Latvian black storks - 2018

[Liz01]

5:57 preening

[Liz01]

6:02 clearly egg talk

6:01:46 it starts sooooo sweet!

[Liz01]

6:14 a very fast change over. Gaja brings moss

[Liz01]

6:17 Kaupo brings a branch... I will be very busy here today
6:19 he flew away
6:22 another huge twig is brought
6:29 Kaupo brings a bunch moss

[Liz01]

6:40 very loud egg talk

6:54 Gaja- she is a beauty

[Liz01]

6:59 egg rolling and digging by Gaja.

[Liz01]

7:04 It's a wonderful bird concert mixed with the croaking of frogs and a cuckoo is calling nearby.

7:06 little one is talking in it's egg
Gaja stands up and is digging in the nest bowl

[Solo]

6:02 clearly egg talk 6:01:46 it starts sooooo sweet! ...

Good morning Liz,

[Liz01]

Good morning Liz,

God Morning Solo, it will be an exciting day

[Liz01]

Interesting to know:

Incubation Time
https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanford ... _Time.html

Hatching Asynchrony and Brood Reduction:
https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanford ... ction.html

[Liz01]

8:43 breaking branches ...very near. Gaja looks downward. Shortly before I have heard a barking dog.

A bumblebee dances in front of the camera lens It looks rather like a hornet or wasp

[Liz01]

8:46 the little storklet is talking with Gaja

[Sue]

8:46 the little storklet is talking with Gaja

Good morning Liz, so it has begun . Thanks for all informations and nice and interesting photos

[Liz01]

Good morning Liz, so it has begun . Thanks for all informations and nice and interesting photos

Good Morning Sue

you're welcome! It will be an exciting day

[Liz01]

10:12 egg talk. Gaja stands up and is turning the eggs

10:43 She is preening herself


11:08 egg talk
11:20 another egg turning and digging

[Liz01]

12:02 digging


is shaking her feathers

[Anne7]

8:46 the little storklet is talking with Gaja

The first chick is coming!

Thanks for these interesting links!
https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanford ... _Time.html
https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanford ... ction.html

[Liz01]

Did I see a pip? crack? the light is very bad. It makes shadows on the eggs



13:13:07 egg in the middle first row

[Liz01]

The first chick is coming!

Thanks for these interesting links!
https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanford ... _Time.html
https://web.stanford.edu/group/stanford ... ction.html

Anne, you're welcome!

[Liz01]

13:23 She is digging again.. I could not hear egg talk.. The chick probably is doing siesta.