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CUIBUL ACVILEI DE MUNTE NR. 2 - THE NEST OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE 2 (AQUILA CHRYSAETOS) 2023

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Post by Raven Mon May 22, 2023 8:07 am

2023-05-22 - Day 15; Week 2

05:09:54 - Lucina performs a two-wing-up stretch.
05:10:00 - Left wing-leg-tail stretch.
05:10:16 - Right wing-leg-tail stretch. She is preparing to leave, standing at the front left edge of the nest.

05:10:29 - Leaves towards the bottom left corner.
05:50:29 - She vocalizes in the distance.
05:50:45 - Two calls.
05:50:47 - And returns from the bottom left corner. 3 more calls. Glances over her right shoulder. 40 minutes away.

05:51:22 - Lucina calls 16 or so more times. Eaglet chirping since arrival.
05:52:12 - 24 calls, looking right.
05:53:03 - More. Chatty. Lower intensity.
06:04:42 - Her back is to us. Pick up motions over the location of the old red fox (Vulpes vulpes) pups.
06:04:51 - Tearing, and eating motions.
06:05:37 - Lucina swallows a paw. That portion gone.
06:05:47 - Picks up next pile of remains.
06:06:06 - Eating motions.
06:06:25 - Eaglet temporarily stops chirping. A bite?
1st feeding. 06:07:06 - Definitely feeding now. Not much left, though.
06:13:31 - Last bite from the foxes.
06:14:50 - Lucina picks up the old pine marten (Martes martes).
06:15:41 - Eaglet bites at the hide, head upside down, chirping up at Mom.

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These martens are tough to work with once the eagles must pick from the hide, and close to the bones. Mom forcefully picks free many tiny pieces, and eats them herself.

06:18:23 - Mom offers a piece. Eaglet mouths it, but no grab.
06:18:47 - Finally a successful bite.
06:19:46, 06:20:44, 06:21:24, 06:22:37, 06:23:03, 06:23:12 - Feeding resumed.

Last bite. For now. This is a tricky feeding to detail.

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06:37:42 - Eaglet turns around.
06:38:03 - Starts biting onto branches.
06:38:27 - Twisting, and "chewing" on the sprays of conifer needles. All while Mom seems to work endlessly at the marten head.

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06:39:06 - Eaglet preening (Tigress in mind ;>).

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06:41:42

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06:42:33, 06:43:37, 06:44:36 - Mom manages to feed some more bites.
06:59:46 - Lucina reaches into the nest bowl. and picks up the pine marten's lower jaw.
06:59:46 - This feeding has wrapped up... at some point. Mom tries to take a step forward, but the marten remains have become hooked to her talons, and she trips. Ahem.

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07:00:47 - Lucina leaves silently towards the lower left corner.
07:24:07 - A Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) calls.
07:42:15 - Eaglet starts to toddle out of the back of the nest bowl!
07:42:15 - Pecks at some meats.
07:45:29 - Ends up curled up back by the prey remains.
08:25:19 - Tsyuk, tsyuk, tsyuk, in distance.

08:32:21 - Lucina returns from the right, a conifer spray in her beak. 1 hour, 32 minutes away.
08:32:43 - She sets to work aerating the empty nest bowl.

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08:37:40 - Eaglet turns to face his/her Mom.
08:41:15 - Lots of nest chewing today, busy, busy.

08:43:46 - Mom picks at the old pine marten.
08:44:22 - She steps towards her errant eaglet.
08:44:44 - She picks up the old marten, and lays it in the bowl. Then folds it back out. Hmm.
08:47:47 - Carrying it again. Back in bowl!

08:48:20 - Carcass tearing motions.
2nd feeding. 08:49:20 - Lucina is feeding her eaglet. Back to us.
09:07:42 - Last bite. Approx. 18 minutes.

09:09:36 - Mom picks up the upper half of the old pine marten. She takes it to the back of the nest bowl, and resumes eating.

Well. After she tries to find an appropriate place for it. Is here good?

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09:14:26 - Lucina swallows an impressively large strip of hide.
09:16:23 - Hungry Mom finishes up with her portions at the back.

After dragging, and nearly tripping on a stick, she chooses the most awkward angle to leave the nest. In between eaglet, and the eyrie trunk!

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09:19:52 - Hops to the hidden branch behind the trunk.

Turns around to look at her eaglet. Maybe she is anxious about her chick's position in the nest.

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The stream skips. Lucina is now perched on the far right branch. She peers down at the eaglet from this new angle.

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09:22:16 - She hops back into the nest.
09:22:30 - Nestkeeping. Moving conifer sprays, aerating the nest bowl.
09:25:08 - Lucina moves the old marten back out of the nest bowl, laying it by her eaglet.

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09:27:29 - Mom lays down in the nest bowl, and stares at her wee wanderer.
09:27:44 - Eaglet lightens the load with a poop shoot.
09:28:07 - S/he is on a mission now, toddling towards Lucina. Phew!
09:28:19 - Mom stands.
09:28:58 - Eaglet is revealed in the nest bowl proper. Such adventures.

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09:29:29 - Lucina broods her precious one. Nice, and snug.

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Post by Wild Bucovina Mon May 22, 2023 8:22 am

Johan wrote:Hello Raven,  Your posting here in the forum from 5/19 after 13:52 Has disappeared with me. Sometimes it was inside, then it just disappeared completely. Those were those pictures and texts from when Caliman came in with the fox pup. The next post with me continues on 5/20 in the morning. I don't know the reason for this. Have tried most things.
Hello Johan! It is visible to me. I don't see what the problem is.
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Post by Tigress Mon May 22, 2023 9:00 am

Thank you Raven! Those shots of the eaglet preening are just adorable! It does look at times as if the little one is mimicking mum... even pulling at the nest and twisting pieces into place lol. As always, a great recap of the days events... Many thanks 😊

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Post by Raven Mon May 22, 2023 6:54 pm

2023-05-22 - Day 15; Week 2 - Continued

10:21:37 - Lucina gets up.
10:21:48 - She leaves silently towards the right.
11:36:58 - Home again, home again. From the right, alighting gently upon the hidden branch behind the eyrie trunk. 1 hour, 15 minutes away.
11:37:36 - A Eurasian jay swoops down close behind her perching form, causing her to flinch.
11:38:15 - Eaglet lifts her/his head, and notices Mom. Chirps softly.
11:38:16 - Jay dive bombs again.
11:38:26 - Eaglet two-wing-up stretch.
11:38:28 - Mom hops into the nest.
11:36:54 - Eaglet poop shoots. It hits Mom in the front. She looks left just enough to see a clean beak.
11:38:59 - Mom reaches into the nest bowl for some nestkeeping. When next she lifts her head, she has Eagle Paint (poop) on the tip of her beak. ;>

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12:18:19 - Caliman is calling.
12:18:37 - Lucina leaves silently to the right. Eaglet chirping.
12:41:39 - Returns via a canopy drop, with a lichen covered stick in beak. Alighting from right. 22 minutes away.

