EOÜ announces

Photo Arne Ader

Blackbird  ( www.loodusemees.ee )

The Estonian Ornithological Society would like to remind you that on this Sunday we hope to see all our members with family and friends taking part in the city birdwatching day.

Screencap from webcam  Maggy, LK forum
English translation Liis

Estonian text posted 28.03.2019

Already in early morning light, at 05.19, Klaara left the nest for a moment and we could see that there were five eggs in the nest hollow

Tawny owl      Kodukakk        Strix aluco

Accordingly the dates of the egg-layings have been: March 16th, 19th, 22nd, 24th and 28th.

Video recorded by  AnSa, LK foorum
English translation Liis

Estonian text posted 22.03.2019

Water shrew   Vesimutt or harilik vesimutt    Neomys fodiens

 

The water shrew belongs to the shrew or Soricidae  family, not to be confused with water voles. The water voles are up to twice as large as water shrews or even more, and so clearly bigger.

The water shrew in action in the video is about six centimetres long, to that comes roughly the same amount of tail length. The  weight  is around ten grams but you may meet specimens that are larger by half

Screencap from webcam  IceAge, LK forum
English translation Liis

Estonian text posted 25.03.2019

Red deer       Punahirv     Cervus elaphus

All red deer stags will soon be without antlers (in some years a little earlier, in others a little later).

Videos recorded by  Shanta, LK forum

English translation Liis
Estonian text posted  24.03.2019

Just before eight o’clock Klaara showed that there was a fourth egg in the nest hollow

Tawny owl        Kodukakk      Strix aluco

 

To start with, the dates of the egg-layings have been: March 16th, 19th, 22nd and 24th.

From the 21st onwards Klaara has only briefly left the nest hollow a couple of times during the evening and night but legs must be stretched.

Male Klaus has fed the incubating female bird very properly according to the viewers and rodents seem to be around this year