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Beavers honour private property

The family life of the largest rodent of Europe is largely similar to that of humans.
Photo: Tarmo Mikussaar
Estonian text posted by the Animal of the Year Team 05.05.2019
English translation Liis

 

The whole beaver family lives in a defined territory. Beavers honour private property.


The centre of the activity of the beaver family is the home – a lodge pile or in case of a high shoreline, nest burrows. The borders of the territory are marked with secretion. All family members leave their message on the tussocks with secretion. They are like border posts. An alien co-specific will find all information about the family group on studying this bulletin board  and understands that the individual who approaches closer will be in danger. 

 

Wolves are territorial animals

The Voyageurs Wolf Project video perfectly demonstrates the wolves’  seriousness and serious perception of  their territory. The video has data from the GPS collars of members of six different neighbouring wolf packs.

Video source: Voyageurs Wolf Project
Estonian text posted by the  Animal of the Year Team 06.05.2019
English translation GoogleTranslate (edited)

 

Tawny owl chicks two weeks old

Screencap from webcam  Maggy, LK forum
Estonian text posted 04.05.2019
English translation Liis

Image from this morning of the owl family in the nest trunk

 

Tawny owl        Kodukakk         Strix aluco

 

The webcam image shows the difference in size between the three older chicks and the fourth that was hatched two days later than the first three.

Mother Klaara has no longer time to feed the chicks individually and the fight for survival between the owl chicks is on, altough it is not conscious but rather as human thinking sees it.

At the end of May the chicks start leaving the nest trunk

VIDEO: Egg in lesser spotted eagle nest

Video recorded by  Bea, LK forum
Screencap from webcam  Rita, LK forum
Estonian text posted 03.04.2019

 

 

Yesterday night the female laid the first egg in the nest

 

 

Lesser spotted eagle       Väike-konnakotkas        Aquila pomarina

 

The weather is cold or changeable as in  spring, but the egg wanted to be laid despite that.

In previous years we have been able to watch the nest life of lesser spotted eagles in the webcam beginning from 2008.

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