Text Marko Mägi
Photo Wikimedia
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Japanese tit
We know that human speech consists of various vocal elements (sounds or notes) that combine together to form words which in turn form sentences. Animals interact similarly: for instance among birds and mammals specific predator warning calls have developed. However, it was not known until now whether animals use combinations of calls to transfer a message with complex content.
Text: Urmas Sellis, Kotkaklubi
Transmission courtesy of Kernel and EENet
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Image from webcam captured by Bea, LK forum
Video recorded by Fleur, LK forum
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… at 19.01
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
At the evening flight outside, at seven o’clock, there was a third egg in the nest hollow. Very rarely five eggs are found in a tawny owl clutch (literature indicates a possibility of up to eight eggs), more often there are three eggs here: round, white ones, the size of a ping-pong ball.
Video recorded by Fleur, LK forum
Image from webcam captured by Lussi, LK forum
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Buzzard; Common buzzard Hiireviu Buteo buteo
Yesterday snow fell briefly in daytime in almost all of Estonia except in the islands.
Buzzard pair Mari and Mihkel, familiar to us from last year, showed themselves briefly for the first time at the nest on Sunday afternoon. In the video we see that yesterday they were already busy with ”nest decorating”.
The buzzard camera will open in the next few days.
Image from webcam captured by Mutikluti, LK forum
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White-tailed eagle Merikotkas Haliaeetus albicilla
We were a little too quick with yesterday’s incubation story – in early morning light the view opened on female Anna’s third egg, probably laid late yesterday evening. Now the clutch should be complete.
So the first egg for Women’s Day, the second on March 11th and the last one on March 14th. Incubation is in process and we might begin to expect the hatching of eaglets from April 11th onwards.
Image from webcam captured by Mutikluti, LK forum
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Male eagle Uku was allowed to be stand-in on the nest for only a few minutes…
White-tailed eagle Merikotkas Haliaeëtus albicilla
The incubation time of our largest birds will be quite long. Information in literature varies but we might expect the hatching of eaglets in the camera nest around April 11th. First, the ”surprise” egg of the eagle pair appeared on Women’s Day, the next one on March 11th. The full clutch of white-tailed eagles generally consists of 1-3 eggs.
Video recorded by Lusy, LK forum
Image from webcam captured by IceAge, LK forum
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Badger; European badger Mäger Meles meles
At least every other day we see how our adult badgers bring in more nest material, dried in the spring air.
Video record by Fleur, LK forum
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Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
On Saturday morning, at a quarter to eight, it seemed that Klaara had laid an egg. We could not be quite certain but had to wait until evening.
There are always reasons to get out in the evening: legs and wings need stretching, some food would be nice, company kept with Klaus. And at 19.48 the second egg could be seen, before flying out Klaara turned the eggs with some clatter.
(Survey of nature and weather 2015 published in Estonian 26.12.2015)
As in earlier years, I will make a summary of the weather year in 2015 too.
The year before there was enough snow at the turn of the year to hang in generous swathes from the eaves but in January 2015 the ground was mostly only barely covered. The year started with a flood on January 2nd in Haapsalu.
Video recorded by Ame, LK forum
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The final part of egg-laying looks like this
White-tailed eagle Merikotkas Haliaeëtus albicilla
When we saw the first egg of female eagle Anna in the morning mists of Women’s Day, we prepared to expect the second egg on Friday afternoon, or before the camera ends its transmission in the evening and so it was.
Videos by Liz, LK forum
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Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
Let us begin the story as it was written on Thursday night when we were waiting for Klaara to arrive in the nest. She did not arrive in the nest until Friday morning at 6 o’clock. Thus she was absent from the nest for 11 hours.
Photo Kaarel Kaisel
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Bean geese in snowfall
Bean goose Rabahani Anser fabalis
Bean geese do not stay in Estonia, their breeding territory begins at the marshes of central Finland and from there extends towards north. During the spring migration in March-April tens of thousands of bean geese can make a stop in Estonia however – for feeding, waiting for warmer weather in the breeding area or waiting for suitable migrating winds. It does not do to be late to the breeding territories. In the flight view there are the usual ”goose triangles” but sometimes they also fly in a long line at each others’ tails .
Video recorded by Fleur, LK forum
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Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
At about half past three in the afternoon Klaara was shifting in the nest somehow nervously. Our viewers got to see the egg in the evening, at a quarter past six.
Congratulations to the tawny owl pair!
The video also shows glimpses of Klaus, who is feeding Klaara as a caring husband should.
Webcam images captured by Lianaliesma, LK forum
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Gray seal Hallhüljes Halichoerus grypus
On the weekend, 117 gray seal pups (25 carcasses, not a particularly high mortality rate according to the seal researchers) were counted on the small plot of land where the seal camera is located. At the time of the survey 100 adults were present on land. Ten white-tailed eagles were hoping for easy food.
White-tailed eagle Merikotkas Haliaeëtus albicilla
An eagle egg is about the size of a domestic goose egg, which may be familiar. It weighs nearly a hundred grams.
Video recorded by Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee
Webcam image captured by Mutikluti, LK forum
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White-tailed eagle Merikotkas Haliaeëtus albicilla
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