Black Stork Nest 2, Jan and Janika, 2021

[Solo]

23:43:42


23:55:47


00:16:59

[Askja]

15.06.2021
Hello all night owls (like me)!
01:01 - 01:09 Something is happening near the nest, Jan got another fright! Strange thumping sounds, rustling noise, branches cracking and falling - like a larger animal "working" on something. Jan is highly alert but does not get up. He looks to the right and towards the tree trunk. Jan sits alert, with a straight neck, for a long time after.

I wonder if it was an elk or a wild boar on the ground below the nest? If the microphone is very sensitive it surely would pick that up? It was very loud und sounded very near.

01:02


01:03


01:30 Jan gets up for a short nest routine and looks more relaxed now.
01:42 aerating the nest
02:18 aerating the nest, rolling eggs. I can see 2 eggs with pips.
02:43 aerating the nest

[Liz01]

Good Morning Solo, Hörse Control and all

thank you very much for reporting and videos

6:12 still two storklets

[Liz01]

6:10 Janika comes home,




Jan flew away

[Liz01]

6:11 breakfast for the little storklets. It's a bit far from the little ones, but they have eaten


6:12 Janika is eating back


6:14 feeding is over


6:14 She covers the storklets

[Liz01]

6:22 Jan brings straw and flew off again.


Looks like he brought a rope yes, a bunch straw with a greenish rope

[Liz01]

6:29 he brought a long branch


6:30 he took off again

6:38 a huge bunch straw is brought

[Liz01]

6:45 Jan brings a bunch moss




6:46 Janika stands up

[Liz01]

6:47 Feeding time. The little ones are not hungry. Janika is eating back
6:49 she covers her storklets

[Liz01]

6:51 Jan brings a half tree


Flew off again


6:53

[Hellem]

all

7:04 Jan brought a bunch of hay, 7:05 he flew away, 7:08 is back with moss, 7:09 flies away
7:15 Jan with a bunch of hay
7:16 Jan stands on the Janika's back and does nestwork
7:19 Jan flies away
7:29 Jan brought moss, 7:32 flew away
7:33 Feeding by Janika
9:50 Feeding
10:30 Change - Jan arrives, Janika flies away, 10:31 Jan covers the chicks
10:42 Feeding by Jan, small fishes
11:35 Jan rolls the chicks and the eggs , preens, 11:39 covers the chicks

Liz

[madlaa]

11.44 3rd chick is almost out!
12.28 Feeding by Jan. 3rd head is popping up
12.31 Jan covers the chicks.
12.39 Rolling egg, arranging moss around nest bowl.
12.40 Jan covers chicks and egg.
12.50 - 12.51 Rolling and arranging.
13.06- 13.07 Jan defecating, 3 heads are up in the sun
13.27 Jan is trying to regurgitate, but nothing comes out. Also trying to remove egg shell from nest bowl, but ot keeps rolling back in.
13.29 Jan covers the chicks.
14.14. Unsuccsessful feeding. Jan removes egg shell from the nest bowl. He regurgitates a small piece of food, but it's too far from the chicks and they can't see it. Jan takes the food back and covers the chicks. Nr 3 is getting stronger
14.29 Jan is arranging some moss and an awkwardly positioned branch. He is preening himself.
14.36 covers the chicks.

[Solo]

Hello everyone

12:23:52 handsome Jan

... 12.28 Feeding by Jan. 3rd head is popping up ...

12:29:11 (and loud egg talk)


edit:
12:51:07

[Solo]

... 13.06- 13.07 Jan defecating, 3 heads are up in the sun

13:07:15


13:07:21 (little ones head is still very heavy)

[Solo]

youtube chat: 12:12 PM madli9031 ​look how beautiful green neck Jan has

13:11:07


13:21:40


13:22:52

[Hellem]

14:14 Feeding attempt, but the food is too far from the storklets, Jan takes it back
14:15 Jan covers the chicks
14:30 Jan is preening, the chicks are begging
14:35 Jan covers his chicks
14:43 Change - Janika arrives and Jan flies away
14:44 Janika regurgitated a small pile of food but the chicks didn't eat it, Janika takes it back
14:46 She digs, rolls the egg and covers the chicks
15:14 Janika feeds, a nice pile of food, the 2 older storklets eat it
15:18 She covers her chicks

madlaa, Solo

[Solo]

15:22:23


Hellem, Madlaa - thanx for reporting

[madlaa]

15.21 - 15.23 Aerating
15.35- 15.37 PS, aerating, egg talk, rolling.
16.10 Feeding. The food was far away and Janika ate it back quickly. The biggest chick ate a lot, the others got some bites as well?
16.48 Janika rolls the egg, Ps, aerating.
16.50 Feeding. 1 and 2 ate. By the time 3rd chick got to the front, food was already gone. 1 and 2 are full.
16.52 Janika covers the chicks and the egg.
17.00 Aerating.
17.01 Nr 3 is biting its older sibling. Janika is preening.
17.05 Janika is arranging material and covers the little ones.

I can already see myself struggling to tell difference between the chicks. They are all quite similar to me. When I say 1,2 or 3, I'm not actually sure if it's the right birth order...i'm sorry in advance.

[Owlie]

At about 18:14-18:15 the fourth egg was rolled and it seemed to have at least two black spots on it - maybe a bigger crack

Managed to get just a couple of poor pics


The egg in front of the chicks

[Solo]

... At about 18:14-18:15 the fourth egg was rolled and it seemed to have at least two black spots on it - maybe a bigger crack

Owlie,

18:14:49