Capercaillie Metsis or mõtus Tetrao urogallus
The sun in southern Estonia rises already at a quarter to six. A couple of hours before sunrise the cocks start to call, but in the trees where they spent the night.
When the hens arrive to the lek area the first cock lands on the ground and soon also the other participants in the lek.
Golden eagle Kaljukotkas or maakotkas Aquila chrysaetos
Already in winter the Eagle Club installed a camera at the nest of the golden eagles in Soomaa so that the watchful birds would be less disturbed by people moving around. The eagle pair visited the nest with varying frequency, brought new nest materials and marked it with fresh green twigs …
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Text Urmas Sellis
Video recorded by liznm, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 11.04.2018
White-tailed eagle; Sea eagle Merikotkas Haliaeëtus albicilla
Are two eggs better than one?
If you have a choice, then surely. But in the Estonian white-tailed eagles’ (Suvi and Sulev) nest with webcam there is not much choice – only one egg remains in the nest.
The second egg was broken on the morning of April 5th and the remnants were removed by the adults from the nest.
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 .
Work is carried out with the dedication and confidence of the masters of the nest. It will be home for several months and must be marked and decorated.
The exciting springtime period continues, calls and hoots are heard from everywhere …
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