Photos and text Margus Ots, Great Tit Year coordinator

Translation Liis

Checking the nest boxes on Friday in Vana-Kuuste in Tartu County it turned out that for the great tits that started nesting first, chicks had hatched. About 3 days old chicks were in the nest where the first egg was laid already on April 16. In addition a chick had just hatched in one nest box and in another nest box there were 1 day old chicks.

Just hatched great tit

Comments by Margus Ots, Great Tit Year coordinator

Video recorded by Olle Koert, www.tt.ee

Translation  Liis

On Tuesday we could observe in the nest box camera (nest box 3) how a wryneck plundered the great tit nest. The video shows the wryneck throwing 10 eggs out of the nest and also part of the nest material

Wryneck        Väänkael         Jynx torquilla

Video recorded by  Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee

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Buzzard     Hiireviu        Buteo buteo

Once more there is a new citizen in the world; the first buzzard-to-be has been hatched. The eggs were laid in the stick nest on April 6, 9 and 12, thus five weeks of incubation. Looking forward we can state that until they fledge there are still 6-7 weeks left.

Image from webcam captured by Maggy, LK forum

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Tawny owl      Kodukakk      Strix aluco

Our trio was one month old on Thursday. The three tawny owl chicks were hatched on the same day, that is April 12, but a difference in size is quite noticeable.

Parents Klaara and Klaus have managed their upbringing well. Congratulations!

Webcam image captured by Mutikluti, LK forum

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Morning in eagle nest

White-tailed eagle     Merikotkas      Haliaeëtus albicilla

The chicks of white-tailed eagle pair Anna and Uku were hatched on April 13, 16 and 19, at exactly the same intervals that the eggs were laid in the nest, that is on March 8, 11 and 14. All can calculate the lengths of the incubation periods for themselves.