Latvian Golden Eagles ~ Spilve Brings In Food For Klints! Then Mourns His Passing 💔💔 7.1.20

It was one of the most bittersweet moments to see new first time Mom Spilve return a second time and bring prey for Klints to eat! She had not accepted his death and was doing what she thought would revive him from his eternal slumber. 💔💔 Spilve drags the prey in her talon over to entice Klints to vocalize and eat but the silence on the nest was deafening - we will never again hear his cries and squees and see him mantle his prey. Spilve stays on the nest for almost a half hour and looks down at Klints and mourns his passing. Animals grieve and feel loss in their own way and our hearts are all broken for her family which is gone. Virsis has been missing since June 22nd. Thank you for watching!

Video captured & edited by Lady Hawk

Everyone is welcome to join the new facebook group "Latvian Golden Eagle Group ~ Spilve & Virsis" https://www.facebook.com/groups/204573410834169/

Virsis, a Golden Eagle male, and Spilve, a newly-mature Golden Eagle female, breed in their artificial nest, which was installed in 2010. Most recently the eagles successfully breed here in 2016. The nest is located in a bog on an island managed by the Latvian State Forests. Last year a female (Spilve) appeared regularly but she was too young to breed. For 2020, Spilve laid two eggs - on March 28th and April 1st. Egg #1 is non viable & egg #2 hatched on May 10, 2020. Klints passed away on July 1st 2020 from starvation after Dad Virsis went missing and food was scarce.

Courtesy of: Latvian Golden Eagle/LVM Klinšu ērglis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW5quD6bB2c&feature=emb_logo

Видео Latvian Golden Eagles ~ Spilve Brings In Food For Klints! Then Mourns His Passing 💔💔 7.1.20 канала Lady Hawk