didn't work for me.

The chick eats for three and grows very quickly, every day it noticeably increases in size.

Roma wrote:@Stelian,
Will there be no more stream? what is the problem?

Hello! There were problems with the connection to the stream. I couldn't answer faster.

Johan wrote:Hello, any other way to get a link to donate here. The stated possibility is not possible for me to figure out how to do. The given link for donations didn't work for me.

Hi! this is the donation account, it's the same as the one in the link. Thanks a lot!
IBAN: RO56RNCB0236147465260001

Thanks Wild Bucovina-crystal clear!

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Buna dimineata tuturor!
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Most Interesting Prey Item of the Day.

In the first screenshot, one can see the roe deer fawn's small hoof being held just above that of the hoof of a mature deer. Did this belong to another roe? Was it scavenged? Or might this be a display of exceptional hunting prowess? I know it is possible, but the killing of adult ungulates is documented much less.



In this second screenshot one can compare the size difference of this leg to the fawn held up in a previous screenshot.

You are right. GE can chase deer with calf (s) outside cliffs and / or other obstacles. Then there will be a lot of meat! She was out for a long time today and came back fully fed. Maybe the adult deer carcass available to her and dad.

@Raven- thank you for the photos and the info.

When debra k drew my attention to Mom bringing in an ear, I figured it would be an ear belonging to the same carcass that the mature deer's hoof was brought back from. But upon reflection, I am in agreement with addex addex, who offered: hare. Why not bring back more of a smaller carcass? Who knows. See and compare for yourself.



European hare (Lepus europaeus). Note the fringe of fur on the inner edge of the top of the ear:



Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus):

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Good morning everyone!

I've lost my confidence with this one. Light was poor, angles not great, and the head and front limbs were removed, making for tricky identification. Is this a red fox (Vulpes vulpes) kit, or could it possibly be a European pine marten (Martes martes)? I have more screenshots than usual, though of lesser quality. Scale is another issue. It helps a little bit to compare Mom holding up the roe deer fawn from a previous day.




Base of tail has been stripped of fur or was otherwise mangy.



Mom is holding this slightly out in front of herself, which can give the illusion of larger size. Just as her own eaglet is helping to display. The hide may also be flapped out some as the top half of the body was eaten away.



I think (?) one can see the tip of the tail in this screenshot. Not all red foxes have a white tipped tail, but this one is also decidedly uniform. From this angle, at least.



It isn't easy to find imagery of golden eagles with European pine martens in their talons. This is a mature female eagle.



Consider the pine marten:





I honestly don't feel confident saying one way or the other at this point. Need more familiarity. Need to see more obvious pine martens and obvious red foxes with mature golden eagles.
But maybe you have enough familiarity to know better than I.

Hopefully it is okay to post twice in a row.

Early in the day before the fox/marten was brought to Nest Sweet Nest, Mom appeared with what may have been rich organ meat. And the little one appeared to mantle over it.




Later, when the fox/marten was opened up, we had some fun with intestines!
It reminded me a little of the spaghetti scene from Lady and the Tramp, but much more real and amusing.

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Good morning everyone!

It is after midnight in my zone, and unfortunately I must sleep. But first... look, the paw and tail of yesterday's prey are close to the lens. I think it looks even more like it belongs to a pine marten now.



One more. There were little visitors to the nest this morning. Great tits (Parus major). See them at the back edge there?



Goodnight wild ones of Bucovina. :>

@Raven Thank you very much for the publications and details. I tend to think so too Martes martes.