Black Stork Nest in Karula - 2018

[chrisitz]

beautiful pictures!
thank you!

[UteL.]

hi Chrisitz


9:40:38 do you hear a chick?? like a frog....

10:53:40 volume up! in the egg!

[Anne7]

Good morning!

Yes! Loud and clear egg talk!
The little one sounds indeed like a little frog
Kwack. Kwack. Or maybe like a little duck?

It's difficult to see if there is already a crack, the nest bowl is deep and a branch is hiding part of the view.

12:15 Yes, Karl, we heard it too!



12:31 Kati arrived, Karl leaves
12:38 The chick has a lot to say

12:38 I saw a big crack. The chick is almost there!!!


12:45


12:59 thunder!
13:01 almost 2 separate egg parts!

[chrisitz]

such nice pics from Karl.
I love him

[Liz01]

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Yes! Loud and clear egg talk!
The little one sounds indeed like a little frog ..

It's difficult to see if there is already a crack, the nest bowl is deep and a branch is hiding part of the view. ..

Good Day

Oh my... here the same.. to much cams and too much little hatchlings

Anne, thank you for the amazing pictures and the time stamps

I will do a video from this progress and the early morning egg talk

here it is:

[UteL.]

The little stork will love thunderstorms in the future, as I ...
The world welcomes him with timpani and trumpets.

[Anne7]

such nice pics from Karl.
I love him

We all love him, chrisitz!

We can share him (if Kati agrees)

[Anne7]

Anne, thank you for the amazing pictures and the time stamps
I will do a video from this progress and the early morning egg talk

You're welcome, Liz!
Thanks for the video!

13:24


13:25 the egg is completely broken into small pieces


13:44-45 Kati turns the eggs, also the hatching one

13:57 Very loud claps of thunder, the storm must be very closeby
It is pouring.

14:10 - 35 The weather is still awful. Kati is getting soaked.

[asteria]

One chick is going to come out

[Summi]

What a day for hatching! But at least rain is good for food.

[UteL.]

Weather forecast Valga / near Karula National Park

[Anne7]

What a day for hatching! But at least rain is good for food.

Yes, it has been dry weather for a long time.

I hope the hatchling is staying dry and warm under Kati...
14:40 I heard it talking a little...

14:47 I believe this is the little head. Or something else sticking out.

(Unfortunately, the pic isn't sharp)

[Lisbeth]

Sorry for the silly question, but what is the part between the beak and the eye that's swelling as she breathes? I've been following this camera for three years now, but I don't remember seeing that before. Even Google couldn't help me.

[Anne7]

Sorry for the silly question, but what is the part between the beak and the eye that's swelling as she breathes? I've been following this camera for three years now, but I don't remember seeing that before. Even Google couldn't help me.

Hello, Lisbeth,
I see it too now... I do not know what it is. A vein? Airflow?
Someone, please?

15:06 The thunderstorm isn't over yet.
15:38:30 The hatchling is chirping again. It quacks. It is still not completely out of the egg.
15:51:15 A little help from Kati? She 'shakes' the egg a little.

[UteL.]

Sorry for the silly question, but what is the part between the beak and the eye that's swelling as she breathes? I've been following this camera for three years now, but I don't remember seeing that before. Even Google couldn't help me.

comparable to sinus passages in humans??. The trachea in birds is much larger, breathing has a different principle.
(I'm not a specialist!)

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The little one fights and scolds

[Anne7]

16:11:56 Karl came home

16:12:32 Kati leaves
Karl cleans the nest bowl. The chick moves a lot. It is partly out of the shell, I think.

16:20-21 The chick is almost completely out of the egg!

Karl is sneezing(?) a lot.

[Liz01]

16:11 the little one is begging.. it is still in the egg shell and is begging.. that's cute
16:12 Karl has arrived
The little has remembered that he is still in the egg and makes normal hatch noises again

16:21 it is almost out of egg.. the backside is out of egg shell.. the head is still in theegg.. I would say.. Calimero is there

[UteL.]

Karl came home and turned the kid upside down

16:19:08

[Liz01]

16:21:03 it moves out of egg shell. I see the little wings

16:31 here it is

[Anne7]

16:21:03 it moves out of egg shell. I see the little wings

I saw it too!
But not completely yet?

Get up Karl, we would like to see your baby!

16:32 Here it is!

16:31 here it is

OK, 16:31

Congratulations, Karl and Kati! (And all watchers! And Estonia!)