Estonian Tawny Owl Webcam

[sunnygirl]

I havn't read those forums messages yet, but saw that every owlet has gone to the big world !
I have visited Estonia the whole past week time and cannot look at the forum.

Good bye Tiny Darling and your siblings You gave me so wonderful time to learn much of owls life

Many thanks to everyone who did it possible

[sunnygirl]

Urmas e-mailed to tell me that he has pictures of the four owl young and Klaara, but he hasn't had time to do the photos yet. He was in that area and confirms they are all doing well.

Thank you about knowledge and Urmas to taking care of owlets first times out of the nest.

[Jo UK]

Your questions about the webcam site and the owls was e-mailed to Aivar. His reply will be here soon.

[Jo UK]

Aivar's photograph of the Tawny Owl nest in January



From Aivar -

1. Aivar said that they close the cam for now and maybe it will start again in the autumn. and if it does they want to have better technology.
2. The nest will not be cleaned. By the time a new layer of wooden material will drop down, but maybe the researchers gather some samples of food remains from there.
3. About the 4 angular thing- there are crannies as the tree is aslant. They have to build and fit nearby a new nestbox, in case the tree should break .
4.About the owlets return- a small possibility , but only for a very short time as the trees are in leaves and there is plenty of shelter.
Some other birds may come there, a goosander maybe, but it will not stay for summer either.
and Aivar thanks everybody for support

the pictures are of the nest on Jan.9th and May the 11th

[alice44]

Very interesting to see the cavity in colour.
And I too, had wondered if those splits were natural or not.
Thanks for the information.

[Trillian]

Hallo!

The first little Owlet in Netherlands hatched :-)

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/steenuil

[Bellatrix]

Hallo!

The first little Owlet in Netherlands hatched :-)

http://www.beleefdelente.nl/steenuil

I just wanted to put the information here!

[Pinchu]

seems like Dutch owl's chicks are hatching? Mother is very restless and constant beeping is heard.

edit: YESS - small owlet is there :)

[Reptile]

I see !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It just white!
Hurray!

[Trillian]

SECOND ONE :-) I think...
you see the eggshell...

[alice44]

seems like Dutch owl's chicks are hatching? Mother is very restless and constant beeping is heard.
edit: YESS - small owlet is there :)
http://y.delfi.ee/norm/2807/6118383_bhezCd.jpeg

I think I saw this moment when she moved the mouse creature and exposed a chick -- then I got side tracked by feeding the hawk chicks.

[Pinchu]

SECOND ONE :-) I think...
you see the eggshell...

seems like they are in a hurry :)

[Trillian]

as far as I understood the dutch commentary, they expect all chicks to hatch today

edit: by the way, thanks to the estonian authors for giving the information in so many languages...

[Jo UK]

Here are the photos of the Tawny Owls forest and the owls themselves. Urmas sent them this morning


This is the nest tree


Hole and camera


KLAARA!


The owl family forest


Two owlets on high


Here is nobody!


Thank you, Urmas, for these photos of our owl family and surroundings.

[Trillian]

WOW! I didn't expect it to be so high!

it looks like a very self-confident owlet

[Reptile]

Oh, and the hollow is high!
And this is exactly our Clara?
A two chicks is kids this year?

[Pinchu]

can you tell me what kind of owl this Netherland owl is? (in latin or in english/estonian)

[Trillian]

Little Owl in English, Athene noctua in latin

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Owl

[Pinchu]

Ok, thanks. I found estonian name too - Kivikakk (stone owl)

Our young owlets are so cute :)

[Jo UK]

Oh, and the hollow is high!
And this is exactly our Clara?
A two chicks is kids this year?

Yes, the height surprised me, too. From what we could hear and see from the webcam, I thought it was nearer to the ground!

Urmas said the young in his photograph are this years chicks.