MerikotkasElla is feeding the eaglet 😊 Elmar brings a fish133 pm 20230516

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Info by Kotkaklubi: • We have been following the white-tailed eagles in Matsalu National Park since 2021. This is one of the oldest known white-tailed eagle breeding territories in Estonia (the first reports date back to 1870s (Sits, 1937)). The eagles built this nest in 1996 and it has been inhabited ever since. It is a very suitable nesting area for white-tailed eagles as there is also a second pair of eagles nesting less than a kilometre from this one. Between 1996 and 2020, a total of 30 eaglets have fledged from this nest. In 2021 there were two chicks, but both died of bird flu H5N1 in May. The adults Eve and Eerik have not been seen since. In 2022 several eagles visited the nest, but there was no brood. By the end of the season we could see a couple forming. The male has rings M1215+E340 (ringed by Renno Nellis and Dr Madis Leivits in 2015), but the female is unringed. They were named Ella and Elmar. Ella laid one egg on March 29th. The hatching is expected at the beginning of May (incubation period ~38 days). White-tailed eagle chicks usually fledge in early July and the young stay near the nest until September. Of course, if all goes well • Video captured edited by liznm • Courtesy of Kotkaklubi • Merikotkas::Haliaeëtus albicilla - Estonian White Tailed Eagle: • • Merikotkas::Haliaeëtus albicilla • Kotkaklubi on YouTube • / @kotkaklubi

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