Special pictures from the Eagle Feeding Ground Webcam 2012

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Feb 1st
the first eagle was spotted on a tree top already before 8 am and a young unringed eagle landed at 8.06.

at 11 am an adult-looking eagle was seen on a treetop. ... but no eagles were seen landing on the feeding ground.
a quarter to 5pm eagle love songs were heard but not from near. at 17.19 one young eagle landed for a while but then it left.

on the whole no eagles were identified on Feb 1st.

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after dark a fox was seen visiting the feeding place.

I had a feeling, so I was waiting and here he is


a fox!

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Feb 2nd
already before 8 am two eagles had come for breakfast.

Already in the black and white there are eagles. Chocolate (from yesterday?) and someone else.

the other (on the right) seemed to have rings, but it was still too dark to see what they said.

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an adult-looking but dark-eyed eagle at 8.21.

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the day was frosty.

-24C at the moment http://www.weather.ee/silma/, and not getting much warmer the next few days!
Even Haapsalu at the sea and close to Silma has -22C.

but the hearts of ravens were warm.

"Come on darling, let's walking in the snow!"

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no eagles were identified on Feb 2nd, even though some voices were heard during the day.

later in the dark a fox was seen again.

nice tail

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Feb 3rd
a ringed adult eagle was seen sitting in a pine tree after 2 pm and a little later on the ground. an Estonian ringed 2008 with number 79 on the lower ring.

Adult with rings

on the ground

and it was A479.

this was the only eagle properly seen at the feeding ground on Feb 3rd.

• metal over red A479 (2008) from Estonia (previously seen on Jan 15th, 22nd and 23rd)

later in the night the moonlight was bright even though fullmoon was to be on Feb 7th.

[Jo UK]

FEBRUARY 4

They have frosty eyes again today. Temperature -29C in Tallinn

[Urmas]

Renno went for a week away, so brought nearly 150kg of frozen fish (baltic herring and sprat). Those should be better to take for eagles and other guests.

[Jo UK]

Hello!

Last night I put there frozen Baltic sprats (Sprattus sprattus balticus) and Baltic herrings (Clupea harengus membras). Here is very cold period now, also in most of Europe, and hopefully eagles and others can dismantle this food better - these fishes are smaller and easier to eat. Few bigger fishes around there are mostly crucian (Carassius gibelio) but also roach (Rutilus rutilus) and white bream (Blicca bjoerkna).

Red or pink stuff is frozen meat but it is stone-hard. Here was today night coldest night this winter -26 C, today night will be probably colder and weather forecast predicts for East-Estonia up to - 37 C. This is very cold weather even for Estonia... Since Monday-Tuesday it will be little softer, up to -20 C.

[Jo UK]

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11.26 post

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Fireblade



Same bird (sorry, Urmas)
Mutikluti

[Jo UK]

Two Raccoondogs, and one Fox

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Our UFO night!

yes, the colour changes a lot. this camera must be modern so i think it will produce colours quite in a different way than the old-style cameras with chemical films...

this is fascinating.
i wonder what this camera-operator will find next.
there is a bright something in the left side of the sky (unless that was the planet we were watching).

Mutikluti
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[Jo UK]

FEBRUARY 5

good morning
It's very cold in Estonia, brr


http://www.ilm.ee/

[Jo UK]

[quote="unpAt the longitude of Nõva, shadows are supposed to point north at noon plus about 25 minutes.

So north would seem to be slightly right of the solitary tree on the small island as the cam sees it.[/quote]

Shadows at local noon. 12.25 in Nova

[Jo UK]

Fleur

Buzzard

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and an Estonian adult with rings. on left white over red with 79. i couldn't see what was on the white. year 2008.


4 eagles! two barefoot adults.

[Jo UK]

Fireblade

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Renno went for a week away, so brought nearly 150kg of frozen fish (baltic herring and sprat). Those should be better to take for eagles and other guests.

i was puzzled about this: is there a new massive lot on the feeding? but no: Urmas wrote this a week ago (Feb 4th at 21.27) here: viewtopic.php?p=126431#p126431
a huge amount of fish appeared on the ground in the cover of darkness late in the evening on Feb 3rd.... of course attentive forumers were there to observe this.

.... Late visitor brings new food. Thank you!

22:26: and more food


22:29 and more
thank you again, and good night

22:33: eh... and more....

at 22.42:

Still more food! and the camera lens was cleaned. All in very bright moonlight.