June 2018

Screenshot from webcam  Sapheira, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 27.06.2018

 

 

Osprey           Kalakotkas      Pandion haliaetus

 

Screenshot from webcam and video Svenja, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 27.06.2018

Male Karl feeding the chicks

 

Black stork         Must-toonekurg         Ciconia nigra

 

There is less down left on the stork chicks thanks to their own  nibbling as well as that of the siblings, as a pastime. So they also get rid of  parasites in the nest and birds have plenty of them. The older ones and the a couple of days younger ones  can be distinguished by the length of their beaks.

Text and images from the ringing sent by  Aivar Leito
Screenshot from web camera  Fleur, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 22.06.2018

 

I have followed the seal camera at Innarahu on the Saaremaa western coast constantly besides the other Looduskalender web cameras.

At the moment I see on the screen grey geese, mallards, mew gulls, great black-backed gulls and herring gulls, arctic terns and oystercatchers and at sea the male eiders that begin their moulting.

Most of them besides the terns and oystercatchers are non-breeding ”lazers” that are in no hurry anywhere and with the foraging raids of white-tailed eagles on the islets the only worry.

Video recorded by  Ahto Täpsi
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Estonian text posted 20.06.2018

 

 

 

Bear; Brown bear        Karu or pruunkaru       Ursus arctos

 

Meeting a bear is a great occasion. No matter that it is a young animal that in the video pursues a strange smell by sniffing, then retreats, with dignity.

We should have to do with a two and a half years old male bear that is not yet quite an adult. It did not participate in the mating season this year

Screenshot from webcam  Rebelde, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 24.06.2018

White-tailed eagle        Merikotkas        Haliaeëtus albicilla

 Only two supporting branches are left of the crumbling nest of the white-tailed eagle family after two weeks. The stormy days and heavy showers in the week of course caused worries but everything passed without particular incidents.

Text and videos  Tiit Hunt, rmk.ee
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Estonian text posted 21.06.2018

In the badger castle there have been animal family idylls as well as life-threatening fights, and as visitors we have seen elks, deer and roe deer. The castle with 19 openings must accommodate at least a raccoon dog family with seven offspring, and a badger pair with two cubs – if all are at home.

We don’t really know thoroughly what the relationship between the badgers and the racoons in the badger castle might be. The occasion when the raccoon dog attacked the badger cub in camera view brought up a discussion of the harsh laws of nature and how these two species might be able to manage their lives side by side in a badger castle.

 

Screenshots from webcam  Timeo, LK forum
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Estonian text  posted 20.06.2018

A moment before the ”full mark” but the culprit has been registered

…and who dares say that the eaglet is not well fed?

After some time - but will the rain tomorrow manage to wash some of it  off?

Screenshot from webcam  Seira, LK forum

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Estonian text posted 20.06.2018

Male Ivo arrives at nest with food

 

Osprey         Kalakotkas         Pandion haliaetus

 

The osprey chicks that hatched in the drought period knew almost nothing about anything but summery weather until the stormy day yesterday with gale winds but then mother Irma was there to cover the chicks carefully:

See the video that  Mogga, LK forum, recorded from the web camera:

 

Screenshot from webcam  Rebelde, LK forum

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Estonian text posted 15.06.2018

Eaglet and mother Suvi in early morning waiting for family father

 

White-tailed eagle          Merikotkas          Haliaeëtus albicilla

 

For about ten days the eagle nest has been crumbling. Good at least that heavy rain or a serious storm has not occurred in the camera area.

Screenshot  from webcam Hagnat, LK forum

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 15.06.2018

 

Female Tiiu and two weeks old chick look eye to eye

 

Greater spotted eagle     Suur-konnakotkas      Aquila clanga or Clanga clanga

 

As the image shows Tiiu has brought fresh greenery to the nest.

 

Text: Urmas Sellis, Estonian Ornithological Society

Screenshots  Sunshaine and Shanta, LK forum; 2013 image from the EENet archive

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Transmission courtesy of  Kernel, Tele2 and EENet

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There are two web cameras at osprey nests in Estonia, one in  Võru County (Võrumaa) and the other in Tartu  County (Tartumaa).

The Tartu  County nest we can watch from 2013 onwards

 

Estonian text posted 06.06.2018

The Tartu County camera nest we built in the winter of 2013 to replace the natural nest that had fallen down and which was located about 50 m away. The osprey pair at once accepted the artificial nest as their own. The history of the nest can be read on the introductory page of the forum.

Screenshot  Biker, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 11.06.2018

After 4 pm on Monday male Sulev came to feed the eaglet

 

White-tailed eagle      Merikotkas       Haliaeëtus albicilla

 

The nest of the white-tailed eagles crumbles visibly. Luckily the pine tree has strong side branches where the birds can sit but the eaglet does have to train gymnastics.

Video recorded by  Mogga, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 11.06.2018 

 

 

June 10th, early morning

 

Osprey         Kalakotkas        Pandion haliaetus

 

Some small adjustments must be made in the hatching timeline of the osprey chicks.

We saw the hatching of the first osprey chick in the nest of Irma and Ivo on June 4. The new generation was increased by the next chick that hatched on June 6th.

Screenshot  Lussi, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 08.06.2018

Mother Tiiu feeds the eagle-to-be  

 

Greater spotted eagle       Suur-konnakotkas       Clanga clanga

 

 

So the eagle chick has become one week old in the forest.

The nest life of rare greater spotted eagles Tiiu and Tõnn proceeds in the peaceful silence of the forest.

Video recorded by  Ame, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 07.06.2018

 

 

At the ringing Renno comments both the measures and the eaglet itself compared to others of the same age.