The middle of summer has passed. The closer to autumn, the more fruits are ripe, or ripening, in nature. It is a good time for a badger to start preparing for winter. Among important tasks the duty to fatten up one’s body has moved into the foreground.
Text and photos Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee
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Angle-striped sallow
Angle-striped sallow Külmaöölane Enargia paleacea
The angle-striped sallow is present in the whole of Estonia and is fairly common. The moths can be seen in broadleaf and mixed forests, thickets, gardens and other similar environments.
The sallow enjoys artificial light at night but looks for a sheltered place when the day begins.
Posted by the Animal of the Year team 08.08.2016
Text and photos Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee
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Rosy footman
Rosy footman Roosasambliklane Miltochrista miniata
The rosy footman occurs in the whole of Estonia and is quite common. The moths fly in mixed and conifer forests, stands of trees and gardens, from July to mid-August.
The rosy footman, quite small with a wingspan of about 26 mm, is nocturnal and often flies to artificial lights. In daytime it sleeps wherever it finds a place and does not fly up on every interruption.
How the badger’s home might look below ground only the badger itself knows; hunters who have excavated badger burrows might have an idea. The latter experiences are mostly from the time when raccoon dog skins were still highly valued.
Posted by the Animal of the Year team
Tuesday night at 22:02. The badger sniffs the air carefully at the entrance before leaving, and only then chooses the path, depending on the wind direction so that smells reach its nose better. Badgers have a very good sense of smell.
Video clip recorded by Fleur from the badger camera forum.
Text and photos Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee
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Iron prominent (male specimen)
Iron prominent Lepa-hammastutlane Notodonta dromedarius
The iron prominent occurs in the whole of Estonia and is common. The moths can be seen in summer in forests, coppices and gardens. The ”tooth”, hammas, in the Estonian name, hammastutlane refers to the line of conical wart-like protuberances on the back of the caterpillar.
Photos Arne Ader
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Hop. Flowering male plant
Hop Harilik humal Humulus lupulus
Climbers or lianas are more characteristic of the tropics – a little bit of exotics here.
Hops climb in trees up to a height of six meters, sometimes, but rarely, also higher. The partly lignified stem winds only clockwise and attaches itself by hooked spikes on the stems of the plant, leaves and inflorescences.
Hops have two kinds of flowers, male and female, that we find on separate plants – so it is dioecious.
Image from webcam captured by Solo, LK forum
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Black stork Must-toonekurg Ciconia nigra
(Estonian original published Thursday 04.08.2016)
Yesterday morning (Wednesday) at 11 o’clock the storklet left the nest and we were all convinced that the migration itch set the young bird moving. To the nest we might have expected male Karl, but what happened?
Today, Thursday, at 4 o’clock in the afternoon storklet Kalli returned to the nest although we rather expected the male, and will probably stay for the night too.
Video recorded by Lucy, LK forum
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A few minutes before leaving the nest
Estonian original published Wednesday 03.08.2016
Black stork Must-toonekurg Ciconia nigra
The night towards Tuesday was still spent in the nest, in early morning some necessary flights were made and from the video we can see that the departure from the nest was quite decisive.
Wind in your wings and adventures without dangers!
In some years the male has visited the nest after the departure of the young – as if summarising the happenings of the summer.
Video recorded by Lucy, LK forum
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On Monday night the storklet was still being fed
Estonian article published Tuesday 03.08.2016
Black stork Must- toonekurg Ciconia nigra
After the rain on Monday the male came to feed the last storklet left in the nest. The siblings have already started an independent life. The female left already a few weeks ago quietly heading for the winter quarters – such is the mode of life of all nesting birds of this species, which we have seen over the years in the web camera.
Video recorded by Elena, LK forum
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The video consists of two clips with an interval of about an hour
Estonian original published 21.07.2016
Black stork Must-toonekurg Ciconia nigra
The storklets practise flying already for a couple of days. Good that they find their way back to the nest which shows that the young birds manage orienteering.
A roe deer came to pick mushrooms at the badger sett.
Information from the Animal of the Year team 30.07.2016
Since the start of the camera at the end of last year the badger sett has been visited twice by roe deer. Both occasions have been surprising and caused raised eyebrows.
In the sixth minute (6.20) pig-like snorts are audible in the video. The badger has a voice! Although the badgers in many of Looduskalender’s videos are quite silent they actually are able to produce quite varying sounds. In the video here we hear sounds of romping.
The video from the trail camera was assembled by Peeter Anijalg.
Information from the Animal of the Year team 30.07.2016.
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