Alutaguse Forest Camera News

News of Alutaguse nature camera.

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Video: Dima, LK forum
Translation: Liis
 
 
A boar feeding ground is about one kilometre away. It is good that animals move on the camera site; the more likely it is then that other animals will investigate the tracks to see where they went and why.
 
The herd (sounder) of about thirty animals is made up of young boars and half-grown piglets. With sunshine they are not particularly interested in lazing at the nest. They roam about in the forest, root around in the soil and play – youngsters’ life. Adult sows are preparing for giving birth and some sows certainly have piglets in the „nest“; the heat period started in December.. 
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Transmission courtesy of  Elisa, Televõrgu AS and EENet
Translation: Liis

 

 
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Photo: Peep Männil
 Translation: Liis
A proper bear den looks like this, but there are few of them (photographed in spring)
 
Brown bear      Pruunkaru       ...
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Text and photos Peeter Anijalg
 Translation: Liis
 

How I went to wish the Alutaguse bears a pleasant sleep
 
I was in the Alutaguse bear hide for two nights the week before last hoping to see the ruler of our forests – the brown bear. The first night was a few days after the first snow of this year and while the bears had been showing up in camera view already at 4-5 pm then that night the first one turned up from the forest only at 9 o’clock in the evening. It was a...
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Screencap: Starling, LK forum
Translation: Liis
 
There is less sunlight by each day, and the solar panels cannot manage feeding the web camera and the night-time scanty infrared illumination of the site. Ahto charged the set of batteries so for some time the camera view from the forest can be seen again. Interruptions may occur in stormy weather.
 
The female bear with four cubs seen at Alutaguse is not a very common sight in our forests. About sixty to seventy bear mothers move around in the  forests this year with cubs born in the winter and there...
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Text Bert Rähni, www.360.ee
Translation: Liis
Now is a busy time for the bears – they must eat as much as possible in order to store fat for the coming hibernation. At the Alutaguse bear hide  his autumn has been unusually eventful. Some nature friends believethat they have seen up to 11 different bears in one night at the observation ground.
So which bears visit the hide’s "front yard"?
A nearly every-night visitor is a female bear with four cubs. I was sitting in the hide some days ago with Austrian nature friends and this evening the bear family arrived already at 18.37. The weather was clear and visibility excellent. When guiding groups I don’t carry a camera with me, so I have no photos from that night. But I am nearly 100% certain that we have to...
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Video: Felis silvestris, LK forum
 
 
Magnificent view when the bear family arrives. The bear cubs still have a lot of playfulness, how else can they grow up into skilful rulers of the forest...
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Video: Maertha, LK forum
Translation: Liis
 
A female bear in the prime of her life has larger litters. One of the cubs is quite a bit smaller than the others but judging from their behaviour all get on quite well with each other. A raccoon dog’s displeasure with the bears can be heard in between.
 
OÜ 3600 arranges brown bear watchings in the Alutaguse hide during this week and the next:

http://www.360.ee/eng/

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Video: Maertha, LK forum
Translation: Liis
 
A little past six o’clock male bear Sven was in place and for quite long too.
 
Video: Manu, LK forum
 
Only half an hour passed and a female bear with cubs appeared – usually females with cubs keep at some reasonable distance from male bears but these may well know each other.
 
Video: Wil Muller; LK forum
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 Video: Manu, LK forum
Translation: Liis
 
 
It is great to observe the big male bear, a splendid animal. The video was recorded this evening at seven o’clock.
 
Brown bears have a very well developed sense of smell and hearing. The video shows how the surroundings are checked. Their eyesight is not particularly good.
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