February 2018

Explanations, photos and video record  Ahto Täpsi
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Estonian text posted 27.02.2018

Golden eagle     Kaljukotkas or maakotkas       Aquila chrysaetos

I went to the observation hut to check on the golden eagle and caught the video about how the eagle landed on the ground.

It took about half an hour for it  to get down from the tree. It observed the area cautiously from the birch as well as the alder. Only when the air seemed to be ”clean” the majestic bird dared to act more bravely...

The story of crane  Ahja 5, authors  Maxence Lamoureux & Arnaud Devroute
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Estonian text posted 26.02.2018

Showings of the film in Tartu:

February 25th at 17:00,  in the LUS house  (Struve 2)

March 1st at 12:00,  in the assembly hall of the EMÜ main building (Kreutzwaldi 1a)

March 2nd at  15:30,  in the Tartu Elektriteater (Jakobi 1)

The film „Free like a crane“ (D'autres terres plus douces) is a film by two French wildlife documentalists, Maxence Lamoureu and  Arnaud Devroute, about cranes and their migration.

Photos and text  Arne Kiin
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Estonian text posted 22.02.2018

Halftail eating grains

 

Bullfinch       Leevike      Pyrrhula pyrrhula

The film is from the  ERR archive
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Estonian text posted 17.02.2018

"Ilus on maa" – "Beautiful land“  In the context of the EV 100 centennial a look at the start of the last thirty years is useful. The film was made in 1985.

Rein Maran’s film was commissioned to introduce life in the ESSR in the style of socialistic realism. The time still left to the upheavals of the revolutionary years was not long.  A useful retrospective look back for those who were participants themselves in the events, in addition many well-known  nature views…

See the film: LINK

Photos Arne Ader
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Estonian text posted 14.02.2018

Foxes courting

Fox; Red fox          Rebane or punarebane      Vulpes vulpes

Last year in the beginning of autumn when the young foxes became independent they left the nest den. From then on and until the springtime  breeding period foxes have no permanent living space. In winter the fox uses  the den in its territory very rarely. Either in really cold weather or in case of danger, to hide from enemies.

Info about the migration start from  Aivar Leito

Photo Arne Ader

Estonian text posted 15.02.2018

Eurasian cranes  

It is a pleasure to report that the springtime migration of our cranes with GPS or GPS-GSM devices has started!

As the first “Paslepa” who was born last spring in Noarootsi near Paslepa and spent the winter in north-eastern France started his spring migration.  He flew non-stop in a straight north-easterly direction and late in the evening of the same day reached the Gusov wetland nature protection area but did  not stay for the night there but flew on until early morning and finally stopped to rest in the wetland of the Oder River floodplain in the Oderwiesen nature protection area at the northern border of the town Frankfurt an der Oder.

Photo  Peep Männil
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Estonian text posted 11.02.2018

Track row of a wolf pair in Pärtli

Wolf       Hunt or susi      Canis lupus   

The pleasant winter weather lasts – there is snow and tracks on the snow. Who moved in nature on skis in the weekend will have things to tell friends.

Wolf pairs already mark the boundaries of their home territories. If marks of urine mixed with blood are left on the paths it means that in spring offspring might be expected in the area.

Screencap  Fleur, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 11.02.2018

The seal rookery on December 18,  the last ”working day” of the camera

Grey seal          Hallhüljes      Halichoerus grypus