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HelenL44 wrote: ↑May 17th, 2019, 5:53 am 5:46 am
Liz, wasn't that a cute feeding session? ..........
That's one thing about storks that is so different from other nestlings - the parents puts the food on the ground and don't feed it to them individually.

Hellen, yes it was
Storks are very different from other birds. I love it when they form a circle and beg for food when the parents come to the nest. And I love their voices.
The parents can not cut the food and they can not give it to the chicks directly.They have no control over the food they bring with them.
Thus, they can not feed the first hatched chick feed as first.. They spit the food into the nest and that's it.
If there is too little food, they have to throw one out of the Nest. As I said, they have no control over who gets to eat how much.

6:06 Kati comes with fresh breakfast. She starts immediately feeding them


I see lampreys . all storklets are eating some fish.

That was a lot of lampreys


5:06 Change and feeding

6:48 another feeding. they are very cute

two more pictures




zoom video

8:36 Kati is preening herself. Storklets are twittering loud


BTW: the fourth is still in the egg

8:46 Kati is rolling the egg. There is nothing to see.
The hole will probably be on the lower side. The little one is careful, it does not want to be picked by the siblings




I've to go

oh wow!! one day absent and tree cuty storklets in the nest.
congratulations to the parents. I hope for good weather and much food!!
...and karl II is really a lovely storklet-papa

thank you all for all your reportings. I have much to watch!

The same wish for every chick :
Good luck to your life, you small little BlackStork number three,
and congratulations to Kati and Karl II !

10:02 Kati brought a big bunch of moss and covered her kids with it , Karl II left

Hello, everyone!

Thanks to all for the beautiful pics and reports.

What a joyful morning!

07:51:44 The chicks have eaten. kati takes back the lampreys.


08:46:51


08:46:42 Kati shakes her feathers. These 3 storklets are wonderful.

08:46:53


09:20:34 Karl II comes home
Kati isn't in a hurry for a change. Karl II leaves again.


09:23:46 He returns with moss

09:23:51 "And what about our view, Karl II?"


09:23:57 "It's OK, Kati, you can go. I'll take care of the babies."

Hellem wrote: ↑May 17th, 2019, 10:44 am
10:02 Kati brought a big bunch of moss and covered her kids with it , Karl II left

Hello, Hellem
10:02

ati brought a big bunch of moss and covered her kids with it

i've watched it too gg, and she wasn't really in a hurry to correct it

one of the youngsters i've named Rambo (= K1) because in the beginning he had already struggled with K2 a lot. hope they keep friendly to each other...

Anne7 wrote: ↑May 17th, 2019, 11:17 am 09:23:46 He returns with moss
https://up.picr.de/35774353ke.jpg

The two-day rush hours are over and Karl II has more time to think about lifting his legs again.

visit wrote: ↑May 17th, 2019, 11:33 am i've watched it too gg, and she wasn't really in a hurry to correct it
...

10:02:31


10:02:43 "Kati, I hope that you know what you're doing. I'm gone."


10:02:48

Summi wrote: ↑May 17th, 2019, 12:08 pm The two-day rush hours are over and Karl II has more time to think about lifting his legs again. :laugh :

Summi

12:18 Kati is aerating the nest bowl and the kids are sleeping
12:19 Change, Karl II came home, Kati left, He did some nestwork and at 12:21 covered his kids and the egg

12:31 Karl II is feeding, many small fishes , all the storklets ate well
12:33 Karl II took some fishes back
12:35 He covered her kids

Hellem wrote: ↑May 17th, 2019, 12:43 pm 12:31 Karl II is feeding, many small fishes , all the storklets ate well
12:33 Karl II took some fishes back
12:35 He covered her kids

12:32:27 The chick in the middle wasn't in the best position. But it managed to grab some food too.


12:32:28 It isn't easy to move forward in a sea of moss. But this little storklet did it well!


12:33:03 When Karl II took back the food, I saw this. Is it a reptile or an amphibian?

Hello everyone, thanks a lot for your documentation. What a joy that they all have suitable food (small bites) and that they are well fed . And they are so cute ... I have not seen yet the situation that three chicks were born during one day. Amazing and very good because of their size .

Good luck to you, dear storklets, also to your sibling not hatched yet and of course also to your wonderful parents!