Image captured from last year’s webcam by Felis silvestris, LK forum
Translation Liis

Last year Mihkel visited the nest on March 13 for the first time

Buzzard       Hiireviu       Buteo buteo

Nest life is not always seen in the installed webcam, and this would not be the first time that it happens.

Latvian Fund for Nature

Introduction Urmas Sellis,
Eagle Club ( Kotkaklubi )
Translation Liis

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The breeding territory of eagle owls in Kurzeme (Courland) in Latvia is known since 1998. For several years nesting on the ground failed, and so a nest platform was built in a spruce at a height of 10 m in 2013. Since then the breeding of the eagle owl pair has been successful.

Estonian Ornithological Society  announces

Photo Arne Ader

Treecreeper

On the last Sunday of March, March 26th, the traditional intercity birdwatching contest will take place.

The kick-off for the birdwatching will be already at 5 o’clock in the morning. Nobody should however be discouraged by the early hour because all observations made in the cities up to 1 p m will be taken in account.

The event has expanded steadily. Its aim is to make us aware of the richness of birds in cities and the arrival of migrating birds that has started. Last year observation results were received from 24 Estonian cities where 118 bird species were observed.

Videos recorded by Olle Koert, www.tt.ee

Starling         Kuldnokk        Sturnus vulgaris

Prologue

The great spotted woodpecker that has occupied the nest box since January has not come in the camera’s field of view the last two nights – after all, the “drumming period” has started and maybe even a mate has been found?

Early in the morning, at 6.30, the first starling visited the nestbox. There is enough daylight and such a “mansion” must be looked after.

The conflict started at about 7 o’clock, when a second male starling came to inspect the nestbox (the first video shows the start of the conflict).

Image from webcam captured by Shanta, LK forum

Early morning, at 4.52 o’clock

Tawny owl     Kodukakk        Strix aluco

We were hoping to see the fourth egg in the nest trunk last night, after sunset when Klaara goes out after seven o’clock to ”stretch her legs”. The flight outside did last only a very short time, so we could hope that something more was going on.

The eggs were laid on March 15, 18, 21, 24.