Ending story  Tiit Hunt, www.rmk.ee

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Uno recently found one of the  antlers that Hubert shed in February last year.

The red deer camera ends this season.

We will be able to observe the doings of the red deer again in the beginning of September when the powerful mating roars from the male deer again resound from the fields and forests, and the antler-rattling of rivals is heard.

Hubert, the largest of the twenty-member deer flock that visited the feeding ground, shed his antlers already in mid-February and by mid-May the old antlers had fallen from even the youngest members of the flock.

Text and photos  Aare Lindt, www.loodusmuuseum.ee

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Scarce conformist moth; Softly's sholuder-knot moth    Harilik tüveöölane         Lithophane consocia

The scarce conformist or Softly’s shoulderknot moth is common in Estonia and it can be encountered everywhere.

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum

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Goshawk; Northern goshawk     Kanakull     Accipiter gentilis

To start with, the goshawk pair nesting in Riga city had 4 greenish-white eggs in the nest already in the evening of Wednesday, April 13. With this the clutch was complete; incubation goes on and can last 35 to 42 days.

Webcam image captured by  Ame, LK forum

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The whole family investigating…

White-tailed eagle   Merikotkas     Haliaeëtus albicilla

Friday's ”talker”  is about to hatch, in the last egg there is a large hole showing that eagle chick twins are going to hatch on Saturday. Congratulations!

Image from webcam captured by  Liz, LK forum

Translation Liis

And in early morning there were three eggs in the nest

Black stork      Must-toonekurg       Ciconia nigra

Kati showing the fruits of "nest sitting" to her mate Karl. Karl had been busy since morning dusk with getting necessary materials for the nest. A crisp and beautiful early morning.