Estonian Tawny Owl Webcam

[Millan]

Thans for the lovely. lovely photo Aivar Veide!

And, meny thanks for the Tawny Owl Webcam-team, and all the peaple who mad this possibly, to live that with the owls!

And again, I am ashamed for those troublemakers.

[Muscovy Duck]

here is news about what happened today ( finnish tourists disturb owlets) http://www.ilmajaam.ee/?id=115833 and picture which taken outside yesterday of our owlets

Thank you very much, and many thanks to Aivar Veide! I hope the owlets are fine out there.

[oliv]

The pictures was lovely to see. Thank you!
When are the two abel to hunt? If Klaara feed them they mayby still are near the nest.

[emz]

thank you for the picture.

[oliv]

Did you hear wing flapping outside to?

[Millan]

No, oliv, I did not hear from outside. But they seem to be ok.

[Bellatrix]

The pictures was lovely to see. Thank you!
When are the two abel to hunt? If Klaara feed them they mayby still are near the nest.

According to books they start to fly properly in about a week, 10 days (after they fledge). Than parents will feed them and teach them to hunt, but I am not sure for how long at the moment. Nevertheless young owls remain in the area around nest till end of Summer, then they separate and leave and start looking each for their own territory :o(

[oliv]

Thank you Bellatrix. I missed you yesterday evening. You explain so good for me.

[Bellatrix]

Thank you Bellatrix. I missed you yesterday evening. You explain so good for me.

Thanks But it is always something what I read somewhere, I am not a bird expert at all!

[tookiethepug]

Both owlets are up in the doorway now, even Tiny. Oh, I'm already starting to get that empty nest feeling!

[Bellatrix]

Tiny trying to get up. She did it with an elegance and with ease, considering the fact that we did not see her practising very often.



Second try was succesfull


#3: "Hello?"


Tiny still looking out


I think they fly away very soon but I have to leave now and come back in some 3 hours... so I am afraid I will not see them So please watch over them in the meantime

[Bellatrix]

Both owlets are up in the doorway now, even Tiny. Oh, I'm already starting to get that empty nest feeling!

Mee too!!!

[schaapje]

Well, that empty-nestfeeling is coming soon.
Even Tiny was up there enjoying the vieuw on the big outside world.
Just a couple of days and they all wil start their life

[mei2k]

What am i going to do without them?

[Kuremari]

18.49 one is up and one is down, but who is who


both owlets are looking out at big world


now both at nest again

[brittta]

Hi you all!

Havent been able to see the camera for a while and now I am really surprised - owlets have almost grown up. So happy and sad at the same time, all worked out for them but soon they are all gone and we cant see them anymore.

Now there is only 2 owlets left in the nest. Are the other guys left for good? And have you seen Klaara and Klaus lately?

[juta]

Thank you very much, and many thanks to Aivar Veide! I hope the owlets are fine out there.

Here is translation from our forum member LIIS:
Finnish tourists disturb life of web camera owl

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06.05.2009 15:57

Berit-Helena Lamp, reporter

Watchful tawny owl camera viewers today heard Finnish chattering near the nest tree and even knocking on the tree.
The observant watchers wrote on the tawny owl web page forum** that today at about 13.14 (1.14 pm) human voices and clappings were heard and that two owlets who had been sitting on the edge of the nest opening fell back to the bottom of the nest. “A discussion that this should be the tree could be heard. Then knocking followed, so obviously they knew that this was the nest with the web camera,” one forum member wrote.

The forum people were worried about one qwlet that was lying without moving for some time. Aivar Veide, member of the owl camera working group, told Postimees.ee, that some Finnish tourists had really been there, and regrettably did not behave very well. “Probably they hoped to see the owl by knocking on the tree. The owlets were frightened for some time but nothing really bad happened to them”, Veide calmed us.

Out of four owlets only two are still in the nest. The first flew out yesterday at 21.40 (9.40 pm) and the second this morning at 5.29; the two remaining ones will follow them any time now, Aivar Veidi says.

[katsik]

Thank you, Liis!

[alice44]

Ohh so the picture was taken yesterday? Maybe before I heard the car start up and when others heard voices?

They sure are cute sitting in the doorway looking out!



Banging on a nest to frighten birds --- is just so mean and dumb!

[mei2k]

Besides Aivar Veidi's photo there's also a new video at http://www.eoy.ee/kodukakk/kakukaamera/
Unable to give direct link.
The chick is looking outside curiously