Latvian black storks - 2018

[Liz01]

7:21 Feeding - All have eaten

8:24 The four storks under the belly relaxation position

[Liz01]

8:59 Gaja stands up. The egg looks a bit rotten.

The little ones are such cuties

[Liz01]

9:25 The egg is without any crack or hole!
Can it be that the heat yesterday, the crack has closed again? For me there was too much dehydration. Without moisture, it could not hatch. A good birth control. I'm happy! It is better an egg is lost, than an cute storklet that I could see!!

Not good to see, the rotten egg. But the cuties

[Liz01]

9:26 feeding- remaining from the morning- it was not much!
9:27 she is carefully and pay attention

9:28 She is eating back.. it seems, that is was not the best for her spoiled storklets

9:35 they are begging for frehs fish

[Liz01]

9:36 Freh fish is comming in. Kaupo has arrived




9:38 Feeding begins


9:41 Kaupo is eating back

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YiwgPpsohZQ

[Liz01]

Please support this nest

https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 332#p59332

[Liz01]

10:19 peekaboo


and another feeding starts. All are in a row


10:22 Kaupo is eating back. So he has brought a lot of food.

[Liz01]

11:52 Gaja comes home


Kaupo leave the nest

[Sue]

11:52 Gaja comes home

Hi Liz, thanks for sharing account for support of Maris Strazds (I have sent some contribution).

The peekaboo video is so lovely. Nice to see small "portions" that all four chicks could eat well . Thanks for all info and photos to you and also to Michi ... Pity with the fifth egg but now it is better because it is unfortunately too late.

[Solo]

7:13 Danger .. someone is on the nest tree ... It must have been a bird of prey. ...

Liz,
TY for all reporting, shots and vids. I am happy, they are 4 cute storklets and it's enough food delivery and all ate well , the peekaboo video https://youtu.be/aggJBmiNXp4 is so lovely
I hope, this bird of prey was for the first and only time
"It is better an egg is lost, than an cute storklet that I could see!" yes, Liz, it's admittedly

[Solo]

... If it hatches it will be difficult for it to reach the food between the bigger siblings. I'm already glad, if the fourth storklet got enough food to survive. unsure:

Michi,
thank you for reporting, shots and comments
also feeding 4 storklets is hard situation for adult storks and yes, for the last chick(s) it is already difficult between the bigger siblings

[Liz01]

13:59 Gaja offers a frog or something like that. It was too big for swallow it.
So they picked and ate small pieces

[Liz01]

15:36 Egg is selected and on the nest edge
uuups it is back in the middle of the nest.. it is to early for it

Oh I see what has happen. That is, what Maris wrote and I have read. An egg can go overboard by a change-over, or by an fight in the nest.

15:30 We have had a change over. Kaupo ist in the nest


At her take off, she kicked the egg to the edge

[Liz01]

Liz,
TY for all reporting, shots and vids. I am happy, they are 4 cute storklets and it's enough food delivery and all ate well ,
...............
"It is better an egg is lost, than an cute storklet that I could see!" yes, Liz, it's admittedly

Solo, nice to see you! A short visit, I think? I hope you are back soon

[Liz01]

Hi Liz, thanks for sharing account for support of Maris Strazds (I have sent some contribution).

The peekaboo video is so lovely. Nice to see small "portions" that all four chicks could eat well . Thanks for all info and photos to you and also to Michi ... Pity with the fifth egg but now it is better because it is unfortunately too late. ..

Thank you very much Sue, for the recognition of what I am doing here And thanks a lot for your Doantion for Goris.

[Liz01]

15:32 Kaupo is feeding the little ones

I'm not sure, if all have eaten. The little one was in the second row. Kaupo was with his back to the cam.. I could see nothing!




hmmm..

[Liz01]

He rolls the egg back into the nest bowl

[Liz01]

16:32 another feeding. All are in a row

They swallow big fish

[Liz01]

17:08 again a feeding by Kaupo.. they are well feed! I have to see what Kaupo brought. It looked very interesting!

17:30 Gaja comes home - Kaupo flew away
Storklets are not hungry

[Liz01]

18:02 Feeding by Gaja.. she is standing with her back in front of the chicks.. I see nothing


18:44 she starts feeding. Full crops at all little ones