Red Deer Cam (Saarema Island)

Oops... someone put fire on the hay. I was wondering how it got fire but as you say it was someone   

geeesh  
i can't believe that!
saaremaa is island with traditions, they have had live very safe...because in soviet times they had iron curtain and water curtain....but this is now very rude   

now i read from estonian forum and there one girl said that this is not fire...this is steam...if hay-ball will very hot inside...it will be steaming and...they guessed, its hay-ball opened because that....
if deers will eat it...then it was steam   

Thanks, Ally.   

Ok! Thanks Ally. Let's see. Maybe they opened it to not have fire. But why they hide the cam? When they leave carrots they don't do it

It is certainly a bright moon in Estonia tonight! But I have not noticed any deer feeding.

Hi Bisky.
No deer. Last night it was also like this during the moonlight. They only came when it became darker. Today it will be near an hour later...
But 2 raccoon dogs were there for a while

Somebody else likes carrots.  

Is it the badger?


Now the two raccoon dogs came up to eat and the other (?) ran off.

Bisky wrote:

this is a badger     

2 or 3 badgers are there

An ex-bald arrived

He is certainly being very cautious -- looks like he is ready to run if needed.

Looks like one is eating and three (four? only legs showing) are waiting their turn.  Must be Mr. Magnificent dining first.

 

This will be a fine feast for the Easter Bunny!    

Humm... you arrived first
I was going to announce tons of carrots

Mmmmmm....carrots.

 A forum member from LK got a clearer picture last night of the five deer!

Cool! Thanks
None are there now :(

They really love carrots!
And the new antlers seem to be very strong

Now it's the turn for the younger males to loose their antlers

Yes, I saw him also!  It took a while for him to move so I could see the antler buds -- (thought it might be a doe).

I think this is a different buck who has also lost his chapeau.  This one has a mark in back of his right shoulder that the other one did not have.


He was quickly joined by an older companion.


Correction: two older companions

On April 14th there was the steam or smoke coming
from the hay.
I remember that in our country some farmers also had  to be very careful if   the hay had been brought into the haystacks
and into the barns although the hay was still a bit wet, humide, and then it can get hot and begins to brew and should there get some extra air
into the stack it can easily begin to burn..
in that way some farms are burned down!
In our modern times the farmers have more ways to
dry the hay and almost every farmer knows the danger now.
Should some air get into the hayball while a deer
was eating this hay could have started to burn and the  animal could have got wounded.. so some one has opened the ball to prevent that.
The man that brings the food to the Alutaguse bearcam mostly covers the cam when he is there, so the man here did the same. Some people don't like their pictures taken...that is ok!

Very interesting -- I never knew that this could happen with haystacks.  

The 2 ex-balds are eating side by side


The "new bald" just arrived

Yes, it looks like the same bunch from last night -- but when I look at the cam now, they are gone!

A handsome guy dining alone


...for a while.

Baldy made a short visit before being spooked away by something back in the woods.