Fish Camera 2015

[Marfo]

I am 100% sure it was a Curlew, I have it as a ringtone. The sound of the seal cam was off, the Eagle cam was off (besides Curlews don't live there) and the sound was stuttering just like the fish cam. I checked it because I couldn't understand where it came from, I was so surprised. I cannot explain why you didn't hear it.
But if you say it is impossible I am probably imagining things.
Btw, is someone working there? I hear all sorts of sounds now. Or am I the only one who hears that too?

[Marfo]

11:05 I hear a great tit

[Hagnat]

I am 100% sure it was a Curlew, I have it as a ringtone. The sound of the seal cam was off, the Eagle cam was off (besides Curlews don't live there) and the sound was stuttering just like the fish cam. I checked it because I couldn't understand where it came from, I was so surprised. I cannot explain why you didn't hear it.
But if you say it is impossible I am probably imagining things.
Btw, is someone working there? I hear all sorts of sounds now. Or am I the only one who hears that too?

Of course it is not impossible that a Curlew flew overhead but singing is unlikely this time of year. I also can't explain why you heard a Curlew while I did not.

Noises here are often made by birds (tits, Kingfisher) sitting on or near the microphone. Today there is also noise caused by the wind. And it seems that there is a farm not far away.
Several times I have seen human activity without hearing much of it.

[Hagnat]

"Brown trout, like other salmonids, are brood hiders and bury their eggs in the substrate. Females excavate a depression by swimming on their sides and stirring up the substrate with their tails. The excavated areas and the accompanying mound of displaced substrates downstream are usually oval-shaped and are called redds. Redd construction may occur over a period of several days as the female enlarges the redd.

Redd preparation gains the attention of males that compete to fertilize the eggs. A number of males may compete for dominance prior to spawning, with one male chasing away competitors, or a number of males may court a female simultaneously. Sometimes a single male attends a female, and both fish protect the redd site during its preparation, with the male guarding the redd site while the female periodically rests.
Jack males, small-bodied males that sneak into redds to release their sperm simultaneously with a larger male that is mating with a female, are common among brown trout."

Belica, L. (2007), Brown Trout (Salmo trutta): A Technical Conservation Assessment
http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOC ... 206799.pdf
Page 45-46

[Hagnat]

11:20 Caddisfly larvae great and small


11:26 Trio. The intruding male is in the middle. Female on the right.

[vainamoinen]

Of course it is not impossible that a Curlew flew overhead but singing is unlikely this time of year. I also can't explain why you heard a Curlew while I did not.

Noises here are often made by birds (tits, Kingfisher) sitting on or near the microphone. Today there is also noise caused by the wind. And it seems that there is a farm not far away.
Several times I have seen human activity without hearing much of it.

I also think there is some mistake. Of course it's possible to hear Curlew now. In Latvia we have observations yet in November but as far I know these waders sing only during breeding period and not on migration

[vainamoinen]

I found in xeno-canto some Curlew's songs records also from wintering grounds in Germany. So, they can sing also later in season but however I think it's unlikely to hear Curlew's song now in Estonia.

[Marfo]

16:31 sound of motor, car or other vehicle, loud.
16:35 engine, again, some tractor maybe.
It's as if the microphone is above water. I could even hear the prrr prrr sound of wings of a small bird.
No fish nor any other animal...

[Hagnat]

17:32 A frog.

[Marfo]

[Hagnat]

The Trouts are still active, but out of sight to the left.

[IceAge]

October 23.

Hello ,


8:50

one brown trout and kingfisher calls.

9:00

a frog

[Hagnat]

10:25 Two active Trouts. I think one we haven't seen before (Second picture. 'Panther').
I think there are three.
The pair is not the same as two days ago. Compare with viewtopic.php?p=425620#p425620





This one looks different and appears to be smaller.

[Hagnat]

Big splash during chase

[Hagnat]

... The pair is not the same as two days ago. Compare with viewtopic.php?p=425620#p425620...

Correction: One looks the same.

[Hagnat]

12:40 Another one. Number four today.

[Hagnat]

15:35 Who is this? #5?


16:42


16:49


That makes 6 or 7 trouts today.

[IceAge]

16:20

[Hagnat]

17:13 Three.


17:14 Two of the three. The left one could be Panther. The right a new one?



17:40 Nice to see the raindrops falling from below the water.

[Hagnat]

18:00 Cokehead. If it stays like this we can call him Tony Montana.