Black Stork Nest 2, Jan and Janika, 2021

[Summi]

Good evening all

16:41:04 Jan's wings keep fascinating me

Absolutely! It's a powerful sight when he arrives on the nest his wings spread!

Solo, thank you for the great moments caught by shots!

The storklets are sure that fish live especially in Dad's beak and everyone wants to grab it to himself!

[Solo]

20:19:52 No1 very nice training/wing exercising with jumps (still not high, but jumps)

[Solo]

...Solo, thank you for the great moments caught by shots! ...

Summi, you're welcome

20:44:17

[Solo]

Jan is here again

21:07:51 chirping and circle
21:08:45 Jan in
- feeding: also bigger fishes and big pile little fishes
21:09:18 Jan out

21:09:08 some of the bigger fishes


21:09:10

[Summi]

20:44:17

I love those moments when they all are like three musketeers!

[Solo]

I love those moments when they all are like three musketeers!

[Summi]

Good night

[Solo]

very strange sound, I don't know what it could have been, but something bothered them and they froze for a few minutes
23:27:08


after 5 minutes they slowly calmed down (23:34:16)



Summi, good night

[Solo]

August 2
Hello everyone

OVERVIEW 01.08.2021 https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 03#p820603

- on July 12 - the youngest/fourth chick (Benjamin) perished 25 day old (unknown reason)
- on July 16 the chicks got ring (7181,7182,7183) and the body was removed for examination

trio hatched on June 14 + 14 and 15 - they are today 49 and 48 day old

OVERVIEW 02.08.2021

Jan in at 08:33:38
1/ 08.38 FEEDING by Jan - more various sizes fishes
- chicks alone: from 08:33:38 (Jan out) to 09:16:48 (Janika in)
2/ 09.16 FEEDING by Janika - pile of the "little things" - nine-spined stickleback?
- chicks alone: from 09:17:26 (Janika out) to 10:06:45 (Jan in)
3/10.15 FEEDING by Jan - one big fish for No1 is sure
- chicks alone: from 10:15:14 (Jan out) to 12:24:27 (Jan in)
4/12.24 FEEDING by Jan - the next big fish for No2
- chicks alone: from 12:26:09 (Jan out) to 15:24:55 (Janika in)
5/ 15.25 FEEDING by Janika - big pile of the "little things" - nine-spined stickleback?
- chicks alone: from 15:25:24 (Janika out) to 17:39:53 (Jan in)
6/ 17.40 FEEDING by Jan - one big (soft) fish for No 1 (very probably also some pieces for the others)
- chicks alone: from 17:47:32 (Jan out) to

[Solo]

I moved the posts to maintain the chronological order
I will upload all shots later, gradually and then I will add the description

morning shots

06:35:38 our trio today morning


06:56:56 tandem preening

[Solo]

06:57:26 I like their look to "us"


06:59:35 again "snowing" - their bill s are full of the fluffy down

[Solo]

something scared them - they watched and froze

07:55:59


08:10:14

[Solo]

yawn, followed by wing stretching (No1)


08:19:09 and storklets escorted the "enemy" with their gaze

[Solo]

08:31:39 chirping, nodding started
08:33:38 Jan in
- feeding: more fishes different sizes
08:35:22 Jan out

08:31:31 at this moment, Jan probably landed somewhere on a nearby branch (and was considered a foreigner for a while - outstretched wings = defensive posture)


08:32:57 waiting on the feeding (chirping, nodding while still standing)

[Solo]

feeding by Jan continuation

08:33:37 Jan in

[Solo]

09.10 again chirping, nodding; for a short wile they are sillen and at 09.15 they started again - most No1

09:16:48 Janika in
- feeding: not very big pile of little things (some of them like always she took back)
09:17:26 Janika out

[Solo]

10.03 chirping

10:06:45 Jan in
- Jan's legs are muddy, very long hesitating (e.g. https://i.postimg.cc/9QMbTgy4/2021-08-0 ... -13-10.jpg) - he starts the feeding at 10:09:57 with pauses -more attempts; No2 sat down repeatedly (e.g. https://i.postimg.cc/90gRjb0S/2021-02-0 ... -12-33.jpg) and Jan "woke" him with his bill (e.g. https://i.postimg.cc/PqvMVL3T/2021-08-0 ... -14-44.jpg), twice also No1
- feeding: after very long time (regurgitating at 10.15) I saw only 1 big fish, tug of war - No1 won
10:15:14 Jan out

10:07:58


10:14:45


10:15:03 No 1 won

[Poliff]

Jan arrived at 10: 06 and only at 10:14 was able to give the chicks a couple of fish.


At first I was surprised why the chicks fall under Jan, and then I saw how he pours water from his beak on top of them. They're taking a shower.

[Solo]

Jan arrived at 10: 06 and only at 10:14 was able to give the chicks a couple of fish. ... At first I was surprised why the chicks fall under Jan, and then I saw how he pours water from his beak on top of them. They're taking a shower. ...

Poliff, thanx for shots and comments

1/ couple of fish: can I ask you (so that I don't have to look repeatedly) - have you really seen more fish?
2/ shower: I don't think that - few drops/very short and very thin stream come out before fish; btw. today in Jögewa County at 10h they has 16 degrees Celsius
(when they need water they say chap -chap - chap and slide their bills onto the bill of the adult stork - "oven on oven" immediately upon arrival of the adult)

[Solo]

12:24:27 Jan arrived
- feeding: again a big fish is on its hard way out - No2 ate it
12:26:09 Jan out

I'll upload my shots later - I have pics

one of them - the big fish in Jan's bill