She rests near her eaglet most of the while.

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12:54:57 - Leaves silently towards the left corner. Eaglet again starts chirping.
13:01:10 - Eaglet raises wings, enjoying the breeze. A jay is calling.

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13:07:19 - Lucina coasts over the far canopy, alighting from the right in silence. 12 minutes away.
13:08:20 - She performs a crop drop as she rests beside her eaglet, right of the nest bowl.
13:08:54 - A jay alarms, and flies away from the eyrie trunk towards the far slope, angled left.
13:09:27 - Loud clinking metallic  sounds from the farm starle Lucina.

13:09:44 - Mom glances up into the eyrie tree. Maybe that jay has returned. If so, s/he remains quiet.

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13:32:22 - Lucina leaves silently towards the lower right corner. Eaglet is sound asleep.
14:15:30 - Lucina returns silently, alighting gently on the hidden trunk branch. 42 minutes away.

14:15:40 - Eaglet two-wing-up stretches, sits, preens, flops, and chirps to Mom.
14:16:16 - Little two-wing-up stretch again, sits.
14:16:20 - Mom hops to the back right branch.
14:16:50 - Eaglet poop shoot.
14:17:26 - Lucina rouses. Eaglet talking to her.

14:20:05 - She leaves silently towards the right. Eaglet still chirping.
14:22:15 - Eaglet bites onto something in the nest, twisting it this way and that
14:45:17 - Mom returns, gliding down from above the far canopy, alighting silently to the right. 24 minutes away.

14:45:31 - Caliman calls in the far distance.
14;45:35 - He barks.
14:45:55 - Single call.
14:48:53 - Eaglet toddles farther out of the nest bowl. Mom is resting nearby.
14:53:59 - Lucina does some nestkeeping. Adjustment, aeration. Eaglet turns, and chirps loudly.
14:56:33 - The little tyke turns around again, toddling closer to the nest's edge.

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15:01:29 - Mom picks up the old pine marten. Puts it next to eaglet.
15:02:14 - Moves marten back behind the nest bowl.
3rd feeding. 15:04:05 - First bite of old marten.
15:27:29 - Last bite. Approx. 22 minutes.

15:30:40 - Lucina leaves silently towards the lower right corner.
16:01:38 - A jay heralds Mom's fly by. She passes the eyrie to the right of the nest, heading beyond the lens.

Mom returns from the lower left corner. 31 minutes away.

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16:08:14 - Eaglet performs a crop drop. And, my, what a nice crop it is.

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16:08:54 - We're having a little spat now. No touchy, Mom!

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16:13:48 - Mom pulls the old pine marten from the pantry, and accidentally drops it on her eaglet's rump. She allopreens.
16:14:00 - She moves it again, dragging the carcass by the long sticks it is stuck to. The remains now rest at the front left of the nest bowl.
16:14:54 - Lucina calls. The sound is out of sync. Precedes action.
16:14:48 - Eaglet is a wandering yet again.

16:18:25 - Lucina leaves silently towards the lower right corner. A jay scolding.
16:18:42 - Lucina vocalizing in the distance.
16:19:06 - More calling.
16:19:17 - Getting closer, excited.
16:20:27 - Eaglet starts heading back to the nest bowl.
16:30:44 - Then to the edge of the shade, with brief rattle-chirps. Lays her/his head in shadow. It is warm in the direct sunlight.
16:58:20 - Eaglet can be seen panting. Hey, where did that shade go? Moves back to it

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17:10:04 - Lucina calling.

Caliman alights with a roe deer leg (Capreolus capreolus).

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Lucina follows him in, calling excitedly. 51 minutes away. Caliman swiftly leaps aside.

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17:10:44 - Mom steps stiffly towards him, head lowered, calling, claiming. He hops to the back right branch. Lucina's vocalizations soften.

Caliman leaves towards the right along the branch, dipping down just beyond it. Lucina quiets.

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17:20:49 - Lucina leaves silently towards the right.
18:10:39 - Returns with a bare lichen-covered branch in her beak. In silently from the left. 49 minutes away. She places it behind her eaglet, and rests at the front left of the nest bowl.
18:13:13 - A Eurasian jay silently flies by the eyrie on the right, heading towards the far slope.

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18:48:44 - Lucina grabs the mature roe deer's leg. Stelian made the observation that the exposed bone is dry, hinting at an old hunt or a scavenged meal. She begins plucking fur, and feeding herself.
4th feeding. 18:53:13 - First bite of roe deer leg for eaglet. This feeding is very brief. Difficult to say when it ends. After a minute? Eaglet still has a nice crop, and isn't terribly hungry, regardless.
18:55:19 - Mom moves to the old pine marten remains. She moves these to the back of the nest, and continues eating.

18:59:08 ;>

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19:01:53 - Eaglet turns around to be closer to Mom.
19:03:34 - Is tickled by her pendant feathers.

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19:05:19 - Mom swallows the last of her current meal. Judging by her snaking head movements, it was a large bite.
19:07:29 - She pulls the old marten hide closer to eaglet. Part of it on eaglet.

19:09:59 - Lucina leaves silently to the right.
19:24:25 - Returns silently from the left. 15 minutes away.
19:24:39 - Trips a little on her way over to her eaglet. It is windy.
19:26:14 - Lucina crop drops.

What's that over there? Nothing of import.

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19:30:12 - Mom hovers over her eaglet, allopreening now, and again.
19:34:15 - She broods, back to us.
20:24:09 - Calls thrice, softly.
20:24:33 - Lucina stands up.

Left wing-leg-tail stretch. Eaglet watches, oooo.

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20:26:20 - Eaglet two-wing-up stretches.
20:26:35 - There goes Mom, silently to the right.
20:26:50 - Eaglet poop shoot.
20:36:24 - Lucina coasts down from above the far slope, alights to the right in silence. 10 minutes away.

Resting with eaglet.

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20:46:26 - Moves closer to stand, hovering over eaglet.

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21:01:55 - Right wing-leg-tail stretch.
21:03:01 - Lucina returns to hovering.

(Tigress, thank you for timestamp. Cute)

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21:08:25 - Moves into brooding position. Eaglet has other ideas, but soon adjusts accordingly.
21:17:59 - The eagles are tucked in for the night. Lucina tucks her beak into her left scapular feathers. Zzzz. . .
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Post by Raven Tue May 23, 2023 6:53 am

2023-05-23 - Day 16; Week 2

Good morning.

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05:15:23 - Lucina wakes up allopreening her eaglet.

