Black Stork Nest in Karula, 2021

[Tatiana60]

09:19 Karl II washes-he cleans the feathers... sneezes ...



09:27 Karl II begins tidying up the nest-loosening the feather bed, laying branches.
A woodpecker can be heard working in the woods not far from the nest...

09:30 there was a sharp sound as if from a fallen tree...

[Tatiana60]

09:36 - 09:40 Someone walks under the nest-Karl II disguised himself-moved closer to the camera and turns only his head, does not make any sounds, looks carefully...


09:41 loosened the feather bed,
09:42 lay down.

[Tatiana60]

09:43 tries to remove branches lying down, gets up, drags a large branch from the edge of the nest to the camera, puts it down. He cleans the feathers. The sun is out, but a cool wind is blowing. The stork raises its plumage. It can be seen that he is cool and not very comfortable. From time to time, he taps his beak.

[Tatiana60]

09: 57 Karl II listens carefully to the sounds of the forest. Some small animals walk under the nest, a woodpecker knocks with its beak, small birds sing and fly over...
10: 04 - 10:08 The stork is alert and looks around. He barely moves.
10: 14 Kaia arrived. (Karl II throws everything he has at her feet - moss... She has a lot of fluid... from joy...)


10: 19: 59 love games...


Kaia brushes her feathers, sneezes, stands on one leg-resting in the center of the nest.

10: 27 Karl flies off the branch to the right...
10: 28 Karl returns from the right and with a branch


10: 34 Kaia on the big branch of the nest

[Tatiana60]

10: 44 acrobatics


11.02 Kaia sleeps standing on one leg, often does PS ... very often...
11: 13 the sun is shining, storks close their eyes... both are warming up...

[Tatiana60]

11: 20 Karl II flies out of the nest from a large branch to the right
11: 25 Kaia flies out of the nest from a large branch to the right

[Tatiana60]

14: 10 Karl II is back


14: 14 he lies down in the nest and picks the moss while lying down

[Tatiana60]

14:37 got up,
14:39 puts things in order in the nest.

14: 44 he looks at us for a long time, and we look at him... eye to eye...

[Tatiana60]

15.33 Karl II is alarmed, the weather is getting worse... the wind is rising, and it's dark in the forest...
he's worried, peering into the distance...

[Swenja]

Hello @ Tatiana60
Thank you for the many beautiful pictures, video and reports.
When the camera went again, I was unfortunately out today. I already had the thought that I had missed the first egg.
But seeing eggs still takes time and patience.

stretching


Kaia will still be looking for food. I hope she can find good food.

[Swenja]

16:21 Karl II is doing some nest work





Karl II has already loosened and deepened the nest hollow very well. He did that mainly yesterday and today. It's not easy to see on the camera picture, but I noticed it today when he was standing with one foot in it.

[Swenja]

16:46:55 stretching



Today is Stretching-Day

[Tatiana60]

16.53 very short sings.

[sova]

Good evening everyone and thank you all for the pictures, videos, comments ... the time invested

Will it be the same as last year? ... lay eggs and Karl II can take care of the eggs himself.
What is worse; to have a female like Kaia or to have none at all?

[pazi]

11.02 Kaia sleeps standing on one leg, often does PS ... very often...

I wonder if a developing egg might cause discomfort and that's her way of finding relief...

[Swenja]

Will it be the same as last year? ... lay eggs and Karl II can take care of the eggs himself.
What is worse; to have a female like Kaia or to have none at all?

Hello @sova

There is this fear in the forum about the same procedure as last year. I have them too
But I want to think positively. Maybe like last year, maybe no egg at all, but maybe completely different.
It is certainly good for Karl II to have a female at all than not to have a female at all.

Greetings!

[Jo UK]

Will it be the same as last year? ... lay eggs and Karl II can take care of the eggs himself.
What is worse; to have a female like Kaia or to have none at all?

sova I have been thinking much the same. It seems that Kaia is a young female, probably immature in some ways. Maybe she has grown up a little more since last year when she behaved like a selfish, flighty teenager!

[Heloise]

There is this fear in the forum about the same procedure as last year. I have them too
But I want to think positively. Maybe like last year, maybe no egg at all, but maybe completely different.
It is certainly good for Karl II to have a female at all than not to have a female at all.

Hello, Tatjana60, Sova, Swenja, Jo UK
Many thanks, Tatyana60, for the review and photos!

Swenja, Jo UK, I'd like to copy your text. These are exactly my thoughts today.

Let's not lose hope yet!

[Jo UK]

Camera information
If the stream stops it may be helpful to check on the Kotkaklubi Youtube channel. where a new link can be found. This is something done by Youtube, not the camera.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCvBXT ... Saqd19N0Sg

Another approach is to use the LK main page and choose the camera from there.
https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/

[Swenja]

17:43 The hollow of the nest can be clearly seen in this picture. Karl II is working on it.