Final words written by Mutikluti, LK forum member and camera operator
Transmission courtesy of Tele2, Elisa and EENet
Project supported by KIK
Translation Liis
Estonian text published 21.07.2017
For this year we have, with regrets, to say goodbye to the grey heron colony camera. A new generation of herons has been reared, the heron colony residents have scattered. The otherwise transparent cover of the camera is already disturbing the view and needs cleaning.
The white and brown-dotted fur of the fawns turns out to be a splendid camouflage colouring. Often a fawn lying quietly in the grass remains completely unnoticed by people passing by. When the danger has passed the doe returns quietly and cautiously to the same place again. Already at a couple of months the dot pattern becomes duller and the fawns turn reddish-brown-coloured.
Photo: Tarmo Mikussaar
Posted by the Animal of the Year Team
(In Estonian 10.07.2017)
Linnuvaatleja news, www.linnuvaatleja.ee
In the geat tit webcam nest all 8 nestlings fledged and left the nest on Saturday, July 15th. As first in the morning the oldest, 20 days old, left and as last the smallest nestling, up to 4 days younger than the others.
The departure of the great tit nestlings can be seen in the videos listed below (recorded by Urmas Lett, EENet):
Linnuvaatleja news, www.linnuvaatleja.ee
(Published in Estonian 11.07.2017)
In the great tit webcam nest the nestlings have problems with parasites. You can see that the chicks are constantly shaking themselves and every now and then some parasite (for instance louse flies) crawl across their backs. This is however nothing exceptional – in the nests of hollow nesting birds several different kinds of parasites are found such as fleas, chewing lice, Brachycera flies and mites and ticks.
Linnuvaatleja news, www.linnuvaatleja.ee
(Published in Estonian 05.07.2017)
In the great tit webcam nest the first chicks hatched on June 25th. By today [July 5th] the chicks have grown impressively: both adults feed them diligently during the whole daylight period. But whom do the parents bring as food for the nestlings?
Linnuvaatleja news, www.linnuvaatleja.ee
Translation Liis
Although counting the nestlings in the camera nest is not easy – either the adult is warming the young in the nest or all chicks are not visible, lying on top of each other – Looduskalender forum says that probably all 8 chicks have hatched.
Linnuvaatleja news, www.linnuvaatleja.ee
This morning [Saturday] the six largest chicks left the webcam nest. The oldest of them were 20 days old. The two smallest however, 3-4 days younger than the others, remained in the nest. What will be the fate of the chicks left behind ?
At 10.40 two chicks were still in the nest
Linnuvaatleja news item, www.linnuvaatleja.ee
Linnuvaatleja news, www.linnuvaatleja.ee
In the great tit nest with webcam the first chicks were hatched on June 25th and on July 12th [date of the Estonian text], they were 17 days old. Usually great tit nestlings leave the nest in their third week of life, in periods with abundant food already at 15 days
Video Bea, LK forum
Translation Liis
Osprey Kalakotkas Pandion haliaetus
On Monday Ülo Väli ringed the osprey nestlings, commenting as he worked.
The voices of the adults are audible in the background but ospreys are not particularly sensitive to disturbance. Female Irma returned to the nest at 13.25
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