Black Stork Nest in Karula 2019

[Liz01]

7:34 Karl II has arrived home.
They greet each other with softly vocals.





7:35 Kati is not in a hurry. She is preening herself. Karl II is aerating the nest bowl

[Liz01]

preening


7:36 Kati flew to the right

[Liz01]

9:53 A bird of prey. This time Karl II was very upset.

[Liz01]

9:54 It was a buzzard again




Here the buzzard is better visible

[raija]

6:45 Now he brings a bunch fresh moss.

I don't know why I always think of H.C.Andersen's fairy tale The princess and the pea when I see Karl II bring more moss.

https://www.andersenstories.com/languag ... &l=en&r=da

[Summi]

Liz, thank you. Karl II made it very clear to the buzzard that he is so very big and menacing!

[Liz01]

Liz, thank you. Karl II made it very clear to the buzzard that he is so very big and menacing!

Summi

here is the video

[Liz01]

I don't know why I always think of H.C.Andersen's fairy tale The princess and the pea when I see Karl II bring more moss.

https://www.andersenstories.com/languag ... &l=en&r=da

raija
I liked this fairy tale I'm sure Karl & Kati are sitting very softly in their moss bed

[Anne7]

Hello, everyone

Liz, many thanks for all the great pictures, video and reports.

9:53 A bird of prey. This time Karl II was very upset.

Karl II wasn't pleased with the buzzard.
Buzzards can be a real threat to the future chicks.

I wonder why Karl II started to pull on the nest material?
Is it because of the excitement or is it a sudden attempt to make "the fence" look a little higher?

09:53:37


09:54:05


09:54:07

[Anne7]

09:54:08


09:54:14

[Liz01]

...........I wonder why Karl II started to pull on the nest material?
Is it because of the excitement or is it a sudden attempt to make "the fence" a little higher?

Anne
Thanks for your beautiful pictures


They have this behavior when they are very excited. The closer an intruder is to the nest, the more violent he reacts. At Eedi's flight over the nest, he also reacted, but not so much. So for a moment I was not sure why he reacted that way. I did not know about Eedi until Urmas wrote, that Eedi just flew over his territory. He did not stop!
The buzzard sat down on a branch nearby. That annoyed him a lot.
He reacts to all intruders in this way. No matter if it's a intruder stork that invades his territory, or birds of prey, as well as ravens. Ravens are a real enemy! They react even harder by raven.

He doesn't make the fence higher .. they shake the branches.
If Kaupo sees a female near him, he react that way too.
As Maris writes, there are probably swear words are used.

13:14 barking of dogs or Raccoon dogs?

[Anne7]

He doesn't make the fence higher .. they shake the branches.
If Kaupo sees a female near him, he react that way too.
As Maris writes, there are probably swear words are used.

Thank you!

Liz, I know that BS react like that in the event of a threat.
I tried to understand the usefulness of such a response.

And yes, swearing can be a relief, I suspect, and it even can scare an intruder.

Or maybe they are looking for something to throw at the head of the enemy.

[Liz01]

........
And yes, swearing can be a relief, I suspect, and it even can scare an intruder.

Or maybe they are looking for something to throw at the head of the enemy.

We should probably be grateful that we do not understand what they are calling

[Liz01]

Liz, I may have missed it but have you received any feedback from M.S. about the uncovered egg some time ago?

Looduskalender 21.04.2019
https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/3381

Maris is at home again

his answer:
...While fresh eggs are normally not covered, birds tend to stand next to them without incubating, however at a low temperature it may end up badly – I have documents where male has thrown out obviously frozen egg (temperature that night was -5). Or, they might realise that the chances to grow up youngs are bad anyway – it seems that we shall expect draught. Storks see it – small streams are dry already. Just thoughts. Odd behavior may be caused by contamination too.

[Anne7]

his answer:
...While fresh eggs are normally not covered, birds tend to stand next to them without incubating, however at a low temperature it may end up badly – I have documents where male has thrown out obviously frozen egg (temperature that night was -5). Or, they might realise that the chances to grow up youngs are bad anyway – it seems that we shall expect draught. Storks see it – small streams are dry already. Just thoughts. Odd behavior may be caused by contamination too.

Thank you, Liz

I really hope there will be enough rain this season!
Last year it was extremely hot and dry, and it wasn't easy for Karl and Kati to find enough food for their chicks.

And I also hope that Kati isn't contaminated by some disease.

We will have to wait and see what happens.
Normally, the first egg should hatch around May 16th (plus/minus 1 day), if I calculated well.

I have to go and will be back in the late afternoon

[Summi]

15:05
Again alarm calls
ED: Liz, thank you and Maris for the response.
There hasn't been rain for a long time, small brooks are dry and water level in many getting low, so they are clever to regulate the number of offsprings they could grow up. Anyway, better this way than when the chick is hatched already.
http://www.ilmateenistus.ee/ilm/prognoo ... t/?lang=en

[Liz01]

eggs are alone!

I'm sure here was another stork. Karl II is back

[Anne7]

Karl II heard something for quite some time.


15:13 He flew away


The eggs are alone in the nest


15:18 Karl II returned

I have to go!

[Liz01]

What a bad stream! I will download the archive file.

Karl left the Nest - it means he did not want to fight in the nest.


15:02 It starts Karl sees someone on the left... the stream stops- then it continues 15:05 .. 2 minutes are missing in the archive!
15:09 settles on the eggs, but the intruder is still there
15:13 Karl II left the nest -flew to the right.

15:18 KArl II is back


I hope it is not Karl I have a bad feeling

[asteria]

Buzzards and ravens must be interested in eggs and not in storklets. Buzzards catch mice and small birds, storklets are too big for them.