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05:16:35 - Eaglet poop shoot.
05:16:39 - Mom's cue to get up, it seems. ;>

Two-wing-up, and right wing-leg-tail stretch.

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A left wing-leg-tail stretch too.

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05:17:18 - One-leg stand, resting on tarsus. Oh eaglet!

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Preparing for take-off into a new day. Eaglet plops down under her tail.

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05:18:01 - Lucina leaves silently towards the right.
06:18:02 - Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) grumpy sounds.
06:18:52 - Mom returns silently from the lower left corner. 1 hour away. Eaglet chirping, sits up.

06:21:39 - After a short rest near her chick, who plopped back down, and bit at sticks; Lucina leaves silently to the right.
06:31:37 - Screechy jay.
06:32:51 - Mom returns from the right in silence. 11 minutes away

Resting calmly with dear eaglet.

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06:53:51 - Eaglet poop shoot incoming! Mom can't seem to catch a break from these. Such is Nest Life.

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06:54:41 - Allopreen attempt. Proper feather hygiene is important. Hey!

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06:57:51 - Lucina aerates the nest bowl. Whoa, nestquake!

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06:58:07 - It's a magnitude 7.2! Oh, it's just Mom trying to move the old roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) leg.

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06:58:41 - Oh dear... oh roe deer? Phew, that could have gone south.

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07:03:39 - Lucina again picks up the old roe deer leg, this time sans hitchhiker.
1st feeding. 07:04:52 - Stream skips. First bite of old deer leg?
07:25:59 - A Eurasian jay starts up again. Mom suddenly stops tearing at remains, and lifts her head. She starts calling 7 times or so.
07:27:45 - Mom calling excitedly, staring left.
07:44:05 - Last bite. It's a big one. Approx. 44 minute feeding. Tough remains to work with.

07:46:46 - Lucina leaves silently towards the right.
08:08:00 - A jay is chased by something, maybe close to its own size. Starts near the top of the deciduous tree to the left of the eyrie trunk.
The birds drop straight down beside the pale trunk of that far tree.
08:08:05 - A single vocalization. Can't be certain whose.

To be continued. . .
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Post by Raven Tue May 23, 2023 10:39 pm

My mother has a major surgery that has been pushed to a much earlier date than anticipated. As such, I must leave tomorrow. I will be gone for an uncertain amount of time. It could be as little as 4 days, to as long as a couple of weeks. Depending on factors outside of my control. I will bring a mobile device, and try to record arrivals/departures from the eyrie, prey deliveries, and more noteworthy events. Then, I will simplify this backlog further for sharing to the forums at a later date. Hopefully. Apologies for next to no notice. As mentioned before, life is chaotic of late. Wish me kind luck.

If any one wants to share anything, even a single screen shot, or an observation, please, always feel free. No pressure. I know others would appreciate it.

I'll put together something for the continuation of 23 May, momentarily.
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Post by Tigress Tue May 23, 2023 10:47 pm

Giving prayers and best wishes to your mother, Raven for a successful operation and speedy recovery 🙏 Will be thinking of you both, and your family during this difficult time. Take care and don't worry about us.... we'll get by 😉 Anyway, safe travels and best of luck 🙏🤗

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Post by Wild Bucovina Wed May 24, 2023 12:04 am

Cheers and best wishes to your mother, Raven. I hope everything goes well for you and your mother. Good health 🙏🤗
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Post by Raven Wed May 24, 2023 2:22 am

Tigress, Stelian, thank you so very much for the kindness. I will pass these messages along to give Mom a smile. See everyone on the flip side.

2023-05-23 - Day 16; Week 2 - Continued

08:56:41 - Lucina silently returns from the right carrying a bare lichen-covered branch. 1 hour, 10 minutes away. She partially drapes the trailing end over eaglet's shoulders. Eaglet lies down in response, and Lucina rests near by for the remainder of her visit.
09:01:43 - She leaves silently to the right. Eaglet quiet too.

09:25:05 - Wing exercises.

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10:14:18 - Lucina begins high-pitched tysuk/pssa calls in distance. Continues for one minute.
10:58:37 - She returns silently from the right with a conifer spray in her beak. 1 hour, 57 minutes away. She spends much of her time resting at the front of the nest bowl.
11:17:39 - Sound of something moving through vegetation. Lucina reacts, turns left, arches her gaze down over the edge. Relaxes.
11:30:57 - She leaves silently towards the right. Eaglet sleeping.

12:53:00 - Lucina returns silently from the left with a conifer spray in her right foot. 1 hour, 23 minutes away.
12:57:06 - After resting several minutes in front of the nest bowl, she leaves silently to the right.

13:34:02 - Caliman drops down from above the far canopy, a gutted roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) fawn in talons. Lucina is calling, following close behind. He alights from the right.

"The weight that a golden eagle can carry in the air for any length of time is limited. This is particularly important when there are eaglets in the nest which must be fed. Considerable amounts of energy must be expended to pursue and capture prey, so it is likely that eagles tend to expend the smallest amounts of energy necessary for the largest return. Part of that expenditure involves flying to the eyrie with food for a mate or the young. Brown and Watson (1964) calculated that the average weight of a kill which is usually carried by an eagle to its eyrie is approximately two pounds.

Nelson (1962) tied a total of eight pounds of weights to the feet of a trained eagle and it could not get off the ground, even under excellent wind conditions. Walker and Walker (1940) also used a trained eagle for similar tests. They launched their bird from a fifteen-foot-high platform with a wind of 10 mph blowing. Carrying two pounds, the eagle flew easily. With a weight of four pounds attached, flight was strained and the distance it was able to fly was much shorter than when carrying two pounds When eight pounds were attached to this eagle, it flapped its wings wildly and landed immediately after being launched from the platform.

In 1937, C. C. Sperry conducted tests on the weight-lifting ability of a wild eagle and discovered that an eleven-pound eagle could not get off the ground with 5¼ pounds of weights attached to its feet. Another observer saw an eagle carrying a seven-pound jackrabbit, but the weight of this eagle is not known. When carrying a burden the size of a ground squirrel, an eagle will often fly a circuitous route to its eyrie, utilizing the lifting power of available air currents and thermals (Kalmbach et al , I964).

The size of the object carried in flight will vary with the characteristics of the individual eagle, its incentive, the altitude at which it is flying, wind conditions, immediate flight speed and other factors such as time of day, terrain and prior experience. Once the momentum of the initial thrust is lost, the eagle is dependent on its own heavy flight or irregular air movements (Kalmbach et al, 1964; Nelson, 1962).

Huey (1962) compared the weight-lifting capacities of a house finch and a golden eagle. He noted that a finch weighing 20.85 grams carried a load of 4.88 grams, which was 23% of its body weight. A golden eagle which weighed 4169.4 grams carried a load weighing 907 grams, which was 21% of its body weight.
" - Habitat Management Series for Unique or Endangered Species, Report No. 7. Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos, by Carol Snow

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Lucina pursues Caliman. 37 minutes away.

