White-tailed Eagle Nest Camera 2011

snow is already almost melted,will our eagles today come to home??

They have already been there today

Good birds!!!

good that they checking the nest

snow is melted on the nest, hei eagles,you could built nest more

Little visitors!!

maybe it want to be fellow roomer

AllyKass wrote:maybe it want to be fellow roomer

There is at least 4 of them in the pic !! There were many more but I was too slow

caysa wrote:

AllyKass wrote:maybe it want to be fellow roomer

There is at least 4 of them in the pic !! There were many more but I was too slow

its interesting what they looking for???

Maybe just a place to land in between - there was at least 10 birds in and around the nest and many more flying around. But it was a short visit - 20 seconds maybe....

maybe they travelling to north nd needed the resting place.. look in the evening in your yard,caysa,maybe you see our travellers

I finally got a short video of the birds loaded (grrr youtube...)
I can't tell what birds these are - some buntings maybe??

they was sweet and they felt real interess about this place.maybe they looked there for food?

Must be siskins - the calls fit fine and the birds also look like siskins

OK... but there are so many Carduelis'..... Which one?

Carduelis spinus I guess (I know their calls - and they are very similar to those on the video)
But I don´t know the calls of C. flavirostris for instance. So I am not absolutely sure...

I can agree with that, I wish it had been a bit more light there so that one could see the greenish color....

nest is white again

Have the eagles given up on nesting this year??

caysa wrote:Have the eagles given up on nesting this year??

or they know that real spring will coming later???

At 17.00 Ct I watched this cam and saw a bird sitting on
the spot in the tree where 2 branches make a V...
It was preening and than started calling loud...a buzzard.
At 17.00 ct it left ..

Bird is back on the same spot... 17.30 ct

maybe we see this year buzzards nest

AllyKass wrote:maybe we see this year buzzards nest

That would be a real nice surprise! I never saw that ...
LK tells the bird has also brought a twig....

This is funny!!! I like the fact that someone else uses the nest if the WTE's don't!!!
But I thought it was a LSE (how do you tell them apart, actually??)

And a video, even if it is pretty dark...

caysa wrote:
But I thought it was a LSE (how do you tell them apart, actually??)

It is a buzzard - yes.
I cannot really list up any differences between the 2 species, though. It is just that I know that LSE look different, and the Common Buazzrds lokks exactly like this.

Great that the buzzards have found this nest. I hope they will stay - gonna be very interesting.

I looked up some differences:
- LSE is bigger
- LSE does not have a triped tail (or the stripes are hardly visible)
- LSE gives an overall brown impression (buzzard is a bit spotted)
- LSE beak is bigger (compared to the body)
aso

Ricky wrote:

caysa wrote:
But I thought it was a LSE (how do you tell them apart, actually??)

It is a buzzard - yes.
I cannot really list up any differences between the 2 species, though. It is just that I know that LSE look different, and the Common Buazzrds lokks exactly like this.

Great that the buzzards have found this nest. I hope they will stay - gonna be very interesting.

I looked in my bird books and I think there is a difference in the head shape (I did see only the back of the bird at first). Also the tail stripes are clearly seen on the Buzzard when they are almost invisible on a LSE....

Hehehe, we both found out differences at the same time