Screenshots from another raptor nestcam I've been watching, Lesser spotted eagle nest at Zemgale, Latvia. The screenshots are from this year's almost entire nesting season so far, and the chick, Rota, is already a fledgling now, so there are enough pictures to at least split into two posts. But though the nesting season is already starting to wrap up, latest sighting of Rota is today, so you may still catch the little one on the livestream, too.
[cw: picture-heavy post, some screenshots show prey]
The mother eagle, Anna, incubating back in May. Lesser spotted eagle (
Clanga pomarina) clutch often consists of two eggs, but this year's only had one, laid on April 26th.
Almost a month has passed, and the egg is a baby! Rota hatched on June 5th, and is a day old here.
Feeding.
Alone for a moment the next day.
Four days later, already so much bigger! Almost a week old.
Anna brings some more spruce twigs, and spends some time arranging them while Rota tries to stay out of the way.
Watchful.
First attempts at climbing out of the nest cup.
12 days old.
15 days. A chirpy 2-week-old.
Here's dad for a change - Andris brings his chick a vole. Anna isn't at the nest, so Rota takes over the task of receiving the food.
Mantle mantle. Good job!
Andris leaves Rota to try and figure out what to do with the prey, and the little one is still at it when Anna returns.
That was good practice, but Rota is still too small to eat independently. Mom feeds her baby.
Sleeping with head pillowed on back like a big eagle.
Two days later, Rota has grown, but not quite this much. Just closer to camera.
But not bound to the nest cup anymore, the nest now has so many spots to sit in.
And to sleep in.
Evening scritches and leg stretches. Rota is three weeks old.
Sitting around with a full crop. Pin feathers are starting to show on the wings!
Standing!
Preening, with a good look at feather development on the back, too. Almost four weeks old now.
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