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Mom claiming the fawn. 13:34:20 - Caliman barks softly.

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13:34:35 - He leaves towards the lower left corner.  Lucina quiets, eaglet observes.

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13:35:14 - Mom, looking back over her shoulders, calls towards the top right corner.

13:39:11 - She grabs the roe deer fawn, and moves it to the back of the bowl.

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2nd feeding. 13:39:50 - First bite of fawn.
13:50:30 - Last bite. Approx. 11 minutes.
13:51:55 - Crop check.

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13:56:45 - Lucina leaves silently to the right. Eaglet silent.
14:12:33 - She calls far in the distance.
14:16:09 - She returns silently from the lower left corner. 20 minutes away.

14:23:14 - Mom drags the fawn from the back, to the front right of nest bowl.

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15:26:08 - She grabs the fawn again after a long rest, and moves it to the right of the nest bowl. Tears, and eats.
15:29:32 - Eaglet finally stirs, shuffles into feeding proximity. Chirps.
3rd feeding. 15:30:13 - First bite of roe deer fawn.
15:49:32 - Last bite. Approx. 19 minutes.

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15:51:27 - Lucina hops to the thin branch on the right.

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15:51:38 - She turns around.
15:52:04 - Leaves to the right. All eagles silent.

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16:44:23 - Lucina returns silently from the left. 52 minutes away.
16:44:59 - A Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) swoops up into the eyrie tree.

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16:45:06, 16:45:10 - The jay can be heard scolding from above.

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17:55:21 - Lucina picks up the roe deer fawn, and moves it behind the nest bowl.
4th feeding. 17:57:44 - First bite of fawn.
18:07:31 - Last bite. Approx. 10 minutes.
18:07:48 - Crop check.

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18:08:22 - A jay flashes by, lower left of nest.
18:10:38 - Lucina starts vocalizing whilst facing the lens. Tsyuks. Eaglet joins in.
18:12:06 - Mom leaves towards the lower left corner, calling into the distance.
18:42:27 - She can be heard calling in the far distance.
18:44:14, 18:45:41 - Spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) alarming.
18:55:49 - Lucina drops swiftly from above the far canopy, alighting from the right in silence. 43 minutes away.

18:56:01 - She itches her beak with her right foot.
19:10:11 - Lucina calls to a flier, probably Caliman, passing behind the lens, left to right.

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20:11:12 - She silently tracks someone... it looks like they went into the eyrie tree again.
20:11:31 - Jay alarms. Ah.
20:18:54 - Eaglet finds, and nibbles on the lower jaw of the old European pine marten (Martes martes).

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21:21:36 - Lucina tucks her beak into her right scapular feathers. Goodnight, Bucovina. May you keep the nest warm. Until next time!
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Post by Tigress Thu May 25, 2023 2:10 am

Hi everyone, this won't be as good as Raven's posts, but I hope it will be of help...

05:09:30 L up and two wing stretch
05:09:42 L silently leaves
05:41:37 L back and eaglet chirps
05:51:34 Eaglet two wing stretch
05:53:04 Eaglet stands up, stretches, turns and lies back down
11:57:58 L can be seen in the distance flying in from the right with another roe deer fawn
11:59:40 L sees something and calls loudly
12:05:56 chick chirps
12:07:44 L away
12:29:25 L seen flying in from the right with fir twig in beak
L places twig on eaglet
12:40:48 L moves twig off of eaglet;
Eaglet sits up; Allopreening and eaglet complains as usual and pecks back at mum
Two wing stretch then 12:43:48 PS
12:48:57 L away....eaglet chirps
13:20:40 L back with another branch
Tries to allopreen again, but eaglet continues to complain
13:30:52 L steps over fawn and feeds herself and offers some bits to eaglet...... ends 13:55:00;
13:57:16 L away
13:58:00 eaglet moves and turns, good crop;
14:08:20 (ish) wind picking up
14:17:39 L back and stands over eaglet
14:59:31 Eaglet pops head out from under mum's tail
15:05:52 L moves revealing chick, who sticks a leg out
L moves to other side of chick and allopreens
16:20:17 eaglet stretches
16:30:42 PS
L preens herself
16:35:50 L goes back to the fawn and eaglet chirps excitedly
L turns away from her chick and feeds herself
16:45:30 L away
17:27:16 L back
17:32:24 feeding chick
17:51:56 PS
17:52:36 L swallows a long bone
17:54:45 L away
18:54:50 L arrives from the left
18:54:25 PS
L hops over chick to other side of the nest
Chick toddles and turns, following
20:23:20 L eats and chick chirps louder
20:24:19 L offers her eaglet a bite
20:26:24 Eaglet gets up and toddles towards mum who gives food
20:28:30 more feeding
20:37:07 Allopreening, Eaglet still complains and pecks at mum
20:44:44 PS
20:45:08 L walks round behind her eaglet
20:48:55 L assumes brooding position
21:10:27 L looks down at eaglet as h/she stretches and sticks leg out
21:21:12 IR on
Still a lot of beautiful birdsong..... blackbirds

Eagle family settled for the night 💤


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Post by Roma Thu May 25, 2023 3:14 pm

How I distinguish between Caliman and Lucina
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Post by Tigress Thu May 25, 2023 3:46 pm

Roma, yes that is how I tell them apart also 😊

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Post by Wild Bucovina Thu May 25, 2023 11:12 pm

@Tigress Thank you very much for all the details.
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Post by Wild Bucovina Thu May 25, 2023 11:13 pm

@Roma Very good comparison. Thank you very much.
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Post by Tigress Sat May 27, 2023 12:13 am

Sorry yesterday was missed.....I have to watch my data usage...
Anyway, here's a little bit of today's events...

05:16:04 L away
06:02:56 L back
07:02:46 L away
07:34: stream jumps -
07:35:10 L back

09:51:14 L arrives with what appears to be the heart of some animal in her beak (roe deer fawn was suggested, but to be confirmed)

13:08:32 L in with meat?
Eaglet tries to feed itself but it's too big, so mum feeds.
14:35:52 C arrives with a viper; Leaves 14:37:56.


17:19:32 C arrives at nest - C is unsure of what to do. The weather has turned windy and is raining. Eaglet chirps constantly and tries to get under dad. C attempts to allopreen a bit. C moves around chick, still unsure.
17:36:28 C jumps on to the branch.
17:57:20 C does double wing stretch, then ps,

18:03:07 L back calling loudly;
18:03:22 C away
18:34:35 L preens and pulls out a feather from her right wing and eaglet ps.

