Black Stork Nest in Karula 2019

[Solo]

...I need a break. The weather is great here and I will do a bike ride. There are many migrations bird here in my area. Maybe today I get good pictures of the stork with the ring

enjoy the nice day

Thank you Liz for you great work

[pazi]

10:48 Both are back on the nest, greetings, I'm so happy that Kati is back
11:00 They are resting, male on the nest bowl and Kati on the curved branch
11:14 They both are preening
11:23 Dancing but no mating, Kati wasn't ready

You missed 11:12 mating

11:12 double-decker:



Another mating around 11:36. They're getting busy.

[Hellem]

11:51 Another mating
11:53 Kati flew away and the male followed

[Liz01]

16 mating till now

I'm back.. I found my stork couple. If the pictures are good, I see later .. at the moment I have no time for it

12:18 Male comes home

Hellem, pazi, thank you for continue here

12:33 Male flew to the right

[Anne7]

Hello, everyone

I was away this morning.

What a surprise!
Our Kati arrived on the nest, yes, it definitely is Kati!
And she accepted the stranger at once!

But I'm anyway very glad to see our Kati.

IF Karl is OK, he will most probably not arrive in Karula Park before 12.04 or 13.04.

In 2016, Kati arrived on 05.04, and the first egg was laid on 12.04 (7 days after the first mating)
In 2017, Kati arrived on 09.04, and the first egg was laid on 17.04 (8 days after the first mating)
In 2018, Kati arrived on 08.04, and the first egg was laid on 16.04 (8 days after the first mating)

So this year, the first egg will possibly be laid around 12.04!
That's exactly around the time that we can expect Karl to come home...

Liz, thank you so much for all reporting and pictures.
I have very little time at the moment (troubles with my old father)

[Liz01]

12:53 Both arrived at the same time.
12:57 mating attempt
13:01 mating No. 17

13:03 Kati flew to the left
13:14 Male flew to the left too
13:16 he brings a branch


13:17 he flew to the right

[Anne7]

12:53

Male lands on the nest...


... immediately followed by Kati (on the right)


greeting and singing

[Liz01]

....Our Kati arrived on the nest, yes, it definitely is Kati!
And she accepted the stranger at once!

Anne, nice you are here
I think they have already met outside the nest. They are very familiar with each other.

woow! thank you for the great pics

[Liz01]

13:37 Male flew through the forest in an arc to the nest

[Anne7]

13:14 The male flies out


13:16 He returns with a branch

[Liz01]

13:45 settles down in the nest


13:47 stands up.. he was testing the nest

[Timea]

Good day all!

Watched this morning and completely lost count

[Abigyl]

I put on the sound, so each of the 13 is heard all over....

And each rime I'm running to the computer to look for a ring and a small bag on the back, but NADA

[Hellem]

14:21 The male flew to the right

[pazi]

12:57 mating attempt
13:01 mating No. 17

Liz, I think you might've missed the 11:36 mating in your count. It was mentioned below the 11:12 double-decker picture.
I checked from the live from 10 - 13 and this is the count as far as I can tell:

12. 10:12
13. 10:24 (attempt; he was on her back, but they didn't connect properly below tails)
14. 10:36
15. 11:12
16. 11:36
17. 11:51
18. 13:01

[Anne7]

Timea
Good to see you!

Pazi, thanks for the LOOOOONG mating-list.

14:21 X-legs?


14:21 The male takes off


I'm glad it's easy to tell Kati and the male apart. On the photos above you can see his black "moustache" very clearly. (This pretty macho uses brilliantine every morning, I think. He shines like a mirror.)

[Liz01]

Liz, I think you might've missed the 11:36 mating in your count. I....................

pazi, thank you!

what a male

BTW:I did not want to count, but it seemed to me, that there are an extraordinary number of mates in a very short time.

[Solo]

...And each rime I'm running to the computer to look for a ring and a small bag on the back, but NADA

still patiently waiting (maybe plus-minus 10 day)

[Hellem]

15:09 The male is back on the nest

[Anne7]

15:09 The male is back on the nest

Thanks, Hellem