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Text  Margus Ots, Coordinator of Great Tit Year
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The second clutch of great tit chicks have left the nests now and the webcams at the nests close. The images from the webcams at the great tit nests were set up in cooperation with the Silma Märgala SA and Teetormaja,  the forum was organized by  Looduskalender, data transmission went by EENet, Teetormaja, Tele2 / Televõrk and Elisa. Many thanks to all helpers!

Info from  Margus Ots, www.eoy.ee

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum

Translation Liis

This morning the second clutch of chicks too left the nest with webcam

Great tit     Rasvatihane       Parus major

In this nest trunk the great tit started her second egg-laying on June 6th. The nest had 8 eggs and the chicks were hatched on June 24th – 25th. One egg remained unhatched and 7 chicks left the nest on Wednesday, July 13th, at an age of19 days.

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum
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Great tit     Rasvatihane        Parus major

Info for great tit friends:

Our great tit chicks were hatched on June 24th-25th, and they may be expected to leave the nest at 18-19 days, similar to the first clutch of chicks,. In the video we see them touching up their ”flight dress”.

So early on Wednesday morning at about 6 o’clock the departure may start unless there is heavy rain or some similar problem.

Video recorded by  Tuomokoo, LK forum
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White-tailed eagle     Merikotkas       Haliaeëtus albicilla

Small mishaps always happen to the eaglets hanging about in the nest tree – they cannot estimate a gust of wind, or become too daring. Large birds, wing span already a couple of metres, and so they need not particularly fear a fall. Calls can be heard from a couple of branch layers below.

Video recorded by  Ame, LK forum
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White-tailed eagle      Merikotkas          Haliaeëtus albicilla

A few minutes earlier female eagle  Anna again arrived with a fish to coax the eaglets out of the nest. She showed nicely how to throw oneself from a branch so that the wind carries you - and left with the fish.

8.35 was departure time for one eaglet. Flying does work when you really want to or when hunger pinches.