Videos

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).

Video recorded by Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee
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Tawny owl      Kodukakk      Strix aluco

Klaara  laid the third egg in the nest hollow after midnight.

She does not leave the nest immediately after laying an egg. With feeding everything seems to be in order for her. On the bottom of the nest trunk we see the white eggs surrounded by owl pellets – they contain mouse hairs, bones, teeth, all that the bird cannot digest. The pellets are ejected from the digestive tract by vomiting.

Videos recorded by  Olle Koert, www.tt.ee
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The migrant birds arrive, and to the nestbox of the tit the third tenant of this year has already appeared – the starling.

Video recorded by Biker, LK forum

Tawny owl     Kodukakk      Strix aluco

At 7 o’clock in the evening Klaara called on her mate Klaus. And after that we saw the first egg lying on the bottom of the nest.

The nesting period of tawny owls is long and we will have time to discuss everything in more detail.

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum
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Grey seal        Hallhüljes        Halichoerus grypus

As we have already written,  the females feed the pups for about three weeks, then the heat period begins. The large male seals of course fight for the females, driving off their rivals in order to be in the right place at the right time. The really large seal bulls have no bonds to the following generations and they may weigh up to three hundred kilos. The neck folds are sometimes scarred from bloody fights with each other.