Transmission organized by  Elisa and EENet
Introduction  Helen Arusoo, Animal of the Year Team
Technical support  HATCAM
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Estonian text posted  05.05.2018

The camera of the Animal of the Year is located in the Elistvere animal park where at present 4 spotted cats live: the lynx lady Gella, lynx men Lars and Koopailves and one young new-comer from East Virumaa. In camera view we will hopefully see Gella with light fur, also Lars who has a darker head and dark spots, and maybe also the shy Kooopailves who keeps himself to himself. The newcomer – who is evidently a young female and who is said to have been left in an empty dog enclosure in East Virumaa – was brought to live at Elistvere this year and is as yet accommodating herself to the other lynxes – we will not meet her to start with. The young newcomer will live on her own in her enclosure for some more time.

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