Hungarian Saker Falcons.

[melv16]

https://www.mavir.hu/web/mavir/feszekmegfigyeles

The camera is back online...yaayyy. 

[barry1010]

Yay! Thanks 😀

[ladybirder]

Cheers melv.

[melv16]

1 ont perch.

[ladybirder]

I haven't managed to see it yet.  Nest empty now.  I thought it would have been wrapped up warm in bed. Obviously out on the razzle.

[melv16]

Hopefully, we'll have a new female this year. Over the last two years the nest has failed.

[ladybirder]

Do you have any idea why melv?  Is it anything to do with lack of food or ....?

[melv16]

She's very old for a saker and probably infertile.

[melv16]

1 laying in nest scrape, probably F.

[melv16]

1 ont perch.

[melv16]

I ont perch, tuther int background ont gantry.

[ladybirder]

Thank you melv.

[melv16]

F having a lay down int nest scrape.

[melv16]

The honeymoon period is the mating season for birds. The young birds choose a partner, occupy a nest, and the honeymoon begins. According to observations, during this period, the couples return to their previous nest, occupy it, and signal that this is their home, their future breeding site.

 

The MAVIR nest box has been occupied by a female and her mate, named Csenge by viewers, for over 10 years. This time, however, another pair has arrived at the artificial nest, who could they be? With the help of our experts, we are already investigating the identities of the birds seen in the pictures to find out who the new residents of the nest could be.

 

We have a new pair of

sakers 😁 There might be some breeding success this year.

 

 

[Hazlinny]

Very interesting.

Sunny there too.

[ladybirder]

Fingers crossed here.  Thank you as usual melv.

[melv16]

Falcon snoozing int scrape. 

[melv16]

Blog post.

The honeymoon period is the mating season for birds. The young birds choose a partner, occupy a nest, and the honeymoon begins. According to observations, during this period, the couples return to their previous nest, occupy it, and signal that this is their home, their future breeding site.

 

The MAVIR nest box has been occupied by a female and her mate, named Csenge by viewers, for over 10 years. This time, however, another pair has arrived at the artificial nest, who could they be? With the help of our experts, we are already investigating the identities of the birds seen in the pictures to find out who the new residents of the nest could be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

We can be sure that Csenge, who has two rings on her leg, has not returned yet, as one of the pair currently occupying the nest has a ring, and the other has no visible ring.

 

We have received several inquiries from our observers regarding Csenge. Csenge has not successfully bred in the past three years, and she has not laid any eggs in the last one. Experts estimate her age to be at least 18 years old, which makes her the oldest tern observed in our nest observation program. It was expected that the day would come when she would not return.

 

It is far from certain that this time has come. We are at the beginning of the breeding season, it could appear at any time, but due to its age, it is possible that we will only see it in the archive in our recordings.

 

If you notice an interesting event on the other side of the screen, please share the pictures wit

[melv16]

1 egg has appeared. 👍

[melv16]

Guarding the eggs.

[melv16]

2 eggs!