Jackal, Golden jackal Šaakal or harilik šaakal Canis aureus
If the jackals still appeared to be rather skinny in early November then in this video from November 20 they look well fed and quite round in their fresh winter furs.
Despite the temptation the cautious creatures keep away from the bait: the genetic memory of the species holds memories of how they were destroyed by poisons added to the bait in their established habitats.
The choice of location for the jackal camera has really been successful. Not a single day has passed as yet without jackals in camera view. It seems that the camera is at a path of the jackals that they patrol several times a day. As soon as the jackals disappear out of sight the foxes are there and the other way about; so they alternate in the darkness. Small morsels behind the rock attracts them and makes them stay around a little longer here.
Videos recorded by Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee and Fleur, LK forum
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 05.11.2018
Cautious animal on Friday night
Jackal, Golden jackal Šaakal or harilik šaakal Canis aureus
A comparatively new animal in our nature: only in 2011 they were thought to exist in Estonia and in 2012 the first animal was shot in the Matsalu area.
In their traditional habitats their social living and cleverness is valued despite the fact that they clearly cause damage in the surrounding nature.
Transmission courtesy of Elisa and EENet
Introduction Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 03.11.2018
Text written and photos and videos selected by Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
Translation Liis
Estonian text posted 11.04.2018
Last year in the autumn we installed the web Camera at the Metsküla shore, in a site from where at about five kilometres distance in 2013 the first evidence came to prove the presence of the golden jackal (Canis aureus) in Estonia.
Now we will leave the jackals on their own in Metsküla and bring to mind who has been seen and heard in camera view during the five months.
Already in the evening at the installation of the camera the ringing howl of two jackals sounded from the beach. The jackals here also howl at propeller-driven airplanes and the evening plane between Kuressaare and Tallinn almost always made the animals howl .
Screencap from webcam Hagnat, LK forum
Translation Liis
Estonian text posted 15.03.2018
A couple of days ago the jackals were moving on the southern shore of Matsalu after a break
Golden jackal Šaakal or harilik šaakal Canis aureus
Videos recorded by Fleur, LK forum
Translation Liis
Estonian text posted 15.01.2018
Goshawk Kanakull Accipter gentilis
The shallow MatsaluBay with a water salinity near zero is freezing, only a few openings are visible because the surface water already is at a couple of degrees minus. We will see how the view has changed tomorrow; strong winds from south are forecast. The mute swans moved away from the forming ice, out of the Matsalu bay.
Video recorded by Fleur, LK forum
Photo: Arne Ader
Translation Liis
Estonian text posted 09.12.2017
The first encounter with the otter was about 10 days back and was very brief
Jackal; Golden jackal Šaakal or harilik šaakal Canis aureus
The jackals were missing from camera view for some days. Were the IR lamps actually ”visible” to the sensitive canines or did they sense them in some other way?
Jackal; Golden jackal Šaakal or harilik šaakal Canis aureus
A new animal in Estonian nature but where they are permanent residents their collective life mode and smartness is acknowledged despite the significant damage that they cause in the environment.
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