Black Stork Webcam Discussion ~ Tiit & Tiina~ 2012

[maertha]

18:34; 18:42 Chick voices
http://pontu.eenet.ee/kurg/2012-05-19/2 ... -18-34.jpg

18:50 Now again this preening(?) which seems to be more a pecking (at the eggs?)

[macdoum]

Thank you for all that info.
Do the chick voices sound like 'quack,quack' ?

[maertha]

Thank you for all that info.
Do the chick voices sound like 'quack,quack' ?

Yes, that´s the sound, macdoum. It´s louder when the parent bird gets up.

[NancyM]

19:10

Tiina up again and the chicks are LOUD!

(and they do sound like duck quacks to me, too ..)

[maertha]

19:11 The voices are audible again.
http://pontu.eenet.ee/kurg/2012-05-19/2 ... -19-11.jpg

[rachowiak]

An adult bird is very nervous. I think that tonight, at the latest tomorrow morning we shall see the first chick, maybe even two.

[macdoum]

There is definately a pip in one egg.


Parent bird is busy preparing the 'crib'..arranging the moss,digging in the nestbowl.

[rachowiak]

So I think that these chicks voices are similar to those which predict a small crocodiles hatching.

[Lussi05]

19:24 (ca) It almost looks as if it's beginning of hole in the third egg, but maybe it's only dirt..

[rachowiak]

BTW: Hello everyone after a very long time!

[rachowiak]

19:24 (ca) It almost looks as if it's beginning of hole in the third egg, but maybe it's only dirt..

You're right - it looks very promising.

[Lussi05]

19:11 The voices are audible again.
http://pontu.eenet.ee/kurg/2012-05-19/2 ... -19-11.jpg

Their voices are indeed powerful, considering that they are inside an egg

[Lussi05]

BTW: Hello everyone after a very long time!

Hello

[maertha]

So I think that these chicks voices are similar to those which predict a small crocodiles hatching.

Sounds interesting, rachowiak. It must be hard work to get out of such a "prison"...
I can imagine that young saurians had similar voices.

Meanwhile I think it lasts longer than the birth of a mammal. (But all in all more comfortable for the female... )

Edit: Hello again and welcome after a long time!

[maertha]

19:54 The adult bird is sleeping peacefully
http://pontu.eenet.ee/kurg/2012-05-19/2 ... -19-54.jpg

[juta]

So I think that these chicks voices are similar to those which predict a small crocodiles hatching.

Ha-ha! I imagine this picture - little crocodiles on storks´ nest!

[macdoum]

So I think that these chicks voices are similar to those which predict a small crocodiles hatching.

[macdoum]

I can hear the 'quacks' clearly now even though parent is sitting on the eggs.

[maertha]

20:08: "Baby alarm" once more

[rachowiak]

Ha-ha! I imagine this picture - little crocodiles on storks´ nest!

In 2008 was "Santa Urmas', so that in 2012 can not be a flying crocodile? Do you remember radio controlled stork from 2009 (poor Miss Middle)?