Partridge images Peep Käspre
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Estonian text posted 07.12.2017

Partridges

Partridge     Nurmkana     Perdix perdix

The colder weather and the appearance of a snow cover brought partridges to fields near farms but even there they prefer keeping close to the forest or shrubs for security.

Photos Arne Ader
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Estonian text posted 06.12.2017

Bullfinch

Bullfinch    Leevike     Pyrrhula pyrrhula

Most of the bullfinches that nested in Estonia have migrated southwards in the last few months and have now been replaced by migrants from the north and east who mostly remain during the winter – it is their activities that we notice now.

Video recorded by Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee
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Estonian text posted 06.12.2017

Jackal; Golden jackal      Šaakal or harilik šaakal     Canis aureus

The jackals were missing from camera view for some days. Were the IR lamps actually ”visible” to the sensitive canines or did they sense them in some other way?

Photos Arne Ader
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Estonian text posted 01.12.2017

Overnight location of jackdaws and crows

Jackdaw     Hakk           Corvus monedula

Jackdaws arrive to Estonia for winter from their northern and north-eastern breeding areas and in places can create an atmosphere of the film ”Birds” by Alfred Joseph Hitchcock …

Photos Arne Ader
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Estonian text posted 02.12.2017

Pine marten

Pine marten     Metsnugis       Martes martes

Pine martens inhabit quite different types of woods with dense undergrowth, also areas with shrubs (such as hazels or junipers).