21:37:19 L allopreens, eaglet doesn't complain
21:44:00 Eagle family settled for the night 💤

Sorry again for the info being a bit messy, but I hope this helps a little. 🤗

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Post by Tigress Sat May 27, 2023 12:18 am

Friday 26.05.23...Day 19 .... Week 2

#missed this from the start of my previous post !!!!😉

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Post by Tigress Sun May 28, 2023 12:02 am

Saturday 27.05.2023 Day 20. Week 2

05:03:02 L away
08:08:23 L back
10:08:26 L away
11:14:05 C visits nest
After a few minutes C goes over to the branch and watches over his chick
12:23:25 Eaglet takes a few steps to the edge of the nest, towards C. Constantly chirping
12:23:36 C away

12:33:09 C can be seen flying in behind eyrie, and visits nest
12:40:07 C moves to branch
14:15:59 C away (has been at the nest approx. 1hr 45mins)
14:28:53 Eaglet ps

14:42:38 L returns with prey - European hare (Lepus europaeus - confirmation courtesy of Raven) Ty
14:43:30 Eaglet picks at prey and manages to self feed, for the first time I think 😄
14:54:45 L steps in and feeds chick

15:33:31 Allopreening, chick doesn't complain much
16:09:52 L away
16:29:29 L back
17:15:09 L away

17:28:53 L flies in from the left and lands on branch behind the tree trunk
17:29:28 L hops onto the far branch (usually where C sits)
17:59:06 L calls fairly loud - unknown why

18:02:17 Feeding
20:40:50 L tucks her head in
20:39:02 L hears something and looks around
20:50:27 L tucks head in again

Eagle family settled for the night 💤

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Post by Tigress Mon May 29, 2023 1:03 am

Sunday 28.05.23 Day 21. Week 3

05:03:09 L awakes, preens, left and right wing/leg stretch;
05:06:23 L away, chick awakes stretches both wings and 05:06:52 ps;
05:57:31 L back;
06:31:00 L calls loudly - unknown reason;
06:49:47 L moves a fir branch, rearranges round eaglet, who is chirping;

08:02:47 L moves across chick who turns to follow;
08:02:47 L lifts carcass over to front of the nest;
08:04:16 Feeding;
08:36:24 Feeding ends;
08:38:02 L leaves from the left;

09:43:26 L flies by from the right and lands on the nest from the left at 09:43:47;
09;44:26 Chick ps;
09:47:00 L moves scraps behind chick, then allopreens a little;
09:49:12 more allopreening;

10:09:44 L leaves from the right;
10:42:29 L back;
11:20:45 L away;
21:36:15 L back with fir branch that she arranges around eaglet who chirps loudly - (complaining?)
11:38:39 L away;

13:14:30 L back with another branch;
13:20:32 L picks up scraps and feeds chick;

Internet signal weak, no sound and jumping intermittently;

15:28:50 eaglet moves round to face tree trunk;
15:51:31 L back;
15:52:24 Feeding;

16:34:45 eaglet goes to move to the edge of the nest, but is caught on the fir branch;
17:23:54 L back, calling and watching someone - Caliman?;
17:27:50 L eating, chick chirping and watching mum;
17:30:05 Feeding;
17:39:49 L away;

19:22:36 L back, rearranges twig on nest;
19:24:59 L away from the left;
19:38:02 L back with fir branch;
19:38:25 L, trying to place branch, almost standing on chick who screams at mum "Watch out!" 😉;
19:39:41 L struggles with branch;
19:40:07 Chick moves out of the way and L puts the branch to the back of nest.... chick complaining;
19:41:11 L sees C and moves to front of the nest;
19:43:19 C arrives with prey - songbird nestling (courtesy of Raven) Ty;
L and chick both call loudly (this is normal for L when C is at nest);
C calls softly and leaves at 19:44:15 - L quietens;

Chick tries to bite prey twice;
19:45:48 Feeding; 19:53:30 Last bite;
19:55:57 L away;

20:20:18 Chick sits up, getting windy again;
20:21:01 L flies in from behind the tree and lands on the branch, then hops onto the nest;
20:34:05 Allopreening....... adorable 😍;
20:43:03 L away;
20:59:42 chick sits up, two wing stretch - twice;

21:00:35 Chick ps;
21:01:00 Unsteady wing flapping;
21:02:52 Chick lies down;
21:10:16 L flies in from the left;
21:11:58 Allopreens, L self preening, mum and chick talking to each other, more allopreening;
21:17:55 Chick turns and tucks in under mum;
21:35:42 Eagle family settled for the night 💤

Tawny owl attacks (Strix aluco) from 22:54:10 - 23:01:04 when owl hooting can be heard.

Hope Lucina has a restful night......

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Post by Tigress Tue May 30, 2023 12:52 am

Monday 29.05.2023. Day 22. Week 3

14:01 C brings a snake
14:11:13 Eaglet self feeds

17:57:40 L delivers 4 Eurasian jays (Garrulous glandarius) nestlings, followed by the parent, protesting in vein. Two nestlings fed to eaglet, and as at 19:46, two remain in the nest (courtesy of Raven). Ty.

22:01:37 Eaglet chirps quietly;
22:02:30 L tucks head in her wing, eaglet continues with sweet soft chirps
22:04:00 All quiet at the nest;

Eagle family settled for the night 💤

Sorry there's not much today folks, I'm afraid my data is running very low ☹

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Post by Raven Tue May 30, 2023 8:28 am

No pressure, Tigress. You've done great, and we appreciate any effort you put in. Thank you!
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Post by Raven Tue May 30, 2023 9:14 pm

On the subject of spotted nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes), and Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) alarm calls.

2023-05-30 19:59:17

A bird begins alarm calling. To my ear it sounds like a spotted nutcracker. Johan suggests Eurasian jay. Both corvids with similar voices.

Here is a clip from the Bucovina eyrie. As always, these are being recorded through speakers by phone, thus quality is lacking: Alarm call.

Compare with better recordings of spotted nutcrackers alarming:
https://xeno-canto.org/734833
https://xeno-canto.org/715955
https://xeno-canto.org/750291

Compare with better recordings of Eurasian jays alarming:
https://xeno-canto.org/754013
https://xeno-canto.org/759850
https://xeno-canto.org/738925
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Post by Tigress Tue May 30, 2023 11:47 pm

Thank you Raven for your kind words :-)

Tuesday 30:05:2023 Day 23 Week 3

09:08:23 C delivers avian prey with L close on his heels (talons);
09:09:20 C away;
09:18:46 L hops to the branch;
09:24:29 L away;
09:46:09 C brings more avian prey, C gives soft chorales to his chick;
C hops to the branch on the left;
09:49:35 C away;
09:54:45 L back;

10:55:18 Eaglet has a small stretch and shows off the size of it's wings!!;
12:49:14 Can see C flying in the distance coming to the nest behind the eyrie closely followed by L;
C away;
12:52:43 Feeding;

15:46:55 Feeding;
16:03:07 L away;

20:02 (19:59:17) Someone shouting on a branch and has the eaglet's attention (i.d. to be confirmed)
20:43:40 L back;

21:30:00 Some allopreening.

