Observations forwarded by Aivar Leito
Screenshot from webcam  UteL, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 20.07.2018

Dear bird friends and watchers of the webcams!

I am a constant bird camera observer and ponder about what is seen there: who, what, why and how in the nest life of the chicks since their hatching.

I have noticed similarities as well as differences depending on the species, the age of the chicks and other factors such as the relations between parents and chicks and external forces.

In the case of the chicks of the black storks it has been clear that their internal relations are close and many different behaviours and reactions can be seen.

Screenshot from webcam  Seira, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 20.07.2018

Osprey       Kalakotkas      Pandion haliaetus

By now the LK forum members have linked the codes on the leg rings to names for the young birds.

XJ – was given the name Jaak (after the last letter of the ring). The wing length of the oldest osprey chick was 305 mm at the measuring and the weight 1,40 kilos; As a reminder, even with adults the males are smaller and lighter

Screenshot from webcam  Anne, LK forum
Video recorded by  Liz, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 20.07.2018

Birthday kids

Black stork     Must-toonekurg         Ciconia nigra

Almost a week ago our stork chicks got rings on their legs as well as transmitters as light-weight backpacks on their backs. The birdmen get more information about the movements of the young birds before their breeding period arrives.

Screenshot from webcam  Rita, LK forum
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Estonian text posted 16.07.2018

Good opportunity to compare sizes of mother Tiiu and eaglet

Greater spotted eagle        Suur-konnakotkas         Aquila clanga  or Clanga clanga

 

Info from  Kalev Rattiste
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Photos ArneAder

Estonian text posted 17.07.2018

Ringing of birds at the  Kakrarahud

Mew gull           Kalakajakas        Larus canus

This spring mew gull Enn (10 years old, hatched 2008 at Kakurahu), nesting at the Kakurahu in Matsalu, got a GPS transmitter.

Last week he was still busy at his breeding territory in the colony but now he has gone on migration. Last  night at midnight he stopped at the south-eastern coast of Saaremaa but today he already spent at the southern tip of the Gotland island.