White tailed Sea Eagle

[mullbirds]

Happy New Year to all members of this forum..The Telegraph yesterday had an article about the persecution of the WTSE breeding birds which is going to make the bird protection even harder as we also have egg thieves to look out for. It's difficult to understand why some people seem unable to stop themselves from this kind of activity. Anyway here is a picture of a WTSE taken in Sept as it came down to bati. check mout www.mullbirds.com Happy new year and good birding in 2003 mullbirds

[Gaye Horn]

Beautiful flight shot!!!

[mullbirds]

couldn't agree more...the birds are renewing pair bonding at present and building already the next few months keeps us all busy with the Eagle watch on nest sites..if you can ever get up to mull call me and we could watch WTSE all day long
Regards mullbirds

[Geoff Pain]

I was on Mull last June and was lucky enough to see the "flying barn door" on two occasions,nice pic.

Geoff

[bcurrie]

mullbirds, I never welcomed you, so welcome. That is a great capture.

[harald misund]

To BirdForum

In the Vest coast of Norway, near Aalesund; The Prosjekt Havørn have a camera at a Sea Eagle nest, and you my look to the local Newspaper:
Sunnmørsposten-Smp.no
In Norway Sea-Eagle = havørn .nest= reir look at havørnreiret.
The Sea-Eagle transfer to Vest of Scotland come from North of Norway, Bodo
in Salten area.

The sending to East Scotland (from 2007)l come from Vest coast of Norway.
So it everything goes well this year you can followed nest site in Scotland and Norway.

[deborah4]

To BirdForum

In the Vest coast of Norway, near Aalesund; The Prosjekt Havørn have a camera at a Sea Eagle nest, and you my look to the local Newspaper:
Sunnmørsposten-Smp.no


Hello Harald (welcome to BF!)

Please, if possible, could you put a website link on this page of the Prosjekt Havorn camera?

Many thanks.

[catkom3]

Hi deborah4,I did a bit of web searching and managed to find a link to the Sea Eagle web cam,just need time now to watch the thing

http://www.smp.no/default.asp?page=3544,1040,3640&item=1454651,1&lang=1
catkom3

[deborah4]

Thanks 'catkom' - it's obviously pitch black out there at the moment - looking forward to a peep tomorrow!

[catkom3]

Hi deborah,I'm sitting in Central Scotland watching two White Tailled Sea Eagles in Western Norway re-building there nest,absolutely brilliant,my names Joe by the way.

[deborah4]

Just looked Joe - fantastic! Last time I saw wte was on Mull several years ago - looking forwards to the next few months if the webcam survives (no massive labels either ;))

Not sure where the location is but hope it's well away from the Smola windfarms!

[harald misund]

Hallo deboral
Well I am new man with data, but I see you have fond the nest site near Aalesund--my place of bird.
In Bodø there have come a lot of snow the last to-tree days, and not sheltered nest are covered by snow. But some birds are incubating at offshore Isles.

[deborah4]

Thanks Harald - credit to Joe for finding the webcam link! Incubation already? Is this early or normal?

[harald misund]

Thanks Harald - credit to Joe for finding the webcam link! Incubation already? Is this early or normal?

This year is my 40 season with Sea-Eagle, some par have get they young on wing before mid summer. Egg (2- two) in 2 February the earliest I know.
Small young(c.a week old) found 22 of June.
One of the problem when working with transferring to Scotland with young Sea-Eagle was to find young so not was to big for handling (could fly out from nest). In other nest at ground they have wandered far away, difficult to find in dens vegetation's in a hurry (not Scotland)
The outlaying Isles have not so much snow as inland, some nest are also well hided.
To day at breakfast I look out over Saltfjorden, at 0845am one WTE fly low over my house, 10 minutes later the other, both carry nesting material from shore or lower area, still snow falling! But still I learn,-could not see which was male and female, but I have they tail feather, and handmade they new nest.