Eagle family settled for the night 💤

Many thanks to everyone for ts given in chat 😊



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Post by Raven Wed May 31, 2023 11:15 am

Mother's surgery was yesterday morning. The surgery itself went well, but her blood pressure was very low after the fact, and took longer than we'd like to stabilize. It finally stabilized late yesterday evening, and she is home sleeping soundly.

Now, I shall take advantage of less stress, and unload my condensed, transcribed notes. Tigress, thank you again for helping fill in details of nest life. Please don't mind the overlapping points. It is easier for me to map patterns if I keep it all together.

2023-05-24 - Day 17; Week 2

5 feedings. 1 delivery. 1 roe deer fawn (Capreolus capreolus).

Notes: Eaglet's remiges have noticeably begun erupting from their sheaths. In the published literature, this is stated to occur during Week 3. If this is the youngest eaglet as we have assumed, s/he was still 4 days away from the 3rd week. If this is the eldest, s/he was only 1 day away.

05:09:42-05:41:37 - Lucina departs for 32 minutes.
1st feeding. 05:59:50-06:23:47 - Approximately 24 minutes. Source: old roe deer fawn.
08:36:44-08:41:12 - Lucina departs for 5 minutes. Returns with conifer spray.
08:48:26 - Lucina tries to allopreen. Eaglet launches his/her first talon attacks.

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09:13:55-09:21:51 - Lucina departs for 8 minutes. Returns with conifer spray.
2nd feeding. 10:03:19-10:17 - Approx. 14 minutes. Made 4 strong steps for first bite. Strongest yet. This is no big deal now, but on the 24th it was. Source: old roe deer fawn.

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10:26:56-11:57:59 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 31 minutes. Returns with gutted roe deer fawn. Not panting.

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12:07:43-12:29:28 - Lucina departs for 22 minutes. Returns with conifer spray.
12:48:57-:13:20:41 - Lucina departs for 32 minutes. Returns with conifer spray.
13:32:43-:13:34:00 - Lucina dismantles the muzzle from the fawn in 2 minutes. Little effort.
3rd feeding. 13:33:04-13:53:04 - Approx. 20 minutes. Source: roe deer fawn.
13:57:16-14:17:39 - Lucina departs for 20 minutes. Returns with the rain.
14:20:32-15:05:44 - Brooding. 45 minutes.
15:14:28-16:20:31 - Brooding. 1 hour, 6 minutes.
16:45:31-17:27:16 - Lucina departs for 42 minutes.
4th feeding. 17:33:05-17:49:01 - Approx. 16 minutes. Full crop. Source: old red fox pup, and roe deer fawn.
17:49:15 - Lucina swallows a leg bone.
17:52:29 - Another. Bigger. Humerus.
17:54-45-18:54:50 - Lucina departs for 1 hour.
20:23:39 - Lucina swallows a big stretch of hide.

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5th feeding. 20:24:25-20:34:35 - Approx. 10 minutes. Eaglet's last bite, a whole bone. Did it make it down the hatch? Hmm. Source: old roe deer fawn.

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20:47:05 - Broods into night.
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2023-05-25 - Day 18; Week 2

3 feedings. 3 deliveries. 2 lizards, 1 snake.

05:26:00-06:06:02 - Lucina departs for 40 minutes.
06:45:06-07:22:48 - Lucina departs for 37 minutes.
1st feeding. 07:26:09-07:44:48 - Approx. 18 minutes. Source: ?
07:32:50 - Eaglet wing exercises.
07:52:32-09:42:02 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 50 minutes.
09:41:52-09:42:20 - Caliman delivers prey; leaves. On my mobile device it appeared to be an eastern slowworm (Anguis colchica). In chat, Johan noted that the limbs were obvious. Can't confirm. Either way, a lizard of unknown species.
09:45:32-09:46:39 - Lucina attempts to feed this reptile to her eaglet, who was not enthusiastic. There was head shaking as if it tasted unappetizing. Mom swallowed the rejected half.
09:48:05-10:51:53 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 3 minutes. Upon leaving, we can see that her legs, and breast are damp. She may have visited standing water, whether puddle or pond, but reaching her legs into moisture laden vegetation could have also slicked her feathers. Returns with conifer spray.
10:53:49-11:24:13 - Lucina departs for 31 minutes. Returns with stick.
11:26:28-12:19:44 - Lucina departs for 53 minutes. Returns with branch.
2nd feeding. 12:46:52-13:08:37 - Approx. 22 minutes. Source: old roe deer fawn.
13:10:15-14:10:16 - Lucina departs for 1 hour. Returns with long, unwieldy stick.
14:11:43-14:31:56 - Lucina departs for 20 minutes.
14:31:49-14:32:23 - Caliman delivers prey, leaves. Snake.
14:36:46 - One bite of snake. Eaglet's crop is still full, regardless.
14:40:46 - Eaglet enjoying the breeze, wings outstretched. Flap, flap.
14:49:42-16:31:40 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 42 minutes. Returns with long conifer spray.
16:35:20-16:44:41 - Lucina departs for 9 minutes. Returns with conifer spray.
16:42:05-16:42:29 - Caliman delivers prey; leaves well before Lucina arrives, though we can hear her calling excitedly. Another lizard?
3rd feeding. 16:45:59-17:11:16 - Approx. 26 minutes. Source: lizard, and snake.
17:15:43-18:16:40 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 1 minute. Returns with a full crop.
18:30:11-19:11:17 - Lucina departs for 41 minutes. Returns with conifer spray. Windy.
19:22:11-19:42:19 - Lucina departs for 20 minutes.
21:11:53 - Broods into the night.
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2023-05-26 - Day 19; Week 2

4 feedings. 3 deliveries. 1 heart (hare, roe deer?), 1 unk. organ, 1 adder (Vipera berus).

05:16:03-06:02:57 - Lucina departs for 46 minutes.
06:32:42 - Eaglet casts pellet. Mom eats most of it.
1st feeding. 06:36:59-07:01:18 - Approx. 25 minutes. Source: ?
07:02:46-07:35:11 - Lucina departs for 33 minutes. Approximately. Stream skipped. Returns with conifer spray.
08:05:10-09:51:14 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 46 minutes. Approximate time. Stream skip. Returns with a perfectly intact heart. Presumably from a carcass too large to deliver currently or otherwise. Possibly belonging to the well stripped European hare brought in the following day. The heart of a male hare weighs about 28 grams. 25 grams for a female. This is about double the size of the raven heart shown below.

