Names for Estonian WTE 2023

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Name for the Estonian WTE male in Matsalu 2023

Poll ended at April 10th, 2023, 2:31 pm

Eerik
2
10%
Eero
3
15%
Egon
0
No votes
Elmar
10
50%
Erki
3
15%
Eston
2
10%
 
Total votes: 20

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Names for Estonian WTE 2023

Post by ame »

the new couple at the Estonian Matsalu nest have their first egg. this couple has been occupying the nest since last summer. with the family increasing it is high time to consider names for the eagles.
Triin opened the discussion yesterday.
Triin wrote: March 30th, 2023, 8:22 pm Dear all, I've been asked about naming the couple as they have an egg now. We had a chat with Urmas and as the male has a ring E340 we think that the name should start with an "E". Also, we like the reasoning behind choosing name Eerik for Matsalu WTE last time. So, could we go with the name Eerik II? (or Eerik III considering the ringnumber :rolleyes:) As for the female, some of you have called her "smily", but she should have a proper Estonian name that starts with an "E" as well. What are your thought on the topic of nameing the male and the female?
we have also had some other suggestions.
Susanne wrote: March 30th, 2023, 8:45 pm Great! I just came across the story or history of the names Eve and Eerik today - honouring Estonian ornithologists, correct? So, Eerik II would be OK for me.- What about Esta for the female ?
sigge wrote: March 31st, 2023, 1:59 amErik&Eve?
may i suggest something too? i think it would be more practical to give new names for new eagles, rather than use old names with numerals. :unsure:

please give more suggestions and opinions!
i'll try to learn how to set up a poll about this later. so far i have no idea how it's done... :dunno:
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Post by Hellem »

Eero and Esta

I agree with ame that the new male bird needs to get a new name :nod:
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Post by Liz01 »

My suggestion :D

Female = Esta = the Latin word Esta, meaning “Estonia.”
Male = Eero = he who is successful :whistling:


Hellem, :hi: I found this name in an Estonian name list. I'm looking for a better name! Done! why search long, the name you chose is beautiful.

I wouldn't like Eerik II and Eve II that much. It would be a less pleasant memory. :unsure:

I found this:
https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naisenimede_loend (female)

https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehenimede_loend (male)
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Eduk?, we don't have such a name in Estonia 8-)
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Post by madlaa »

Hello.

M- Eero, Erki, Egon
F- Ella, Elis, Elve
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Post by AiA21 »

Hello!

F - Esta, Ester
M - Eston
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ame wrote: March 31st, 2023, 10:48 am may i suggest something too? i think it would be more practical to give new names for new eagles, rather than use old names with numerals. :unsure:
I will not oppose to that. I've learned that when speaking about camera birds I use the location of the nest more than the given names of the eagles/storks. I'm not good with remembering the names - not humans nor birds :blush:
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Post by BDrieliņi »

Good evening!

Maybe
M- Engus
F-Esta
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BDrieliņi wrote: March 31st, 2023, 8:27 pm Good evening!

Maybe
M- Engus
:hi: sorry, but we don't have such a name in Estonia 8-)
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Post by asteria »

Erna&Elmar

And the names for future kids: Elina and Erik
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ame wrote: March 31st, 2023, 10:48 am i'll try to learn how to set up a poll about this later. so far i have no idea how it's done... :dunno:
Hello ame :wave:

You can create the poll at the bottom of the first comment.
The variants must be written one under the other with numbers. For example:
1. variant#1
2. variant#2
and so on.
Run poll for: ... days

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Post by ame »

ok, thanks Grieta!
i'll try my luck. :laugh:

hmmm??? it seems that i can create only one poll. :puzzled:
the names are in alphabetical order. i took only the names that exist as Estonian names.

i created first a poll for female names and then tried to create another for male names. it replaced the female name poll. :dunno:

so i added the female poll in the WTE topic above this post.
viewtopic.php?p=893114#p893114

i hope that this is not too complicated. :slap:
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Post by ame »

our polls have closed.

this morning i got e-mail from the project manager of the Matsalu Facebook Group Nele Sõber who told me that also their group was interested in voting for names of the eagles. i didn't even know that there was such a group (i don't do Facebook). they, on the other hand, didn't know that we had this poll about the male's name. they were only voting for the female's name. :slap:

i made a count of their votes for the female's names. Ella got 16 votes, Esta and Ester 3 votes each. besides these three names they mentioned 4 other names which got one vote each. thus Ella got 62 % of their votes. that's a clear majority.
on our side Ella got 10 votes and Esta 11 votes, almost equal numbers. other names got 8 votes.

i think that a fair decision is that Ella becomes the female's name and Elmar the male's. this way the opinions of both the FB group and our members are taken into account in a rather fair way.

Ella and Elmar rhyme together quite nicely, don't they? :rolleyes:
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