Black Stork Nest 2, Jan and Janika, 2021

[redenhofer]

19:28

synchronized

[Solo]

Solo, by the way, did you ask Urmas about the frayed feathers of the storklets?

I wrote to him earlier, this was not up to date yet (yesterday I just reminded him)
and now (today), out of joy, I thanked only very much and asked nothing

[Solo]

19.54 training by No2

[Summi]

Thank you for responding.

[Solo]

it is again raining

22:00:00


22:30:30


feedings


today overview https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 26#p825526

special thanx to redenhofer and to Summi



edit
hard rain (It's raining cats and dogs)

[Solo]

August 20
Hello everyone

OVERVIEW 19.08.2021 https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 26#p825526

- on July 12 the youngest/fourth chick (Benjamin) perished 25 day old (unknown reason)
- on July 16 the chicks got ring (7181,7182,7183) and the body was removed for examination
- on August 06 female Janika was last seen on the nest (feeding at 16.14 )
- on August 14 all three storklets got transmitter in the late evening (and huge amount of frozen fishes)

trio hatched on June 14 + 14 and 15 - they are today 67 and 66 day old
chicks will be able to fly at the age of 68-72 days (more info here: https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 84#p817884)

OVERVIEW 20.08.2021

Jan in at 13:26:36
1/ 13.26 FEEDING by Jan - little pile of little fishes for big storklets (video by redenhofer https://youtu.be/CIyUPo64fTk)
- chicks alone: from 13:26:49 (Jan out) to 17:49:17
2/ 17.49 FEEDING by Jan - (maybe) little pile of little fishes for big storklets (video by redenhofer https://youtu.be/rNIpdrc9D5Y)
- chicks alone: from 17:49:23 (Jan out) to

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weather in Estonia: https://www.ilmateenistus.ee/?lang=en

[Solo]

youtube chat info:
6:15 AM Anu Kõlar​
... From 7.10/7.11: No 1 jumps and tries to fly very intensely

08.20 No2 some nice high jumps

[Solo]

No3 swaloved one fish (not simply)

08:38:02


08:38:14

[Solo]

the frayed feathers worried me a bit and they are their heads) still not "black"
- ​I send photos to one other BS expert (I don't want to bother Urmas again)

08:25:55


08:51:04


08:51:54

[Solo]

it is again raining
10:33:22

[Solo]

10.50 some kind of cars???

[Solo]

tug of war (No3 and No1)

10:56:14 No1 is the winner (who has the head then has the fish)

[redenhofer]

tug of war (No3 and No1)

10:56:14 No1 is the winner (who has the head then has the fish)

[Urmas]

There was a question about white stripes on primary feathers.
I did not check those if hold chicks in hand, forgot during installation of transmitters. But think these whitish stripes are most probably residues of feather sheaths, which did not fall away, yet. Usually those disappear if feather grows, but sometimes not so quickly. I did not look these close by. Trackers installing was in darkness, so no more information from that time. Maybe it was too dry in time of extensive feather growth?

[Urmas]

Quite often people ask - when they start to fly?
As written by several people, there are mean space of age when they have been fledged. That depends also of weather. As you probably noticed, chicks become more active if sun will shine and less clouds. With wet feathers there is not good to start first attempts of flights, also if crashed even more wet they become from undergrowth bushes and other vegetation. Thinking in evolutionary scale, start of flights is important part of independent life. If mistakes happen, less possibilities to experience next challenges. To avoid mistakes, all (probably not fully known for us) conditions should be nearly perfect - body condition, health, dry weather, enough free space around the nest, suitable old trees to fly on, no predators nearby, no accidental injuries, etc. But as we know, nothing perfect in nature, always something changes and those who can cope with those changes, they survive.

[Solo]

Urmas,
thank you very much for both information

[Solo]

12.00 No3 ate the maybe last fish

[Solo]

12.07 No1 really nice high jumps

[Solo]

after next rain-shower ... waiting on Jan
12:52:25

[Solo]

13.27 Jan is here

13:26:31 chirping

Jan in at 13:26:36
- feeding: little pile of little fishes for big storklets
Jan out at 13:26:49

video by Simoninna - thanx https://youtu.be/Wq6U3b7O01c

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the next fish for No2
13:38:52


13:38:56