[harald misund]

Hallo deborah4
We have a beautiful winter morning in Bodø, I have just looked to the nest site near Aalesund (called Little London under WW 2) If you look at the front page you (if not already) had notis under: MER OM HAVØRNREIRET Alv Ottar Folkestad have written Information in English.http://www.smp.no/ornereiret.asp?page=3544,3641&lang=1
This is a typical nest at ground, the green plant in behind nest are Storfyrtle Luzula silvatica,a plant used for lining of nest also in Scotland as I have seen in pictures.
Most of the Sea eagles lay egg around date 15-20 of March in Salten, Nordland.

[deborah4]

Hi Harald

This is a beautiful capture http://www.smp.no/default.asp?page=3544,3641,3640&lang=1&item=1448146,1

Does the male and female at Aelesund both have a blue ring on the right leg? I find it difficult to tell which one I am looking at!

[harald misund]

Hi Harald

This is a beautiful capture http://www.smp.no/default.asp?page=3544,3641,3640&lang=1&item=1448146,1

Does the male and female at Aelesund both have a blue ring on the right leg? I find it difficult to tell which one I am looking at!

Hei deborah4
It is some time since I have used color ring ( I use only one steel ring), but the code are Blue on right leg for Norway, the other various after the year.
You can read in your language both birds story.
I have just come in after a long work with snow, but the snow is not heavy, later on in April there come often heavy snow, and many nest fall down, the Sea-Eagle have not learn to chose a strong tree, best will bee to have it on ground, but they must have good humans as neighbors.

[deborah4]

Both on the nest at the moment busy building (8.58 GMT)

Harald: Is there a way to sex these two, I can't tell which is the male and which is the female? I'm thinking the female is larger with a slightly steeper forehead but when seen singly it's hard to be sure

[catkom3]

Hi deborah,easy to tell the male,that's the one doing all the work,lol, seriously I'd love to go over there with a saw and remove that stick/branch in the middle of the nest,obviously they built their nest around the base of that tree,but that branch seems to really annoy them from time to time,pity there's no sound,still beats watching TV,
Joe.

[harald misund]

Hei Deborah
The Aalesund bird. look at the front page: MER OM ØRNEREIRET.
In English they told you about both birds:

Both are Norwegian born BLUE RING AT RIGHT LEG!
Male: white over black ring
Female: Blue over red.

Very difficult to find out who are male and female at some birds. Some peopel often say that when thy pass by--- i did not, since I have seen many, and often given up to make it sure.

[harald misund]

Hei Catcome

I am sure the will not have the tree in the center of the nest!

This is an ordinary way to do a nest, on ground with a tree in front, after some year they destroy the vegetation around the nest. Often you can see they take away the bark so the tree die.
You can send in question about the Eagle nest, see better in front page!

Hilsen Harald

[deborah4]

Male: white over black ring
Female: Blue over red.


Thanks Harald - I must have missed that bit in the reading!

[harald misund]

Hei again Catcome

Take not with you a saw to Norway, plant a tree in Scotland instead! Glad for few bird watcher come up here!

Hilsen
Harald

[catkom3]

Hi Harald,it would be nice to see Sea Eagles in Norway,I've been watching your Eagles on the web cam since you told us about the link,just wish it was time for our Eagles to start nesting in Scotland but I guess that won't be for five or six years yet,on the East Coast at least,I've photographed one of our birds,sadly that was the one that "disappeared mysteriously",anyway here is a web cam in Scotland http://www.rspb.org.uk/webcams/feeders/abernethyvideo.asp
Joe.

[harald misund]

Hei catkom3
Thank you for showing me the Coal tit feeding near Lock Garden, for some year ago Roy Dennis show me one feeding outside my house,--I had not notice it before among the many Willow tit, they are not fond breeding in Bodø so far.
Since you live at Kinloss, you nearest imm. Sea-Eagle you have are a stuffed bird in the Officers mess, so I handed over to 120 squadron.
I am not sure the West Coast from Peterhead to Dundee are suitable for them,better inner part of Firth of Forth and up to Loch Leven.
Better to travel North to Caiteness(Katanes) so over the Pentland fjord to Orkney and Shetland,so they can come home to the Vest Coast of Norway if they not find the people living there nice enough.
One bird have com so far as you well know, live near Haugesund but come first in near Molde, and went South instead of North where he was born.

