Lepidopterological Society in Estonia
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Estonian text posted  01.01.2017

2 664 butterfly friends or 53,56%  of all participants voted for the swallowtail.

Video recorded by  Ahto Täpsi
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 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 recorded by  Ahto Täpsi

 Snow chart from Estonian Weather Services

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Estonian text posted 24.12.2017

It is quiet in the forest in a storm  and the jay notices the gift brought to him

Jay        Pasknäär       Garrulus glandarius

Photo: Kristel Vilbaste

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Estonian text posted 29.12.2017

Carrot harvest  29.12.2017

In August I got no carrots for my soup from this bed, they were so tiny. Four months more of growing time and what a harvest.

Kristel harvested turnips too today from her Tartu city garden, in addition to the carrots. In the soil spiders moved around…

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