Latvian black storks - 2018

[Liz01]

Juni 19

Good Morning Solo, Michi, Birdfriend and all

Michi, Birdfriend, Thanks a lot for the evening report and the nice pictures

5:43 Storklets are preening each other and themself

[Liz01]

7:18 The little Storklets are doing nest work together




yawning

[Liz01]

Breakfast for the storklets
7:42 Kaupo has brought it


He has brought much food. Fish and earthworms

[Liz01]

It's very windy today. The weather is changing. The nest looks a bit small

[Liz01]

10:05 Gaja is feeding the Kids. She has brought Fish




fast feeding and away

[Solo]

It's very windy today. The weather is changing. The nest looks a bit small

"the nest looks a bit small" - the storklets looks a bit big

... fast feeding and away ...

yes, it is the time, when the time between parent storks arrival and departure is only few seconds

[Solo]

Michi, Birdfriend, also my thanks to you for the evening report and the nice pictures

[Liz01]

"the nest looks a bit small" - the storklets looks a bit big
...............

[Liz01]

14:51 Kaupo brings food. It was a lot.The storklets have eaten quite a while.

[Liz01]

One dances out of line

[Liz01]

beautiful wing


16:49 a parent must be near. They got up and started beating their wings

[Liz01]

16:57 Gaja has arrived and is feeding the storklet






https://youtu.be/8CdXj__pZM8

[Liz01]

19:12 Feeding by Kaupo




here you can see his bright spot

[Liz01]

19:22 Like every evening. The magic light


19:39

[Liz01]

The wind is not strong anymore. I was a little worried.

19:57 they are so cute


full crops

[Michi]

Good evening together,

21:23 All is calm, the storklets are resting.


Liz, Solo, You're welcome :).
Thank you very much for all pictures, reports and videos!

Edit:
21:39 What a big storklet!

[Michi]

21:45 Kaupo was here and has fed the storklets.

The storklets saw Kaupo coming and made themselves ready for the battle for the fishes.


I saw only this one bigger fish. All storklets had fight for it and in that moment they chirped like crazy. I think, the storklet on the right behind has got the fish. For a moment I feared it would fall out of the nest, but it was all o.k.


A second after regurgitating the first meal. Kaupo had to look where he could set down his foot; he didn't want to step on a storklet.


It turned out, that there has been more food by the first regurgitating. All storklets swallowed something which I couldn't see; I suppose it had been fishes.
By a second regurgitatig it were only two middle sized fishes. Almost all had full crops after feeding.

Edit: Birdfriend
I'm sorry, I posted my pictures and report after yours. I'm quite slowly.

[Birdfriend]

Good late evening!

TY, Liz, Solo and Michi for reports, pics and video!

Pics from Kaupos late night feeding, looks like many worms.

[Birdfriend]

They have good filled crops for the night.


So could it be always, the life!

[Michi]

21:46:00 Feeding is ready, Kaupo left.


21:46:18 Well filled crops. Though the crop from the smallest storklet could be a bit bigger.