at 20.01 one buzzard came in and left right away. the weather's not nice.
i've been in another room and the sound has been low so i don't know whether there has been anyone here for about an hour and half...
Weather seems to be quit horrible all over Estonia, in Alutaguse (bear cam) it even snowed now! No weather to sit on eggs!
“One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals”(Mahatma Gandhi) "You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals"(Paul McCartney)
not to worry! these big birds can endure little snowing, too. i remember how i was impressed when i saw some 3 years ago a video clip on the LK news one day how an eagle (Linda) was incubating under a high heap of snow without any problems at all.
wait a sec and i'll find the reference in the archive.....
Sure they can, we had years when it snowed suddenly in late April and even in the beginning of May, and still birds are around! But I am glad for my nice, warm and dry bed ...
“One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals”(Mahatma Gandhi) "You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals"(Paul McCartney)
it took longer to find it than i thought but it's here: http://www.looduskalender.ee/node/2880
go down and take the video that was recorded on March 26th 2009.
respect, Linda!
Very cute video, the way how Sulev works with the branch and after a while Linda gets enough and helps ...
I hope, that, after Renno found their new place now, we will get to see them next year!
Edit: by the way, Andreas Kieling in German TV ZDF yesterday evening had again WTE as one of the topics, this time it was filming them fishing!
“One can measure the greatness and the moral progress of a nation by looking at how it treats its animals”(Mahatma Gandhi) "You can judge a man's true character by the way he treats his fellow animals"(Paul McCartney)
at the same time as the previous messages were posted the buzzards visited the nest again, not for long though. -the weather is not good indeed! for tomorrow night it's promised temperatures near zero and for tomorrow rain and/or sleet.
this is different from the previous evenings/days i think: they haven't been here this late before.
Jo UK wrote:I see the phantom, too. I think it will vanish when the leaves grow.
I knew you would see the phantom Jo. Remember when we had a 'phantom' near the BS nest ?... WHat a great big beak you have and all those trailing vines instead of feathers
Carmel a member of SHOW .. I hope you love birds too. Its economical. It saves going to heaven. Emily Dickinson
Raining a little, & nice bird songs. Macdoum's ghostly stork is standing there on the left with its ghastly white bill, watching the nest! It even seems to have two long dark legs reaching all the way to the ground below on this day.
good morning!
it's raining steadily and a lot but it's not windy (yet). birds are singing cheerfully though. nobody in or by the nest.
now i think the wind is starting.....
Fleur
it was a quick visit. this is practically all i managed to capture.
common snipes are little crazy this morning. they have been shouting tik-kot-tik-kot-tik-kot-tik-kot-tik-kot-tik-kot-tik-kot-tik-kot-tik-kot-..... in a chorus all morning.
Alice: you're right: they have as good camouflage-colouring as Miss Maisy had. it's very difficult to spot either in the nest if they remain motionless. i guess that buzzards too need to stay un-noticed when they are incubating. (which is not unnecessary for WTEs either!)