Video Karl Adami, www.karladami.com/et/
Photo Arne Ader
English translation Liis
Estonian text posted 23.11.2018
Bank vole Harilik leethiir or leethiir Myodes glareolus
The bank voles are most intensely busy when dusk arrives, but in the current weather, with little natural daylight and generally grey, in daytime too.
The children of the Kiviõli school 2nd form made an interesting forest trip to set up a trail camera in a clump of trees near the school together with their parents and teacher Jaanika Merirand. For the children the trail camera was a novelty. What do the children hope to see in it? Ken Romet would like to see a hare, Isabella an elk, Kaspar - roe deer, bear, lynx, marten, badger. Badgers, raccoon dogs and roe deer are definitely present in the forest and the trail camera is already transmitting their activities.
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.
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Roe deer Metskits or kaber Capreolus capreolus
It is a common annual autumn view to see the roe deer enjoy the sprouting seeds in grain fields. The male in the video still wears his antlers despite having winter fur but part of his species comrades are already bare-headed.
More about the life arrangements of roe deer: LINK
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.
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