Black Stork Nest in Karula, 2021

[Anne7]

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13:00 Waiting for a parent.


13:01 Kaia!


The chicks are hungry

[Thomas Niiström]

Wonderful to see

[Swenja]

13:01:00 Kaia comes to the nest and feeding time! There were frogs too.





After feeding, the chicks ask for water.
Kaia takes a close look at the area around the nest.



13:09:51 Kaia flies away.

[Swenja]

13:13:45 Kaia brings moss and water.



13:20:12 Karl II comes to the nest too.
13:20:37 Kaia flies away.

13:22 feeding time Karl II. Nothing to see, just fluffy chicks.



13:22:38 Karl II flies away.

[Anne7]

Kaia regurgitated twice. (And even a third time, but that was one single frog)
Twice a rather small amount of food.
Added up, this may constitute a 'fair' portion.
I think I see a few fish, frogs and tadpoles.

13:01:31


13:01:53



EDIT:

13:22 Our dingy Trio just after being fed by Karl II.
#1 - #3 - #2 ?

[Swenja]

So, for the fact that there were 2 feedings at once, the crops don't look so full now.
Except, of course, # 1

[Swenja]

...
Hope to see Kaia soon.

You probably had the right idea. You thought and Kaia came.

Great! Thank you for the track data

[Heloise]

Wonderful!
Many thanks, Anne7 and Swenja!

The picture of pouring water is very good, thank you!
(I thought about Kaia all morning, but didn't write it )

I really admire Kaia and Karl II, they are wonderful parents!


The wind outside is almost like that coming from a hair dryer

[Tatiana60]

14: 21 something our chicks are quiet... a bird chirps nearby...

[Heloise]

14:46



Wing exercises

[Heloise]

15:04:20 One chick on the right side (which of these three chicks? 1? 2? 3?) does a PS in the nest



Another chick tastes it twice



15:34
This is not a deep sleep. They breathe fast... the weather is too hot.

[Heloise]

15:53 There is always someone third who is a little different





16:06 Fortunately, the nest is no longer in direct sunlight.

Pretty good balance!

[Heloise]

I'm on guard!

[Tatiana60]

18: 46 the chicks are still alone... in front of us is the youngest, on the left is the middle one.

[Anne7]

Tatiana

19:07 Still no parents. It's time to come home!


Again a chick does a (tiny) PS in the nest bowl ...


... and tastes it.

[Heloise]

19:09 Home alone...

I fix the nest!



I fly!

[Heloise]

Did you see?



I lift my leg as my father does!



19:13

[Heloise]

I have a feeling that parents do not feed the chicks so much today, it is very difficult to actively move in such weather.
I hope for the nice dinner later (maybe in the moonlight )

The storklets are patient and quiet, waiting... and practice walking.




Sometimes it fails because the head and neck are heavy...

[Anne7]

I have a feeling that parents do not feed the chicks so much today, it is very difficult to actively move in such weather.

Heloise

Great pics!

I don't know why the chicks are getting so little to eat today (for now).

Is it because it is not good to eat a lot in such heat?
Is it because the parents have difficulty catching enough food at the moment?
Are the parents themselves suffering from this heat? (Which is unlikely, I think, as BS spend the winter in Africa, where it gets even hotter.)

[Swenja]

19:44:35 Karl II comes
19:44 feeding time!



There was also fish. But I don't know what that is?



19:45:55 Karl II flies away from the curved branch.