(the screenshot I made on mobile is missing, so I had to use Lady Hawk's video copy; thank you)
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The only known quantity we have to give us an idea of scale compared to a golden eagle, is a screenshot of Lucina holding up the heart of a northern raven in 2021. The heart of a mature male from Alaska weighs around 14 grams, whilst a yearling female from Washington weighs around 11 grams. Most unfortunately, I failed to find the weight of any aged roe deer. If someone has this data, that would be helpful. Is the above heart more than double the size of this raven heart? I think, maybe, yes? Not confident.

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2nd feeding. 09:53:07-10:03-59 - Approx. 10 minutes. Source: heart.
10:10:04-10:55:05 - Lucina departs for 45 minutes.
11:05:14-11:36:46 - Lucina departs for 31 minutes.
11:39:54-12:01:37 - Lucina departs for 22 minutes.
12:40:35-13:08:32 - Lucina departs for 28 minutes. Returns with organ meat. Full crop.
3rd feeding. 13:09:19-13:12:22 - Eaglet grabs part of the organ meat, and feeds the first bite to self. Approx. 3 minutes.
13:24:20-15:24:53 - Lucina departs for 2 hours.
14:35:52-14:37:56 - Caliman delivers prey; leaves. Adder.
4th feeding. 15:27:49-15:33:35 - Approx. 6 minutes. Source: adder.
15:35:20 - Eaglet uses a foot whilst standing, to hold down an old pelvis with spine attached.
15:37:14-18:03:07 - Lucina departs for 2 hours, 26 minutes. Calling upon return.
15:37:19-32 - Eaglet takes some steps, followed by a strong stand lasting 13 seconds.
17:15:32-18:03:23 - Caliman visits for 48 minutes. Eaglet pecked at his breast, and Papa gently beaked eaglet's head. A little rain fell. He stood close to his eaglet, who tried to hide in his pendant feathers. At 17:36:27, Caliman hopped to the back right branch.
18:09:28-18:26:25 - Lucina departs for 17 minutes.
18:34:35 - Lucina preens a molting covert from her right wing.
18:50:15-20:40:48 - Broods for 1 hour, 50 minutes, with a short pause in the middle.
20:41:34-20:49:47 - Lucina departs for 8 minutes.
21:09:27 - Broods into the night.
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2023-05-27 - Day 20, Week 2

2 feedings. 1 delivery. 1 European hare (Lepus europaeus). Self-feeding on exposed meat.

05:01:39 - Eaglet casts pellet. Lucina eats it.
05:03:06-06:12:44 - Lucina departs for approximately 1 hour, 9 minutes. Stream skipped.
06:34:16-07:16:32 - Lucina departs for approximately 39 minutes. Stream skipped.
07:37:44-08:08:22 - Lucina departs for approximately 31 minutes. Stream skipped.
08:52:40 - Lucina peers up at an unknown caller in the eyrie tree.
10:08:35-10:49:49 - Lucina departs for 41 minutes.
10:49:30 - Eaglet casts another pellet.

I failed to record the time for this wing exercising.

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10:54:50 - Lucina peeks into the pantry. Just old fawn bones.
10:57:09-14:42:39 - Lucina departs for a record 3 hours, 45 minutes. She returns with the mostly leggy remains of a European hare. Could this be the source of yesterday's heart? Lucina's lengthy absence could be indicative of a hunting foray, but she must have enough time to both consume, and digest the kilograms gained, in order to carry the remains back to the eyrie. Some of the hare being consumed yesterday, and more today, is logical.
11:34:05-12:23:36 - Caliman visits for 49 minutes.
12:33:09-14:15:58 - Caliman visits for 1 hour, 42 minutes.
12:48:35 - Eaglet tries to eat bones in the pantry.
14:43:01 - Eaglet starts picking at exposed hare meat. Has some success.

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Big, furry hare feet. Imagine the size of the heart connected to these feet.

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1st feeding. 14:54:09-15:13:12 - Approx. 19 minutes. Source: European hare.
15:20:32 - Lucina allopreens, and eaglet returns the favor to the top of her head.
16:09:52-16:28:30 - Lucina departs for 19 minutes.
17:16:09-17:28:52 - Lucina departs for 12 minutes.
2nd feeding. 18:02:00-18:21:02 - Approx. 19 minutes. Source: European hare.
18:30:41-19:06:14 - Broods for 36 minutes.
19:09:48-19:49:50 - Broods for 40 minutes.
19:53:00-20:14:14 - Lucina departs for 21 minutes. Returns with conifer spray.
20:18:56 - Broods into the night.
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2023-05-28 - Day 21; Week 3

5 feedings. 2 deliveries. 1 nestling passerine, 1 scrap.

05:06:23-05:57:31 - Lucina departs for 51 minutes.
05:48:27 - Roe deer barking.
1st feeding. 08:04:34-08:35:08 - Approx. 31 minutes. Source: old European hare.
08:20:06-08:22:33 - Two minutes of roe deer barking.
08:38:01-09:43:47 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 5 minutes.
09:40:42 - Both a common buzzard (Buteo buteo), and Eurasian jays (Garrulus glandarius) are active near the eyrie this morning, calling on and off.
10:03:06 - Both species still present, calling.
10:09:44-10:42:29 - Lucina departs for 33 minutes. Returns with stick in beak.
11:20:45-11:36:15 - Lucina departs for 20 minutes. Returns with long trailing conifer spray in beak.
11:38:39-12:38:47 - Lucina departs for approximately 1 hour. Stream skipped.
12:44:26-13:14:30 - Lucina departs for 30 minutes. Returns with bare branch in beak.
2nd feeding. 13:21:50-13:53:21 - Approx. 32 minutes. Source: old European hare with pesky tendons!
13:54:48-15:51:29 - Lucina departs for approximately 1 hour, 57 minutes. Stream skipped. Returns with a nearly meatless scrap of prey.
3rd feeding. 15:52:41-16:03:04 - Approx. 11 minutes. Source: prey scrap, old hare. Can't tell how many offers are successfully fed as eaglet has a long tendon sticking out of the throat. S/he hasn't been able to swallow it, and it is bothersome. S/he tries to eat around it, but shakes head after. After the final bite of this feeding, there is some continued discomfort. Head shakes, sneezy sounds.
15:56:28 - The tendon is finally swallowed.
16:04:54-17:23:54 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 19 minutes. Upon her return, she calls excitedly, looking up.
16:33:47 - Eaglet wing exercises.
4th feeding. 17:29:40-17:37:39 - Approx. 8 minutes. Source: old hare foot.
17:39:49-19:22:36 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 49 minutes. Returns with sticks in beak.
19:25:00-19:38:02 - Lucina departs for 13 minutes. Returns with long, trailing bare branch in beak, and feet.
19:43:19-19:44:14 - Caliman delivers prey; leaves. Nestling passerine.