[catkom3]

Hi Harald,I have to agree with you,I don't think the birds like the East Coast,only one of the 11 birds left actually stayed here on The Isle of May,hopefully one of the next birds will find a nice place on one of the Island's on Loch Leven,right on my doorstep,I actually stay in
kin R oss not kin L oss ,PS do you have anymore stuffed birds, PPS,What's happened to the webcam,last night there was a Football match,now nothing!!!!,Regards
Joe.

[deborah4]

PPS,What's happened to the webcam,last night there was a Football match,now nothing!!!!,Regards
Joe.

Same here! and i loathe football (well not really but enough to hate seeing it instead of WTE cam ;))

Harald re: WTE ''commuting'' between Norway and Western Isles - you must read The Stoner Eagles a novel by William Horwood - you'll love it. I'm sure it's available in translation as it was a bestseller at the time of publication.

[harald misund]

Hei Catcom
Well I have problem with finding out of the PC, I was not logged inn, so I hope this time will be better. Well some places and name are difficult for me, but I was in Lock Leven for first time in 1971 for fly fishing after Lock Leven trout.So I have walked the main street and foll wed the road near the Castle, a nice place so can have a Sea-Eagle in area.
The second (1985) time I stopped at an RSPB, reserve on may way to Rum and Mull.
So you have to look out for them.
The stuffed Sea Eagle was given as a gift to 120 squadron, since they transported for many years the young Eagles from Bodø to Kinloss. (Licensed) Since you send me the video overlooking feeding of Coal tit, I have also been there at Lock Garden.
But I am so happy I have my own Nature Reserve in the mountain, and hundred of Sea-Eagle to look after! To day I have seen the WTE two times from my window, they are not on egg, but some snow on nest until to day. because the temperature have raised to +6C, first day of spring.

Hilsen Harald

[harald misund]

Hei Deborah

William Horwood book have I read many times, but he took the bird out from Romsdalen, maybe he have been in West Cost of Norway, and used the landscape.
But fine for me since my family come from there, and I am born in Aalesund. Since 1960 I have stay in Bodø, and had all my summer up in the North, growing into the landscape and the Sea-Eagle. So in my book child stand "THE STONER EAGLE"
All of 144 West Coast birds have I hold in may hands, therefor I still followed the next generation.
The book is not translated, but we are c. 100 year behind UK in bird looking!

Hilsen
Harald

[catkom3]

deborah,go here and click on the link under the photo of the Eagle in the Live Kamera link
//www.smp.no/ornereiret.asp?page=3544,3641&lang=1#

[deborah4]

Thanks Joe - no sign of pair at the moment (but Totem Pole still there ;)).

Glad you have read 'The Stoner Eagle', Harald, my favorite book as a child (and just as enjoyable when read as an adult!)

[deborah4]

Hi deborah,easy to tell the male,that's the one doing all the work,lol,

Both male and female on the nest this morning at 9.30am GMT ... Female struggling to place a rather large stick while male flapping around with a bit of moss lining female had strategically placed yesterday! Typical ;)

btw Harald/joe ... wouldn't it be good idea to start a fresh thread with this Cam so more people can see it as we approach time of increased activity, it's a bit lost under the Mull thread?

Ps Thanks for PM Harald, will reply in due course

[harald misund]

Hei Deborach4

Yes I will make a new thread.
To day small flock of Oystercatcher, passing Bodø on the way North. Hundred of noisy Eider and Long -tailed Duck in the harbor.
Several Sea-Eagle pair use most of the day at nest, some already incubating.
Still a lot of snow, but temperature raised to +6-7C.

Hilsen
Harald

[catkom3]

Both male and female on the nest this morning at 9.30am GMT ... Female struggling to place a rather large stick while male flapping around with a bit of moss lining female had strategically placed yesterday! Typical ;)

btw Harald/joe ... wouldn't it be good idea to start a fresh thread with this Cam so more people can see it as we approach time of increased activity, it's a bit lost under the Mull thread?

Ps Thanks for PM Harald, will reply in due course
Hi deborah,I thought about starting a new thread as well,but what happens come Sunday night and we get a daft football match and then the link is lost
can you do anything about that harald,
Regards
Joe.:t: