Black Stork Nest in Karula 2019

[Anne7]

15:19:45
OMG, these crops! Little one is standing in the back.



16:19 Another feeding. Our little benjamin wasn't hungry yet. The 3 other chicks have eaten.


16:22:46 Monster crops.


I have to go for a couple of hours.
Please, keep us informed.

[sova]

17:42
the smallest


17:44
food coma

[sova]

18:15
I think false alarm. Karl II did not choose anything

[sova]

[sova]

18:20
Rest again


18:22
Something came out

the little one snapped something

[Hellem]

18:27 Kati came home and Karl II left, the storklets are sleeping in a row

[sova]

18:27
Kati comes, Karl II leaves

She is breathing with an open beak

[sova]

18:38
Kati fed ... there was fish, frog and some black ...
Everyone fed like the world champions

[sova]

there is still something out there ... legs?

[sova]

18:46
No moan .... koma


a bunch * something *

[sova]

Cover on it ... does not work

[visit]

boah, what a struggle with the meal !

https://streamable.com/3rz38

the food coma before was really funny, all four so immediately dropped away into sleep :)

[Anne7]

Sova, many thanks for the reporting and wonderful pictures!
visit, thanks a lot for the video!

20.13 Another feeding by Kati. I saw frogs.
The youngest chick, on the left, grabbed one, and after some struggle, it managed to swallow it!
All chicks have again a very full crop. It is unbelievable how much they can eat.

[Anne7]

21:30:22 The first PS from a chick that I see here, this season.
Kati is surprised.


21:31:38 Another feeding. Some soft (pre-digested) things. #4 was 1cm too short to reach it.
Kati observes her chicks.


21:32:21 Mutual beak fighting between the youngest chick (on the left) and a sibling. Kati is watching.
The two others are in a food coma.


I hope that Karl II will come home early, tomorrow morning.

[Katerina]

22:05
What a wonderful sound one of the chickens made
slept and woke up

[balistar]

Thanks everyone for everything ;)


Wonderful to see, the smallest today ate two consecutive frogs
Also with the beak fighting he has shown attitude and Kati watched it closely


21:37 the leader and his 3-man retinue ?


21:37/38 Kati threw out a late night snack, one little frog,
and this one snatched it

[Michi]

Hello together,

big thanks to everyone for the interesting reports, wonderful pictures and videos!
I'm so glad to see that there's such an amount of food, and that storklet #4 is on such a good way. What a little fighter - and so successful!

It's a true joy to read all your posts!

Balistar

[Liz01]

May 22

Good Morning everyone

Thank you for reporting and pictures.

5:29 as yesterday early morning... Kati is feeding the chicks. Yesterday she did it twice. But it was not much. The same as today


6:03 Storklets are twittering under Kati's belly

[Liz01]

6:09 Kati stands up. Storklets are twittering (they are pretty big )

6:12 they are sleeping again. Kati is standing on the left

6:24 another feeding with leftover.. dark mass. Is not much, but better than nothing

6:27 she settles on her kids

[Liz01]

7:14 Kati stands up again ..storklets are begging

7:54 Kati patiently waiting for Karl II

8:18 Karl II is still fishing - Kati is preening herself.
Although the little ones have already begged a lot today, she is not nervous.

Today the temps will up to be 23 degree. Tomorrow it will rain. Rain is good.