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5th feeding. 19:45:49-19:52:07 - Approx. 7 minutes. Source: nestling passerine.
19:55:57-20:21:00 - Lucina departs for 26 minutes. Returns with a big stick in her beak.
20:43:04-21:10:16 - Lucina departs for 27 minutes.
21:16:03 - Lucina hovers by eaglet.
21:35:41 - She tucks her beak into left scapular feathers.
22:47:25 - Tawny owl (strix aluco) calls in the distance.
22:52:12 - The owl alights on the back right branch, challenging Lucina.

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22:54:10-23:00:35 - Lucina endures 8 direct attacks from the tawny owl as it attempts to drive her off the nest, and out of its territory. Skawk-skawk-wawk-wawk-wawk!

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Stelian recorded the full event, here:

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2023-05-29 - Day 22; Week 3

4 feedings. 3 deliveries. 2 snakes, 4 Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius) nestlings.

05:22:28-05:30:51 - Lucina departs for 8 minutes.
06:45:02-08:33:39 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 48 minutes. Returns with a conifer spray.
08:03:32 - Eaglet tracks, and chirps at a parent. We can see them flash under the nest, from right to left.
08:36:11-08:40:03 - Lucina departs for 4 minutes after listening to a hooded crow, possibly uttering calls of distress. She left only for the sake of nestorations, however. Returns with a conifer spray.
1st feeding. 08:41:30-:08:56:27 - Approx. 15 minutes. Source: old hare foot.
09:01:17-11:11:36 - Lucina departs for 2 hours, 10 minutes. Returns following Caliman, calling excitedly.
11:11:32-11:11:58 - Caliman delivers prey hidden in grasses; leaves. Snake.
2nd feeding. 11:12:41-11:17:24 - Approx. 5 minutes. Eaglet tried to gobble it up, before Mom could portion it out.

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11:19:51-13:22:52 - Lucina departs for 2 hours, 3 minutes. Returns with conifer spray.
13:24:10-15:14:55 - Lucina departs for 1 hour, 50 minutes. Returns with conifer spray.
14:01:37-14:03:23 - Caliman delivers prey; leaves. Snake.
14:14:49 - Eaglet successfully manages to swallow the snake all by his/herself!

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14:24:41 - Eaglet wing exercise, followed by a strong stand, lasting 17 seconds!
14:26:59 - Eaglet plays in the pantry. First foot stab at prey.

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15:17:27 - Lucina leaves silently towards the right.
17:57:17 - We can hear a commotion of alarm calls from Eurasian jays, somewhere nearby.
17:57:30 - Lucina delivers prey after 2 hours, 40 minutes. 4 jay nestlings clutched in her talons, some still alive. A jay parent follows her in, and yells from a branch above. Pictured here:

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3rd feeding.18:05:02-18:37:11 - Approx. 32 minutes. Source: 2 jays devoured. Full crop.
4th feeding. 20:00:51-20:10:29 - Approx. 10 minutes. Source: 3rd jay.
20:49:30-21:24:08 - Lucina departs for 35 minutes.
21:26:50 - Lucina settles in with a one-leg stand beside her eaglet.
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2023-05-30 - Day 23; Week 3

4 feedings. 5 deliveries. 2 birds, 2 snakes/slowworms?, 1 unknown.

Lucina slept a short distance from her eaglet all night.
1st feeding. 05:35:43-05:49:49 - Approx. 14 minutes. Source: old prey, 4th nestling jay. The feeding continues with more old hare.
05:50:56-:05:51:13 - Eaglet stands for 17 seconds.
05:57:25 - Last bite of the first meal. Approx. 8 more minutes.
05:59:07 - Lucina leaves silently towards the lower left corner.
07:13:39-07:14:00 - Eaglet stands for a record 21 seconds!
07:43:53 - Close to the eyrie, a deer begins barking an alarm for 4 minutes. The quality of the call sounds slightly different than previous roe deer alarms. Those that ended with the characteristic barks in quick succession. I can't be certain if this slight difference is due to being closer to the microphone, or if the species is a red deer (Cervus elaphus):

,

rather than a roe deer (Capreolus capreolus):

.

I failed to make a recording.

09:08:23-09:09:05 - Caliman delivers prey; leaves. A bird. Unk. sp.
09:08:27 - Lucina follows her mate, calling excitedly. She was absent for 3 hours, 8 minutes.
09:24:28-09:54:44 - Lucina departs for 30 minutes.
09:46:09-09:49:24 - Caliman delivers prey; leaves. 37 minutes from his last visit. Another bird.
2nd feeding. 09:59:01-10:18:06 - Approx. 19 minutes. Source: new birds. Full crop.
10:23:18-12:49:20 - Lucina departs for 2 hours, 26 minutes. She returns following Caliman in, calling excitedly.
12:49:14-12:49:33 - Caliman delivers prey; leaves. A snake or slowworm. I honestly can't tell from this distance when the size overlaps. Especially not on a mobile device.
3rd feeding. 12:52:48-12:54:53 - Approx. 2 minutes. Source: reptile.
13:04:55-13:11:09 - Feeding continues. Approx. 7 minutes. Source: new nestling (?) passerine.
13:20:40-15:39:52 - Lucina departs for 2 hours, 19 minutes. She returns following Caliman in, calling excitedly.
15:39:42-15:39:52 - Caliman delivers prey; leaves to avoid collision with Lucina. Slowworm or snake?
4th feeding. 15:43:40-15:59:46 - Approx. 16 minutes. Source: unk. scrap, unrelated to Caliman's latest delivery. Nestling (?) passerine.
16:03:07-16:41:10 - Lucina departs for 38 minutes. She returns following Caliman in, calling excitedly, of course, and alighting on a thin branch to the right of the nest.
16:40:55-16:41:50 - Caliman delivers the 5th, and final prey item of the day! Leaves. Unknown small prey hidden in right foot. It blends into the nest.
16:43:39-20:43:39 - Lucina departs for a record 4 hours.
21:28:31 - Stream skip. Lucina is hovering by her eaglet, allopreening.
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Post by Tigress Wed May 31, 2023 11:24 am

So pleased to hear that your mum is doing well after her operation Raven. I hope she has a speedy recovery.
Your very welcome for the notes I posted each day, they could never be as detailed as yours due to the fact I was doing this on my phone! Lol
Glad to have you back :-)

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Post by Wild Bucovina Wed May 31, 2023 8:43 pm

Hello Raven and Tigress. I'm glad to hear good news about your mother. I wish him a speedy recovery. Thanks for the details written above. @Tigress, Many thanks to you for all the comments in Raven's absence.
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