Black Stork Nest in Karula - 2016

[Liz01]

They are branch on left, I can hear them. :)

thank you

7:18 I saw a bit wing

[juta]

Liz01, they are both on the nest(or on branches) yet.

[Ronskutin]

7:21:23


EDIT:
7:37:45



EDIT:
7:42:21 I'm ready to fly :)

[Liz01]

thank you Juta

it can not be, that they fly earlier, as the Latvian storks

[juta]

Here is pontu picture 7.50 with part of the wing on the left

http://193.40.124.24/2016-must-toonekur ... -07-50.JPG

and 7.59

[Liz01]

8:28 both at home

[Urmas]

Chicks age at first flights depends on food abundance in previous stages in development. If we go back in years 2007-2011 then we see difference of first flight in weeks in the same nest. There may be different parents, but for sure the years are different for availability of food by parents. Our storklets were well fed by ringing time. According our Latvian colleague Maris Strazds better results are in surviving of the chicks which spend longer time in nest after fledging, means they return to the nest and step by step get independent, but are still getting food from parents in nest. Disturbance, what leads flying off the nest is negative for further survival. Therefore we are very much cautious in visiting the nests at late stage of breeding. Lets hope Karl will follow that hint to spread his genes firmly... Absence of Kati is not good in that context, though.

[Liz01]

Urmas, it's very interesting what you wrote.
So it is better, if the Storklets still spend a while in the nest, after the maiden flight.

Hopefully Kate is nothing happens, in the big storm

[Bea]

Thank you Urmas, every background info to our Black Stork family is highly welcome!

[noli]

Hello Pruanat and all

In Estonian language KULD means GOLD, and KULLA is exactly a derivative of the word gold

Thank for your translation - it explains her color!

And what interesting information from Urmas! Thank him for the details and care!

[Jo UK]

So good to have this information from Urmas!

Now, I need some help, please. On page 1, I have recorded the information that an adult was ringed and given a satellite tracker. I decided that it was Kati because of the face markings, and because Urmas has said there is uncertaintly about the identity of the adult.
Please will members study the pictures and decide which adult has been ringed. Then I will make a correction to the record, if needed.
Thanks, all.

[Bea]

10:52
Feeding

715R

[Lussi05]

10:53
Feeding

Yeees

10:52 - I saw the fish, but I was not fast enough to get it on any of my pictures.


Thank you so much Urmas and Ain, for your information and effort

[juta]

From Bea´s picture. Karl? Kati? Maybe Kati?


Kati



Karl

[Bea]

There were TWO branchlings at 06:53 :)
Video begins a bit earlier, to show how situation developed



Or was it one branchling and one trunkling?

[Lussi05]

From Bea´s picture. Karl? Kati? Maybe Kati?]

Looks like Kati to me. I misunderstood Urmas post, I believed that they knew they had ringed Karl - I'm so sorry (last evening I believed it was Kati )

11:18 - But here I'm sure, Kalli on the trunk and Kulla in the nest

[Lucy]

Good morning everyone

For me, it's Karl.

Picture taken from yersterday's video of Bea:


Today's picture:

[juta]

Lusy, on your pictures it really looks like Karl.

[Lucy]

Juta, yesterday, it seemed to me that it was Karl, and today I'm pretty sure it was him.

[aita]

The left side is more similar, than the right side.
both have down, a small gap.

who got transmitter, I can not tell you now