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Roe deer Metskits or kaber Capreolus capreolus
It is a common annual autumn view to see the roe deer enjoy the sprouting seeds in grain fields. The male in the video still wears his antlers despite having winter fur but part of his species comrades are already bare-headed.
More about the life arrangements of roe deer: LINK
Photos Arne Ader
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 08.11.2018
Roe deer
Roe deer Metskits or kaber Capreolus capreolus
The roe deer that we see in November already have their greyish brown winter fur coat with the white rear mirror on, despite the warm weather. Those who are a little late with the change of fur still look a little darker than the others.
Information from the Estonian Ornithological Society
Photo Arne Ader
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 14.11.2018
Chaffinch
On Thursday November 15th the annual winter bird counting season on the mainland started. The Estonian Ornithological Society invites both experienced ornithologists and newcomers to join in.
During the winter the birds should be counted on three occasions in a territory and path of one’s own choice. The first counting period is on November 15 – 28. The observer must recognize wintering birds (up to 40 species) from their calls and exterior. For the count a path about 10 km long should be chosen that may run through different landscapes.
The choice of location for the jackal camera has really been successful. Not a single day has passed as yet without jackals in camera view. It seems that the camera is at a path of the jackals that they patrol several times a day. As soon as the jackals disappear out of sight the foxes are there and the other way about; so they alternate in the darkness. Small morsels behind the rock attracts them and makes them stay around a little longer here.
The expressive photo of a lynx photographed at close quarters in a springtime branch thicket is currently also part of the Animal of the Year photo exhibition ”Secret paths of forest cat” in the RMK Tallinn office.
Photos: Remo Savisaar
Estonian text posted by Animal of the Year Team 03.11.2018
English translation Liis
One spring day a friend living at the Peipsi shore called to tell me that he had met a lynx and also noted a prey animal killed by this lynx - a roe deer. I asked him about the landscape and conditions there and advised him how he might get good photos of the lynx. I had been in such a situation myself and I knew that a lynx usually returns to a freshly slain roe deer.
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