Marburg Eagle-Owl Camera Shows New Egg as Rescued Chicks Thrive

Overview

• Naturschutzbund Marburg’s livestream now shows a fresh egg in the Elisabethkirche nest, and the female known as Lisbeth is sitting on it.
• Caretakers say one or two more eggs could follow because eagle-owls often lay at two to three day intervals.
• The three chicks removed in March after food deliveries stopped are healthy in a wild-bird station and are being fed by a foster owl named Momo.
• Staff are limiting human contact during the current imprinting phase to keep the young birds wild, with a release planned in September.
• A male visits the nest nightly, but Nabu says it cannot confirm if he is Hugo since the owls are not ringed; observers have recorded two recent matings, and any hatch would still be weeks away.