May 2019

Transmission provided by  EENet
Introduction and illustrations Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
Estonian text posted 26.05.2019

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Screencap from webcam  Liz, LK forum
Estonian text posted 26.05.2019

Male Karl  feeding three stork chicks this morning

Black stork              Must-toonekurg               Ciconia nigra

The elimination of the youngest stork chick from the nest by the female was actually only a matter of time.

Video recorded by Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee
Translation Liis
Estonian text posted 22.05.2019

Black stork        Must-toonekurg        Ciconia nigra

 

In the video male Karl II arrives at the nest to feed the chicks. Both adults have ensured that  all chicks are properly fed – with young stork chicks it is still easy.

The three older chicks are a week old today. The youngest and smallest was hatched two days later and the difference in size is visible to the eye..

Photo Arne Ader

Tawny owl chick ( www.loodusemees.ee )

The hope remains that the only one to come out from the nest trunk will stay healthy.

Tawny owl        Kodukakk            Strix aluco

A sad sight for watchers but so too nest life may turn out in nature despite our best wishes.

We don’t know  the cause of death of the last two chicks. It seems possible  that a disease or parasites attacked them. We promise to share the information when any explanation is available .

Mobile phone  video and image by Olle Koert, www.tt.ee

Pine marten          Metsnugis             Martes martes

Olle drove to the nest after the pine marten’s attack and caught images of the movements of the robber although he had to search for the mobile phone very fast in his pocket – a useful occasion for a mobile in fact.

Video recorded by  Aita, LK forum
Estonian text posted 20.05.2019

Starling     Kuldnokk         Sturnus vulgaris

 

When it rains, it pours …

Half an hour before noon a hairy paw reached for the starling chicks. Since it is a rather secluded spot the ”robber” could well be a pine marten.

The starling adults were courageous in defending their chicks but against the mammal their power and self-sacrificing attacks were sadly not enough …

Screencap from webcam  Timea, LK forum
Estonian text posted 2019.20.05

The tail feathers of the largest owl chick are still visible at the opening of the nest trunk

Tawny owl       Kodukakk        Strix aluco

We transmit the webcam images from the owl nest for the eleventh year. This year’s surviving owl chicks were hatched on April 18, 19 and 20. Such a sight we haven’t seen in the camera but it is known that similar things happen in the world of birds.

Written and presented in Vikerradio by Kristel Vilbaste
Photo Arne Ader
English translation Liis

Lilac ( www.loodusemees.ee )

In South Estonia the lilac time has  already begun and I  cannot pass out through my garden gate without looking for a long time  for some lilac luck.

The lilac is a late arrival in Estonia and this custom is borrowed from the westerly folks, and even to them  this oriental shrub actually arrived only  in the middle of the 16th century.

Video recorded by  Crissy, LK forum
Estonian text  posted 18.05.2019

Black stork           Must-toonekurg       Ciconia nigra

 

This morning a little before half past nine the last stork-to-be was hatched from its egg – thus three siblings saw daylight on May 16 and the last one on May 18.