Photos Arne Ader

Translation Liis

Lapwing

Lapwing     Kiivitaja     Vanellus vanellus

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum
Translation Liis

Tawny owl        Kodukakk       Strix aluco

Klaara already knows that Klaus will bring something edible to the nest (we cannot hear those sounds).

In the beginning of the video the calls of Klaara and the more masculine “approval” from male Klaus - when his beak is free from the food – can be clearly seen and heard. If the web camera is open in the background we can often have an idea in advance of the doings of the tawny owls.

Text Marko Mägi

Photo Wikimedia
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Japanese tit

We know that human speech consists of various vocal elements (sounds or notes)  that combine together to form words which in turn form sentences. Animals interact similarly: for instance among birds and mammals specific predator warning calls have developed. However, it was not known until now whether animals use combinations of calls to transfer a message with complex content.

Text: Urmas Sellis, Kotkaklubi
Transmission courtesy of  Kernel and EENet
Translation  Liis

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Image from webcam captured by  Bea, LK forum

Video recorded by  Fleur, LK forum

Translation Liis

… at 19.01

Tawny owl    Kodukakk      Strix aluco

At the evening flight outside, at seven o’clock, there was a third egg in the nest hollow. Very  rarely five eggs are found in a tawny owl clutch (literature indicates a possibility of up to eight eggs), more often there are three eggs here: round, white ones, the size of a ping-pong ball.