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Expecting the owlets to hatch?

Screencap from webcam Maggy, LK forum
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Klaara incubating this morning

 

Tawny owl         Kodukakk        Strix aluco

 

Let us look back in time - Klaara laid the eggs on March 15, 18, 21, and 24. It is common among tawny owls that the eggs are laid at intervals of a few days.

When the first egg has been laid the female also starts incubating. Until the second egg we saw Klaara quite often moving outside in the evenings – after all she may well have needed to meet Klaus and socialize.

Grey heron colony

Text Urmas Sellis, Estonian Ornithological Society and Renno Nellis, Eagle Club
Transmission courtesy of Tele2Elisa and EENet
The project is supported by  KIK
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Estonian article published 03.04.2017

We introduce a new nature camera from an Estonian grey heron nest colony located in Lääne County. It is probably the largest heron colony in Estonia now, nearly 300 pairs nest there. In total 2000-2500 pairs nest in Estonia.

VIDEO: Karula black stork female arrived

Video recorded by  Urmas Lettwww.eenet.ee
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Black stork      Must-toonekurg       Ciconia nigra

 

Today at about half past two female Kati arrived  –  what joy on both sides.

Karl arrived on April 4 in the morning and in the last five days has secured the ”home” quite substantially with branches and brought fresh moss for nest material.

The adults have spent the time since the departure last autumn apart, in different wintering areas - of course they were happy to meet again after a long time.

Deer camera ends transmission

Video, image from web camera and text  Tiit Huntwww.rmk.ee
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The deer bulls still visit the feeding ground at the habitual rate from the winter. There is no fresh grass yet and the silage still tastes as good as before, and carrots would be nice even in summer. When the heat wave comes that gets the grass growing even in Saaremaa the visits of the deer at the feeding ground will become rarer by each time.

At the moment the antlers of the stags look very different: some have new small rounded knobs or the beginnings of branching ”woolly” antlers, others even have last year’s crowns, still usable even for contests between rivals and a third group of stags that have recently shed their antlers have neither one or the other.

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