What is Going On?

[Manu]

@Felis:

[Margossa]

There are new videos of the Polish LSE nest from the last summer!
http://www.orlikkrzykliwy.pl/en/Aktualn ... zdzie.html

Starling, thank you very much

[Jo UK]

New topic - paintings of our ospreys and Stephi on Internet TV

viewtopic.php?f=56&t=530

[Jo UK]

Kotkaklubi, Estonia's EAgle Club is requesting help from Italian bird-friends, particularly in Calabria.

On the Migration Map news we learned of the death of osprey Ilze, one of the ESTLAT ospreys. Her movements were recorded until October 26, when she had arrived in Falcone. Then, no further movement was recorded
See http://birdmap.5dvision.ee/index.php?lang=en

Osprey Ilze is tagged within ESTLAT Eagles project in Latvia. She moved southwards up to Sicily (after stopping over in Hungary) and then suddenly turned back to Italy. 26th October, she arrived to the place called Falcone in sparsely populated region of Calabria. From 29th October she is probably dead, because since that date the temperature sensor indicates the outside temperature. We look for helpers, who would be willing to go and check the place of possible perish. We were able with help of Elisabetta Bianconi to contact to the Rende branch of Italian League for Bird Protection (LIPU) and Roberto Santopaolo. He went with Antonio Mancuso to the site and found the Ospreys feathers. Unfortunately, the landscape of the place was very rough canyon, in addition to dense prickly shrubs and trees (look at pictures in the gallery of Ilze). It was not possible to look much around, so transmitter and the remnants of eagle remained undiscovered. Most likely it was a mammal, who consumed the body. However, the sender continues to send in the same area (not more as 20 m from the feathers found), and perhaps there are still someone who are willing to go there to search... However, the transmitter battery is discharging, ie it does not seem to be exposed to the light. Also it should be not in some lair, but on ground.

We are asking if forum members can help to find someone in that region who is willing to trek to this inhospitable, prickly place to look for the transmitter. Do you know any member, individual or a group who may be able to help?
Recovery of the transmitter is quite important due to the cost of replacing it.

Urmas will be able to give location details to the person who volunteers for this mission.

Topic for replies -
viewtopic.php?f=56&t=531

[Manu]

Today in the evening and night the Titan Arum is Blooming.
The flower will be fully open at 10 pm and release its powerful smell throughout the night .

http://titanwurz.unibas.ch/webcam.php

[Felis silvestris]

Today in the evening and night the Titan Arum is Blooming.
The flower will be fully open at 10 pm and release its powerful smell throughout the night .

http://titanwurz.unibas.ch/webcam.php

Good that I am far away! But I'll take a look, as long as we don't have olfactory internet transmission ...

[Jo UK]

Aha - a smellycam! Something for the fututre?

[Manu]

Aha - a smellycam! Something for the fututre?

Yes, an interesting idea .

[Liis]

Promising message in main page article!

The small bird winter feeder camera is about to start. The birds have already been fed, and there are news too.

(In http://www.looduskalender.ee/node/15218; translation coming, but the remainder is about chaffinches)

[asteria]

Are they wintering in Estonia???

[Liis]

Are they wintering in Estonia???

The camera news didn't have much to do with the main contents of the article and the chaffinches, but I think some do stay. They do in Stockholm.

At every winter bird count some - but not many - turn up. It is clearly warmer in cities than in the country, and it is, I think, warmer in cities now than say 10 years ago.
Although chaffinches tend to keep to where they find some trees and bushes, not quite as urbanised as domestic pigeons that happily live in the underground (T-bana, Metro) stations and sparrows where the lucky ones enjoy the large gardening centre glasshouse shops. Seeds, insects, orchids in midwinter ...

[Jo UK]

Thanks for the news, Liis.
We will wait for your translation, then start the new topic. The first post details may not be quite the same as last year

[Felis silvestris]

Dear friends, I have good news! Webmaster has helped to create an order form for ordering prints. Right now we can already offer to collect orders, the Stephi collage you could already see and watch being painted. Sockes Mama is working on the osprey family right now, the finished paintings and some studies you can see at her homepage:


http://galerie65.blogspot.de/2012/12/fi ... -2012.html
Oilpainting Madis: http://galerie65.blogspot.de/2012/10/fi ... sprey.html
Oilpainting Piret: http://galerie65.blogspot.de/2012/07/se ... sturm.html

These are now the finished oil paintings - Sockes Mama will surely keep us updated about the rest of the family!

Right now we collect orders so we can place a bigger order with the printer to get a good price, which means the donation to Kotkaklubi is dependent on this price. If you have questions, about prices, postage etc., please ask us!

Orderform link:
http://www.looduskalender.ee/en/node/15071

[Manu]

Next Wednesday (12.Dec.) in German TV (NDR, 20:15h) it will be a interesting documentary about Lesser spotted eagles in Germany:
http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/epg/epg1157 ... 79963.html

[Jo UK]

Wild Boar cam is open for another fun and interesting season

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=533&p=187917#p187917

[Jo UK]

Black Stork, Soomaa and WTE forums moved to Archive and locked.
Alutaguse forum will follow this evening.

If anyone wants to post something important to any of the archived forums, please tell us.. It is easy enough to unlock it, for a while.

[Manu]

Next Wednesday (12.Dec.) in German TV (NDR, 20:15h) it will be a interesting documentary about Lesser spotted eagles in Germany:
http://www.ndr.de/fernsehen/epg/epg1157 ... 79963.html

Just a reminder, it's today.

[Felis silvestris]

Right now the documentary is available at the Mediathek of NDR

http://www.ndr.de/mediathek/index.html? ... erreich333

I can't say how long it will be available there!

[Felis silvestris]

My heart goes out to Connecticut and those people who have lost children or beloved people! Such a terrible thing!

[Fleur]

my condolences to the family and those involved in this terrible event