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When did the ospreys start their migration?

Video recorded by Liz, LK forum
Translation Liis

 

Estonian text published 15.09.2017

 

 

Osprey       Kalakotkas      Pandion haliaetus

Male Ivo as well as the young osprey Daisi, probably a girl, have left on their migration. For two days the solar panels could not provide the webcam system with power, so the departure may have been on Monday or Tuesday. On Wednesday when the camera started working again there was a hope that  Ivo might come to revisit the nest – this has happened quite frequently. The stormy day yesterday blew away the last hope of a final meeting.

Fattening up time for brown bears

Photo Arne Ader

Translation Liis

 

Estonian text published 07.09.2017

Pruunkaru

Brown bear

 

Brown bear    Pruunkaru or karu           Ursus arctos

 

Unharvested oat fields are still to be seen along road verges, and hunters have set up fields for foraging that will not be harvested at all. The fattening-up period of brown bears lasts; but what is eaten and where?

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