An extremely wary and secretive woodpecker. They have been seen around Nõva, but they won’t let themselves be observed.
Visiting the white-tailed eagle feeding ground was a piece of quite great daring on the part of this female bird. It is interesting to see how the bird uses its very...
16.02.2013 - 01:08
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Winter White-Tailed Eagle Camera News
Text: Olavi Vainu, Matsalu ringing centre
Photos: Māris Maskalāns and Helmuts Hofmanis
Translation: Liis
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The day at work yesterday started with an exciting find. By way of Kotkaklubi (Eagle Club), Latvian eagle man Janis Kuze sent us information about a white-tailed eagle that had been captured on photos at an eagle feeding ground near Kolka. On its right leg was an Estonian blue-white national ring, ESTONIA...
13.02.2013 - 22:33
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Winter White-Tailed Eagle Camera News
Video: Urmas Lett, Eenet.ee
Translation: Liis
In the video clip male eagle Sulev arrives at the nest. The first thing to be checked is the presence of the green pine twig that he brought at the previous visit, as a family sign. Perhaps a snow shovel should have been brought along?
Most likely the female is Linda (she had rings on her legs but we haven’t seen the pair for more than one and a half year; in the plumage certainly age changes should be seen).
Linda arrived later, when Sulev already was struggling with getting some order in the nest with its snowdrift. Not only we watch...
12.02.2013 - 11:04
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Winter White-Tailed Eagle Camera News
Video: Bea, LK forum
Spring is in hearts, whatever the weather. Only birds longing to be near each other sit voluntarily like this. The signs of affection between large birds are quite different from what their smaller relatives show.
The plumage of ravens is black, the legs are black, the beak is black and the eyes are black too. There is no blacker bird – "raven black". In view of our white-tailed eagle camera some twenty pairs move around. They have a similar plumage the...
05.02.2013 - 22:25
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Winter White-Tailed Eagle Camera News
Video: Urmas Lett, Eenet.ee
Translation: Liis
Our long-time acquaintances, white-tailed eagle pair Sulev and Linda, built themselves a new nest last year. Quite normal for white-tailed eagle to do so.
Sulev’s first nest visit was with a pine branch; with it he marks that the owner moves at the nest, as well as probably a message to the female bird.