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Estonian text posted 28.04.2018

Capercaillie cock in the lek area at 6 o’clock in the morning

 

Capercaillie          Metsis or mõtus         Tetrao urogallus

 

 

Text: Urmas Sellis, EOÜ
Photos  Triin Leetmaa, Urmas Sellis
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Estonian text posted 29.04. 2018

The greater spotted eagle is one of the most endangered eagles in Europe. In the EU countries fewer than 50 pairs nest and according to what is known, only in Poland and Estonia. The majority of Europe’s GSEs nest in Russia, Belarus and the Ukraine.

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Estonian text posted 28.04. 2018

By ten thirty there were six eggs in the nest

Starling             Kuldnokk         Sturnus vulgaris

 

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Estonian text posted 26.04.2018

 

In the morning at 10 o’clock the female had laid an egg …

 

Starling        Kuldnokk        Sturnus vulgaris

 

The strength of passerines to lay eggs always feels amazing, how does the body of a small bird have this capacity?

When we crack open a hen’s egg in the course of cooking we notice a small white dot on the yolk – it is the germinal disc  from which the chick develops. The developing chick feeds on the yolk during the incubation.

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Estonian text posted 27.04.2018

By 10 o’clock in the morning the fifth egg was in the nest box

 

Starling      Kuldnokk       Sturnus vulgaris

 

By today there are five eggs in the nest box  and four of them the female laid each subsequent morning. In case of passerines it may be noted that the female uses about 60% of her daily energy need  for laying an egg.