Tawny owl     Kodukakk       Strix aluco

On Thursday Klaara somehow did not at all want to fly out in the evening from the nest hollow. Klaus came calling on her but it seemed more sensible to him to bring Klaara a mouse… In early morning the fourth egg was in the nest.

In stormy weather there may be interruptions in the webcam operation, but our viewers know that breaks occur in direct stream transmission from forest life from dozens of reasons.

Klaara has laid eggs on March 10,  12,  15, and 18. Because she starts incubating at the same time as laying the eggs the owl chicks will not hatch at the same time. We will write about this when we are there.

.

This year probably around 1 500 tawny owl pairs nest in Estonia. Tawny owls are most numerous in Saaremaa and Hiiumaa (they have been seen and heard in the deer webcam). On the mainland they are most frequently encountered in the Matsalu National Park and the city of  Tartu and surrounding areas. There is scattered breeding across the whole mainland but very rarely on the northern coast.