Introduction Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee
Transmission courtesy of Teetormaja and EENet
Translation Liis

Image from webcam Liz, LK forum

Video Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee

Text Urmas Sellis

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In the early morning light we saw the first egg in the nest

Black stork        Must-toonekurg          Ciconia nigra     

Looking back a little in time: male Karl arrived at the nest on April 4. He was more or less ready with the renovation of the nest in the morning of April 4, when female Kati arrived.

Image from webcam by Maggy, LK forum

From the egg with ”holes”in it sounds could be heard late in the evening

Tawny owl     Kodukakk       Strix aluco

So owl mother Klaara laid her eggs in the nest trunk on March 15, 18, 21 and 24. This  is how larger birds particularly birds of prey do,  because the development of larger eggs is an energy-intense activity.

In the evenings Klaara has been actively ”clattering” the eggs around and socializing with them in a quiet voice (with male Klaus she communicates quite differently).

Text and photos Margus Ots
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Counting geese on the ground in fields is easier than counting flying birds – they will not at once disappear from your field of view. But at the same time the geese in a large flock on the ground may be behind each other and the birds farther away may stay unnoticed. Often the geese in a field seem like a narrow band but on seeing the flock from another side it turns out that the goose flock covers a much greater area than supposed, the flock is as long as it is broad and at least half the birds were not noticed at all.

Text: Urmas Sellis, Estonian Ornithological Society

Transmission courtesy of Kernel, Tele2 and EENet

Supported by KIK

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