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My ForestVIDEO: Starling at birdfeeder
Video recorded by Bea, LK forum
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Starling Kuldnokk Sturnus vulgaris
The winter this year lasted three weeks in January and of course wintering starlings were also seen. They were already moving in larger groups from the beginning of the month –probably arrivals from the south.
White-tailed eagle nest camera 2016
The white-tailed eagle camera is located at a nest in West Estonia, a neighbour to the nest of Linda and Sulev that we have watched previously. Installation of the camera took two days in mid-January (it was still cold weather then, around -15⁰C), taking part were Renno, Omar, Triin and Urmas. Later Renno and Omar had to adjust a few minor details.
Are city or country tits healthier?
Year of the Great Tit science news conveyed by Marko Mägi UT Bird Ecology researcher
Photo Arne Ader
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VIDEO: Nest has to be fought for
White-tailed eagle Merikotkas Haliaeetus albicilla
To start with some information: beginning from February 15th it is prohibited to move in the nesting area of white-tailed eagles without special permission according to the Nature Conservation Act.
The quite long “film” shows the fending off of the younger nest occupants for five minutes.
VIDEO: About the winter activities of badgers
On the border between Harju and Rapla counties, in a hazel stand with large aspens and some spruces and birches, there is a badger castle with more than ten openings. Here on a hazel a trail camera was mounted in the end of January to observe whether badgers, besides sleeping, also go outdoors in winter.
Photos and video records testify that there is plenty of activity whenever warmer weather arrives, and that there is no lack of visitors. Four badgers, probably two adults and their two young, are active at the den every evening and night.
