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Video recorded by  Urmas Lettwww.eenet.ee
Translation Liis

 

Estonian text posted 08.01.2018

 

 

Red deer        Punahirv      Cervus elaphus

 

Is it surprising?

Before the storm last night the weather at the seaside coastal meadow was a little milder and the large antler-bearers come to drink sea water when possible – food is bland and in addition to the salt there are minerals too. This is why the antlers of the animals close to the sea are always a little larger and more impressive than those of the mainland inhabitants at the same age.

 

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum

VIDEO: Golden eagle in perching tree

Video recorded by  Ahto Täpsi
Translation Liis

 Estonian text posted 21.12.2017

The age of this golden eagle should be more than 3 years, light tail feathers with a dark tip are visible, a lighter head plumage is shaping up

 

Golden eagle     Kaljukotkas or maakotkas    Aquila chrysaetos

 

The large, impressive and ancient birds mostly use a pine as nesting tree. Breeding adults can be counted as non-migratory birds. Some of the young birds have gone roving and some have arrived here from the north. Altogether there are less than a couple of hundred individuals in winter here. Foraging is often done at a distance from the breeding territory, in remote marsh, bog or forest areas.

VIDEO: Before the capercaillie year arrives - about grouse in winter

Video Ahto Täpsi

Photo Arne Ader

Translation Liis

Estonian text posted 15.12.2017 

Grouse cock nibbling at birch buds

Grouse; Black grouse     Teder       Tetrao tetrix

If you notice large splendid birds in winter on birches at forest verges then you have met grouses. If however  similar but a little larger birds are busy in pine stands then instead capercaillies.

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