White-tailed Eagle Nest Camera 2011

One buzzard (the female?) is back in the nest - keeps calling while arranging twigs.

A female Mallard is in the nest and improves the it I wonder if she is really going to nest in such a height...

How on earth did you spot her?????????????

A captured a video to see her better, I would never have noticed without Ricky's post!!

The duck took off but a little while later.........

caysa wrote:How on earth did you spot her?????????????

Because she was moving all the time. Actually I thought her (her head actually) to be a Pygmy Owl at first...

oi, if mallard will nesting there,then eagles may eat all mallards chicks

AllyKass wrote:oi, if mallard will nesting there,then eagles may eat all mallards chicks

No, the mallard chicks don´t stay in the nest for long after hatching. They will follow their mother to a closeby waterbody (which means they have to jump from the nest - surprisingly most of them survive this).
So the eagles would have to arrive just within the short period of time between hatching and leaving the nest, which is quite unlikely...

I can't believe it, but the Mallard is back !!! I tried to make a picture but its hard to see her without any movement so here is a tiny video instead:

At 9.04 she was still in the nest (bottom up ) but at 9.05 she was gone.

Would be great to watch a Mallard nest cam

there nearby must be water,or...this mallard family need to step in far..

Mama Mallard is in the nest - she must have spent the night there.
Would be cool to know if there are any eggs. But I think that will be a guessing game. We can only judge from her behavior. She might be in the process of laying now. As far as I know the ducklings all hatch at about the same time which means that she is not starting incubating until all eggs are layed.

As I don't have my own picture editing programs here on Juha's puter I had to try Photobuckets features. They have lots of fun stuff there. A bit slow... but editing works!!

phothobucket,where are eggs???

AllyKass wrote:phothobucket,where are eggs???

Want to see?????

ooo,mallardmom have beauty eggs, there will be hatched miss mallard

AllyKass wrote:ooo,mallardmom have beauty eggs, there will be hatched miss mallard

And she has a tiara too, after all today is the royal wedding

will our tiara mallard go to royal wedding? she is then the second estonian in this weddings

I think she will watch it on TV... she can't go all the way to London, she might need to lay an egg

aa,she is like we,only we do not lay on eggs i will watch weddings but i guess victorias weddings was more like heartfelt fairytale weddings than wills weddings will

AllyKass wrote:aa,she is like we,only we do not lay on eggs i will watch weddings but i guess victorias weddings was more like heartfelt fairytale weddings than wills weddings will

Yes, Victoria's wedding was special - Sweden is close to us.
And I remember this day so well..... I was at Anna's and Timo's house, watching Saga, and we had the TV on. But our thoughts were elsewhere - Anna had just given birth to Aarni that morning
I don't think I will watch much of the wedding on TV either, I need to go and do some shopping for the weekend. If I am lucky there will be only me in Prisma

Mama Mallard sure is in the nest this morning too

caysa wrote:Mama Mallard sure is in the nest this morning too

Mama Mallard will be surprised if the eagles arrive!

I saw her leaving the nest - she is a beautiful duck!!

I think this pic is rather cool, I cought Mama Mallard when she left the nest this morning

caysa wrote:I think this pic is rather cool, I cought Mama Mallard when she left the nest this morning

this is awsome pic

Awww Thanks Robin!!!