Black Stork Nest in Karula 2020

[HelenL44]

...What's under the stork's chest? I think it is she who sits in the nest and the soft feathers are damaged by the edge of the hollow that the storks have formed in the nest for eggs:

Yes, of course, it could be her brooding patch, the place where feathers disappear during nesting so the heat will transfer better to the chicks. I don't recall noticing that in previous years, but I've seen it with other birds.

[HelenL44]

Liz made a video (recorded the sounds). Karl II was on the nest that night.

I listened to the video and it sounds to me like Karl II snoring. Especially the piece after each breath - a little squeak that sounds like a part of a black stork's singing.

[Swenja]

May 24th

Good morning!

Karl II is in the nest. Kaia didn't come to relieve him.





Karl II came to the nest yesterday at 10 a.m.

[Swenja]

09:09 Karl II is singing a little and streching.

[Swenja]

10:00 Karl II is now in the nest 24 hours.

11:03 Karl II is breeding



11:59 Karl II broods continue

[Swenja]

12:03 Danger? Karl II hisses. It cannot be seen.

[Anne7]

Hello

Swenja, thank you for your observations and pictures.

12:15 Karl II is still waiting for Kaia. She left yesterday morning at about 10:00.


12:32-33 Karl II turns the eggs, shakes his feathers and aerates the nest floor


12:33:45 He covers the eggs

[Swenja]

13:00 Karl II is breeding. Where is Kaia?



13:09 Karl II is singing



13:11 Kaia is back



Karl II flies away.

[Anne7]

13:01 Karl II is waiting. He has been on the nest for 27 hours now.

13:09 He calls. There is someone near the nest.

[Anne7]

13:11:53 Kaia flies in




13:12:05 Karl II leaves


13:13 Kaia covers the eggs

Kiser
We posted nearly the same picture.

[Swenja]

13:16 Kaia you were away for so long! I'm happy to see you again.

[Kiser]

Karl met a girlfriend with a bouquet

[Summi]

Thank you, all, for the pictures and great news that Kaia arrived at last.
Karl II was so much rejoicing at her arrival that he greeted her with flowers.
He is really amazing!

[Swenja]

Hello Anne7 and Kiser
Karl II threw moss with excitement. I also posted the picture.

Nice! I'm really happy for Karl II and the eggs.

@Kiser
He threw the bouquet up really elegantly.

[Swenja]

14:44 Kaia doing some nest work.



Here it can see how the eggs are when they are brooded.

[Kiser]

Swenja, Anne7

Our guy is very courteous and gallant! We love him and take the same photo.
I also have a photo that I did not post, because the eye is closed by grass

[Tatiana60]

... Here it can see how the eggs are when they are brooded...

good educational photo!
This photo perfectly shows that Kaya hides the eggs between the two leg muscles. She puts her muscles on the edge of the recess in the nest and puts all her weight on them. If it rains and the nest is wet, this is the dirtiest place. In addition, today, when she arrived at 13.11.53, you could see a darker color of the muscles on the paw, although she arrived rested and clean. All this should finally reassure everyone that sometimes a dark spot appears on the right side of her chest.

[Swenja]

@Kiser Our Karl II is a gentleman.

@Tatiana60 Thank you for describing it in detail. Tha'ts what I meant.
Sometimes my English is not enough.

15:44 Kaia is tense. She sees something. But I can't see anything.

[Swenja]

19:09 Kaia is standing on an egg

[Anne7]

18:40:11 Preening


18:40:28 Scratching


19:07:00 Catching little parasites?