Black Stork Nest in Karula, 2021

[balistar]

Good late evening

very nice to see that Kaia spent last night with Karl II until today noon

Thanks everyone for reports, pictures and videos


Tatiana, i love this picture of the most beautiful Karl II (and therefore i repeat it here again )
thank you !

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Hopefully there will be even more "love in the air" with our Karl II and Kaia the following days

Good night, Karl II
good night, everyone

[Swenja]

April 17

Good morning!

Karl II spent the night alone in the nest. In the early hours of the morning he worked on the nest.



08:19:46 Kaia comes to the nest



08:20 Karl II sits down in the nest. Kaia just rattles her beak and walks past him onto the branch.
08:23 mating
09:28 Karl II flies away and fetches nest material. Kaia is waiting in the nest.
09:30 Karl II comes back and brings nest material.
Kaia poops very often this morning.

[Swenja]

11:59 Karl II is constantly wooing Kaia's favor. Kaia refuses and even goes as far as the nest edge.





Could Kaia be laying an egg soon? It seems to me that it could be.

Kaia wants to take care of the nest hollow. Karl II presses her, however, and so she goes on the branch.



12:18:00 mating

[Swenja]

12:19 Kaia takes care of the nest hollow.

[Michi]

Hello everyone,

thanks a lot, Swenja, for the reports!

Poor Karl II! It's a pity that Kaia refuses mating so often.

13:03 Karl II left the nest. Maybe for lunch?

13:04 Kaia left also.

[Swenja]

14:23:31 Karl II comes home and sings short





Now he is resting.



The sun is so beautiful in his feathers: Karl II shines.

[Swenja]

14:45:54 Karl II sits in the nest

[Swenja]

15:46:47 Kaia is here.
Karl II sings and after the greeting he sits down.
Kaia stand in the nest. She briefly touches Karl II with her beak. Karl II touches her foot with his beak.
Then Kaia goes to the branch.



16:17:00 Karl II sits in the nest and Kaia sits on Karl II



It is quieter in the nest today than in the past few days. Kaia is sometimes on the branch. But she is more in the nest now.

[pazi]

17:34 King of Moss with his storkobics exercise.
17:35 PS and
17:39 more storkobics

Kaia doesn't pay any attention.

[Swenja]

Hello @pazi
17:39 elegant stretch but the leg wasn't straight. Karl II can do that much better!



They are resting.



18:20:02 Kaia flies away
18:20:14 Karl II follows her

[Swenja]

19:24:45 Karl II comes to the nest and sings.

20:11:51 Kaia comes home.

20:12:10 Karl II sits down. Kaia bends down to him and Karl II stands up quickly.



preening synchronously almost

[Tatiana60]

Tatiana I can't watch your video. I need to Login. Can you do something?

the other day I will continue to upload videos to the YouTube channel and then I will change the links in my messages.

[balistar]

everyone,

a couple of late evening views incl. a mating event:

20.19.50 Karl II wants mating, Kaia again doesn't


20.19.53 Kaia tries to escape again on the curved branch


20.19.54 she's already up with one leg

[balistar]

20.19.55 but Karl II:
no no my love, this time you won't escape me


20.20.01 and Karl II gets straight to the point


20.20.04 mating - successful ? i think so

[balistar]

20.20.09 - 20.20.11 after mating

Karl II was standing on Kaia's back like doing voltagier




almost upright

[balistar]

20.20.22 afterwards a short happily whistling by Karl II
and then both standing side by side silently


20.21.12 Kaia went to the nest edge, both are preening, Karl II uses oily secretions from his preen gland


20.23.20 both standing on one leg, Kaia at the nest edge showing Karl II her back

[balistar]

20.47.55 both still in the same position as it slowly gets dark


20.52.50 almost dark

[balistar]

21.00.08 Karl II does a PS


21.07.20 now good night Kaia and Karl II


and good night everyone

[balistar]

April 18

04.49.20 at dawn:
Karl II and Kaia are awake, some soft clattering with beaks, a softly whistling, they are dancing


04.51.40 Karl II doesn't want to lose time, tries mating, Kaia is not yet in the mood
04.56.03 Karl II tries it again, yes this time he is lucky, almost nothing to see but he is on her back

04.56.15 on the right: ....... mating in the dark
beak clattering to hear and please see Karl II's wing feathers in the upper middle of the picture


it sounded "successful" and Karl II sang happily afterwards


05.24.31 Kaia on the left, Karl II on the right - the silence after the "storm"
only the little birds singing their morning concert

[balistar]

05.31.25 Kaia stretches ...


05.31.43 approaches Karl II ... they dance one round together around the nest


05.48.38 and guess who ended up on the curved branch


clearly, it's Kaia, the little princess - while Karl II starts his business ---> nestwork