Latvian black storks - 2020/2021

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8:58 breakfast by Grafiene. Now it looks like Grafs


she brought a lot of small dark things


it's raining food

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It is Grafiene

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9:03 they are begging- Grafs?

9:04 now they are silent -Parent is gone?


9:20 sleeping

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9:44 danger.. could be it was the squirrel

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9:47 back to normal
they are preening

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10:01 Grafs

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11:24 a thunderstorm is coming
11:38 it rains
11:53 it's still raining

11:54 they stand up! one is doing a healthy ps

11:57


12:48

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13:01 It is raining strong. I think they enjoy it




13:08 black stork

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13:21 rain.. rain..rain the oldest is sitting


13:23 the oldest is now stand too


preening the sibling

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13:31 begging..Grafiene brings lunch
they are just beautiful with their wet feathers

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Grafiene brings Lunch!


13:55 a black woodpecker is calling

dancing storklet

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14:59 Graf brings food for his storklets


fish!

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15:34 stretching


15:57 preening


16:12 still preening

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17:00 Grafiene the fifth feeding

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they are eating and twittering.. it sounds cute




preening under the wing

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19:18 two are standing in the nest one is sitting and poking in the nest ground
19:19 storklet is doing a ps.
19:20 another storklet is doing a ps

20:20 Grafiene brings dinner

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and off she goes


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There were six feedings today!
The oldest is 46 days old. still 14 days until the first possible fledge (The earliest documented fledge was 56 days in a nest with 4 chicks) On average, they spend 65-72 days in the nest, depending on the food available.
Hatch Times:
June 12th
June 14th
June 15th

BTW: There are documented cases of late broods.
In late broods or 2nd clutch, the chicks often do not fledge until the end of August or beginning of September.
For example, on a nest in Schleswig-Holstein, as well as on 2 nests in Mecklenburg-Pomerania.
since they were without a transmitter, it is not known whether they made it to Africa

they are pretty black

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July 28

Good Morning everyone

4:25 one is preening himself
all are resting


6:54 preening his sibling

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8:58 breakfast by Grafiene