Text Margus Ots, www.linnuvaatleja.ee
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In the starling nest box with the web camera a case of nest parasitism took place a couple of days ago, when strange female starlings attempted to lay their eggs in the nest. The eggs laid by them were however thrown out by the pair that regarded the nest box as their own.
Text Margus Ots, www.linnuvaatleja.ee
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In the starling nest with the webcam soap opera-like events took place yesterday, April 26th. At 10.40 am a female bird arrived at the nest box, quickly laid an egg and left. About an hour later the male starling arrived and threw the egg out of the nest. About ten minutes later another female starling arrived unexpectedly and also laid an egg in the nest. At 12.20 the male arrived again and threw this egg too out.
See video clips of the events after the text.
Videos recorded and commented by Olle Koert, www.tt.ee
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Video recorded by Liz, LK forum
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The female has a considerable stock for feeding the chicks
Eagle owl Kassikakk Bubo bubo
The two chicks of the eagle owl pair were hatched on the night to April 23. The incubation period of the large birds is long, up to 35 days. The three eggs laid in the nest we saw already on March 27 when the webcam transmission started.
Roe bucks and one doe in mid-April 2017.The antlers of one buck is already bare. The furs are still winter-coloured and fit very well into the bare spring landscape.The winter which fortunately was easy to bear for the roe deer has ended and the animals are in good condition. Springtime activities begin.
Photo Arne Ader
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Nature man Urmas Sellis ringing white-tailed eaglets
In the programme Urmas and Renno Nellis present a review of the birds and animals that have become familiar to us through the years by way of the webcams, and of all that accompanies such enterprises. ETV article and link to programme video: LINK
It is said to be a fortunate occasion when a bird lands on you.
Screencap from webcam Liz, LK forum
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Black stork Must-toonekurg Ciconia nigra
When female Kati returned to the nest after forty minutes after her night-time egg-laying, Karl who had been keeping the eggs warm was already covered by snow.
It seems as if the arrival of spring has stopped.
Screencap from webcam Maggy, LK forum
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Screencap from webcam Olga, LK forum
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Black stork Must-toonekurg Ciconia nigra
Southern Estonia lives in a ”lark winter”; in the night a quite considerable snow layer fell.
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
Half-day old owl chicks look and sound like this when the female flies out of the nest trunk. They were left on their own for some ten minutes in the early morning with degrees of frost.
Three owl chicks and one egg
Screencaps by Maggy, LK forum
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Image from Tuesday morning at four o’clock, when Klaara went out for eight minutes to stretch her legs
Tawny owl Kodukakk Strix aluco
Introduction Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
Transmission courtesy of Teetormaja and EENet
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In the early morning light we saw the first egg in the nest
Black stork Must-toonekurg Ciconia nigra
Looking back a little in time: male Karl arrived at the nest on April 4. He was more or less ready with the renovation of the nest in the morning of April 4, when female Kati arrived.
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