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VIDEO: Enough food in osprey nest

Video recorded by Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee

Screencap from webcam Sapphiera, LK forum
Translation Liis

 

Estonian text published 23.08.2017

 

 

Osprey       Kalakotkas       Pandion haliaetus

 

The young ospreys are two and a half month old by now.

So loudly the food begging goes about. Since last week male Ivo is left as the food provider for the young ones, but he copes very well with the fishing.

Week in the woods: Harvested fields and animals moving more.

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Roe deer
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Posted by the Animal of the Year Team 23.08.2017 in Estonian
Translation Liis

On going to check the trail cameras I met a roe deer family on a freshly cleared winter rapeseed field. It seems to be a fawn and its mother who have also passed the trail camera in the forest. The fawn trusts the adult in everything. The young deer-to-be noticed me but only stopped to observe. When decisions have to be made then the mother decides. The doe however did not notice me and so they nibbled peacefully on at the field verge. 

 

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While the doe was eating calmly the fawn did not let me out of its sight. Even on leaving the field it kept its ears laid back and continued observing. 

 

Reader’s letter and video: Roe deer families

Video record, images and text Mati Sepp
Translation Liis

 

Estonian text published 12.08.2017

Video: LINK

I have observed the doings of roe deer on summer evenings but there is always the knowledge that nature is a harsh place to live in …

On the field of 5 hectares there are up to four roe females and a buck. Each has its own corner but until now the females have not brought along this year’s fawns.

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