Black Stork Nest in Karula 2019

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Good morning !
Thought Karl has forgotten to clean up a little or he wanted to have more discretion by putting some branches in front of the cam ;-)



But then came Kati to tidy up - *was my thought...
untill she came a second time and brought the next branch... :-)

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[Liz01]

7:42 a long log and grass


7:52 Karl II is back with a branch


he put one of the branch to the right . We can see the nest better again

[Liz01]

7:52 Karl II returned with a huge branch. At this delivery, the branch appeared again in the view of the camera
both sing a bit. And he flew away again

7:56 he is back with a huge bunch moss


8:01 Moss is brought

[Liz01]

8:04 he has brought a twig.


8:08 Kati in her comfy nest

[Liz01]

8:18 brings grass, soil and a small twig. Kati stands up and is greeting him


8:19 he flew away again. His work is finished for now

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[Liz01]

Kati has an unwanted visitor. The male is singing for her
poor Kati

9:36 the Latvian male has arrived

9:48 he sings a lot.
9:52 he is still here

[Liz01]

9:56 he hisses. He is sitting above Kati
9:57 shakes his plumage

Kati looks above

[Liz01]

10:01 her beak is open.


looks like she is very stressed. Poor Kati!
Male is preening himself
10:08 he shakes his plumage

[Anne7]

Hello, everyone

Liz, thanks for the morning reports and pictures

09:39:16 OFAF is singing. He is annoying Kati.


10:09:50 A PS


10:10:57 OFAF is still there

[HelenL44]

What was that crunching sound at 10:01:50 ? Nothing was moving. Was the other male out of sight? I was afraid it was an egg but all was still.

[Liz01]

10:04 her beak is open again. she is breathing heavily

[Liz01]

What was that crunching sound at 10:01:50 ? Nothing was moving. Was the other male out of sight? I was afraid it was an egg but all was still.

The male is still out of sight- near the nest. He is preening himself.
he's more annoying than an adult

EDIT: Helen, The clack that you hear, he does with the beak. The eggs do not break so easily. You can drop an egg from 18 metre onto the forest floor. Nothing happens to it

[HelenL44]

thanks, Liz. After that, I heard little click sounds; it must have been him preening. I so wanted to think it was pips.

[Liz01]

10:09 She stands up- went to the toilet and is digging in the nest , the male is singing

So close to hatching the chicks it is very big stress for Kati. You can see it. I do not like to see that.

I've to go

[Anne7]

10:29 OFAF is still there. Kati gasps.

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something seems to be very exciting, one is shouting, the other one cowers.
on the other video i thought i had caught the shot, but is not on the tape.
heard two shots but of course doesn't mean the storks !

what means OFAF ?

[Anne7]

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something seems to be very exciting, one is shouting, the other one cowers.
on the other video i thought i had caught the shot, but is not on the tape.
heard two shots but of course doesn't mean the storks !

what means OFAF ?

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OFAF is the ring number of the young Latvian male

[Treia]

Good day to Karula Forest,
but oh no, OFAF came as soon as Karl II left?
Maybe he looked the situation somewhere in a nearby tree,
Hopefully Karl II will be back soon !

[Anne7]

Treia

10:52:28 The visitor flew away.


10:52:29


10:52:30



Kati relaxes

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aaah, thank you Anne :))
*thought of an abbreviation ;)