5-7 years are oldest known found in Estonia, record is 23 years (England). Nearly 1400 have been ringed 1922-2007, and 48 have been recovered, only 2 of them outside Estonia. There are about 1000-2000 Tawny Owl breeding pairs in Estonia, about 3000-6000 overwintering individuals. Fledgling young outside nest begging foodĪ list of other owls in Estonia is under the heading “Eesti kakud” (Estonian Owls), with some sound illustrations: use link Loe edasi (Read on) for each bird, then look again for loudspeaker symbol. Young in nest begging food (adult birds in background) Diurnal and seasonal changes in vocalization have been described for several vocal species, including songbirds. Courting cry of male calling cries of male (low keu-ve) and female (shriller kiu-vi) Tawny Owls ( Strix aluco) are nocturnal birds of prey that use vocalization as their principal mechanism of communication. Courting & mating cries of male and female Tawny Owl sounds (=”Häälitsused”), come in this order on its web page here, look for the loudspeaker symbols: Kodu-kakk = home owl, literal translation. (Better get a nice big screen, to run many webcams. g_squirrel.Ībout the Tawny Owl, Estonia's Bird of the year for 2009:Ī Tawny Owl nest will be on webcamera, starting March, link will come on the Bird of the Year home page. ELF, the Estonian Fund for Nature, (Eesti Looduse Fond) has put out an appeal for funds for their flying squirrel project (the larger part of the text in Looduskalender). It will not be altogether easy because there are few suitable tree hollows left in the very production-oriented forests, and there may be a long way to the next suitable living place and with obstacles, like clear-felled and rejuvenation areas in between that have to be crossed somehow.” But in time she too will have to find a new nesting place. Her nest tree did break at 10 meters, but luckily the nest hollow is in the remaining stump and Miina can still use it for some time. Our flying squirrel Mina, equipped with a transmitter, did not fare so badly. The recent storm did not only do harm to humans but also sent some flying squirrels out househunting, when their nest trees were brought down. They do not hibernate, even in winter they make regular trips outside for feeding and other activities. "Christmas is a quite peaceful time for the Flying Squirrels. Jo – I really didn’t know where to put it, feel free to move it around! "Other animals” seemed most reasonable. Link is to the Looduskalender notice, with photos of Miina. A nice little report on the doings of Miina, member of the ELF flying squirrel project team.
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