June 2017

Screencap from webcam Biker, LK forum
Translation Liis

On June 12th the five eggs were still covered with down when the female left the nest, but on the next day the eggs were already not covered

 

Great tit       Rasvatihane           Parus major

 

The cool spring this year made the tits start breeding later but of the reasons the ornithologists will write in more detail.

Video and text Kairo Kiitsak
Translation Liis

 

 

Elk (USA: Moose)      Põder          Alces alces

 

Video and text Mati Sepp
Translation Liis

 

Video: LINK

 

Grass snake     Harilik nastik or nastik         Natrix natrix

 

Video recorded by Liz, LK forum
Translation Liis

 

 

Tiger owl      Kassikakk        Bubo bubo

 

Large birds - the incubation period is long and nest life goes on for a long time. The tiger owl chicks were hatched in the last ten days of April and the incubation lasted 35 days.

Transmission courtesy of Tele2 and EENet
Introduction Margus Ots
Translation Liis

In poor summer weather when the birds in the home yard keep in shelter from the rain the doings of birds can be watched by webcam. The nest life of a great tit pair in a tree trunk with a webcam in Läänemaa can for instance be followed. On June 11th there were 3 eggs in this nest and on June 13th 5 eggs. Since a great tit lays one egg a day then the first egg was probably laid on June 9th. How many eggs that will be laid in the clutch will be clear in the next few days.

Video and image recorded by Bea, LK forum

 

Morning feeding of chicks

 

Osprey       Kalakotkas        Pandion haliaetus

 

The early morning video shows that the third egg (even if behind the fish to start with) is in the nest.

What happened then since we see only two osprey chicks in the nest?

Story told by Heleri

The tit pair nests beside the letterbox this year too (see the image below)

 

Great tit        Rasvatihane        Parus major

 

Videos recorded by  Liz, LK forum

 

 

Black stork      Must-toonekurg           Ciconia nigra

 

At a couple of weeks old the storklets start to get up on their feet and that has its specific causes and needs.

 

Screencap from webcam  Seira, LK forum

…and so there are two beaks to feed

 

Osprey        Kalakotkas         Pandion haliaetus

 

Since Thursday night there are two chicks in the osprey nest. As the first one was hatched on June 7th it was presumed that it would take a little longer to the next hatching: the eggs were laid on May 2nd, 5th and 8th, but on Thursday night there were already two ospreys-to-be.