April 2016

Science news from the Year of the Great Tit conveyed by Marko Mägi

Photo of great tit nestbox by Marko Mägi

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Great tit      Rasvatihane        Parus major

Since it is high time to get the old nestboxes in order or to build new ones, many confront the question about space in the nestbox. How big a box does the bird feel comfortable in? Is it at all important how large the nestbox is?

Text and photos Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee

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March moth

March moth    Keltsavaksik         Alsophila aescularia

The March moth emerges from the pupa when the last snow thaws in late March and we can see them in flight until the end of April. This moth stands some degrees of frost so cold spring nights doesn’t kill it.