Latvian black storks - 2020/2021

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June 24

Good morning balistar and all

I did a zoom video from the snake delivery. balistar, it was great to see

It rained almost the whole night



4:27 it's still raining. Grāfs protect hhis little ones

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5:28 still sitting on his Kids


5:31 he stands up. Storklets and nest are dry!

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6:30 Mom comes home


she brought a pile black things

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Parents change and feeding


Kids are sleeping well

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8:35 She settles down on her kiddos


9:21 she is still sitting on her little storklets
9:23 she stands up and is preening herself

9:32 Dad comes home


Mom flew away. This time she is breathing normal

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He starts feeding his storklets


a pile of black things

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9:32 Parents change and feeding

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13:40 Grāfiene comes home. One of the storklets is screaming


strange way to took off by Grāfs


13:41 feeding

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A snake will not go out from her throat
13:42 second try

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17:19 Grafs brings a bunch moss


Mom flew off

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He brought a huge amount food

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strange thing it was Salamander = Newt not yet fully grown. They have things like that




The two older ones quarreled over a fish or snake? The little one took it away from them and ate it

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At 19:36, the chicks were left alone.

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18:35 Grafs left the nest






that is not a good sign

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20:29 they are still alone.


It can happen,that they give up the brood, when they think that they cannot feed the chicks. It was much too hot and dry.
I have to think of what Maris S wrote ..

they youngest is 9 days old, the eldest 12!

​Parents stay normally 3-4 week on nest for guarding the chicks,
if they leave the chicks earlier, like here, it is a sign of a lack of food

Book the Black Stork
chapter 10.5
page 217

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20:58 parent is back! It's Mom!


feeding

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21:14 Grafs is back




he starts feeding the storklets

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He brought a huge amount food in short time


big fish


stuffed storklets

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now they have eaten well







a thunderstorm is coming

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I can hear the thunder. Blackbirds are singing