Black Stork Nest in Karula, 2021

[Anne7]

Good evening, everyone

Florinda


OrniTrack MORNING information

Battery level: 93%
Data intervals: 5 minutes

Karl II spent the night near a stream (between ponds and lakes), 17 km from the nest.

He starts his working day at 04:11 and remains in the same area until 06:26.
At 06:32 he flies a bit further, to a brook at almost 20 km from the nest. He stays along that brook, which flows through fields and patches of forest, until 09:41
As from 10:01 we see him flying in the direction of the nest (speed 43 km/h - 25 km/h - 41 km/h - 36 km/h - 45 km/h - 55 km/h)
Around 10:35 he is on the nest. Hopefully with a big load of tasty fish!

At 10:36 (last known data) he is in flight again, still close to the nest at 26 km/h.


OrniTrack EVENING information

Battery level: 98%
Data intervals: 5 minutes
Distance flown: 151 km (all day)

At 10:36 (last known morning data) Karl II flew close to the nest at 26 km/h.

Karl II starts an extended excursion. He flies to a forest 37 km from the nest. I haven’t seen him there before. However, he does not stay in this forest for long, flies back in the direction of the nest and stops in another forest, 27 km from the nest. It looks like a commercially exploited forest, divided into straight plots. There he visits a few ditched between 12:41 and 13:26.
From there he leaves for the well-known brook at 4.5 km from the nest.
There he stays between 14:06 and 15:41.
Then he flies to a place in the forest, less than 3 km from the nest. I cannot see whether there is water.
In that area he stays between 16:01 and 17:11
At 17:16 he is on the nest.

At 17:21 he flies first to a ditch, then to a brook near a lake, 8 km from the nest.
At 19:46 he is on his way to the nest, at 37 km/h.
At 19:52 he arrives at the nest.
He stays on the nest until about 20:06

At 20:11 he is on his way back to that brook near a lake, 8 km from the nest.
At 22:36 (last known data), he is still there.


To be honest, I don't like to see Karl II searching for food further and further away from the nest.
I don't think today’s exploration flight has provided him with much food.
It is a pity that we cannot observe how much food is brought to the nest, and that we have no idea how the storklets are doing.

Good night.

[Swenja]

To be honest, I don't like to see Karl II searching for food further and further away from the nest.
I don't think today’s exploration flight has provided him with much food.
It is a pity that we cannot observe how much food is brought to the nest, and that we have no idea how the storklets are doing.

Hello @Anne7
I also see that somewhat critically. If Kaia is still doing 2 feeding times then it should be enough.
Of course, we don't see the amount of food.

Many thanks for the track data.

Thanks for the weather report @Heloise

Good night!

[Heloise]

Good morning!
Many thanks, Anne7!
Swenja
We share the same thoughts!

...
It is a pity that we cannot observe how much food is brought to the nest, and that we have no idea how the storklets are doing.

Yes... I'm happy to learn something about Karl II's flights but I'm also sad we don't know what's going on in the nest and we have no idea if the camera will work again.

[Heloise]

July 02

Hello!

...
To be honest, I don't like to see Karl II searching for food further and further away from the nest.
I don't think today’s exploration flight has provided him with much food.

Today´s weather in Karula is a bit different:
Severe weather conditions expected: Friday, July 2, 2021
Heavy rain!

https://freemeteo.ee/weather/karula/cur ... ry=estonia

Of course, rain is very necessary, the weather is very warm again.
I hope Karl II and Kaia find fish for their storklets!

Have a nice day, everyone!

[asteria]

A rain is necessary but without thunderstorms!

[Tatiana60]

Good morning,
I really want to look into the nest... to see what is happening with our storks...
I wish you all patience and very much hope for the data of the Charles II transmitter...

[Anne7]

Good morning, everyone

Today is the seventh day without camera transmission.
The oldest chicks are 5 weeks old (35 days), the youngest is 33 days old.

Heloise, many thanks for the weather report!
The weather is currently really extreme in Estonia, isn't it?
Periods of extreme heat, occasional heavy rainfalls, some severe thunderstorms...
Most probably, Karl II and Kaia will not fly to the nest during (heavy) rainfall.

Swenja, Tatiana, Asteria


OrniTrack MORNING information

Battery level: 97%
Data intervals: 5 minutes

Karl II spent the night at a watercourse in a forest, near a lake, 8 km from the nest.

In the early morning we see him fishing in that watercourse.
At 08:35, he is flying in the direction of the nest (speed 52 km/h)
At 08:55 he stops at a brooklet, less than 2 km from the nest.
At 09:30 he is in flight again in the direction of the nest (speed 44 km/h)
Possibly he was for a very short time on the nest around 09:33 (Less than a minute)

At 09:35 he is flying towards another part of that brooklet (speed 36 km/h) at 1 km, in the opposite direction of the nest.
He keeps fishing along that brooklet over a distance of 2.4 km, until 10:20.
Then he flies in an arc (semi-circle) back towards the nest.
At 10:35 (last known data) he is very close to the nest (about 350 m) at a speed of 51 km/h.
Maybe he will now feed his chicks, and simply flew past the nest around 09:33?
Unless this is his 2nd visit to the nest. That would be very soon after the previous one.
It is nevertheless possible, if he was lucky and caught a lot in the latter brooklet.



Have a nice day.

[Heloise]

Hello!
Many thanks, Anne7!
It's so good to read about Karl II...
... although we would love to see him and Kaia and the nest life...
Yes, as Tatiana60 wrote, we need patience! It´s hard!

I looked at the Lodz BS nest camera in Poland, can our young black storks be similar now?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZB4sFfazFk

Or are they similar to young storks in the Notecka forest?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-gQ6q2Lm9U

Heloise, many thanks for the weather report!
The weather is currently really extreme in Estonia, isn't it?
Periods of extreme heat, occasional heavy rainfalls, some severe thunderstorms...
Most probably, Karl II and Kaia will not fly to the nest during (heavy) rainfall.

Yes, unusual weather is now a bit more common. This year it was unusual for us to have a very long heat wave (before the camera image disappeared). The weather is usually more varied in summer and in general + 22C - +25C is our usual nice summer weather.
Today the weather is quite nice, +23C.
We certainly do not want thunderstorm, as we have seen recently, which seems to have done a lot of damage!

I wonder... we don't know if or when the Mr. Urmas team is planning to ring the young storks ... and if anyone from the "WiFi transfer station" has visited the forest... so we have no idea if Karl II could be anxious about strangers/visitors or they are his normal flights.

[Anne7]

Heloise

Most probably the storklets will now look like this.
These are Oru and Aru in 2019, at 5 weeks old.


Oru and Aru hatched on 16 May. 12 days earlier than the chicks that are on the nest now.
The picture was taken on 20 June 2019. (The unfortunate day on which a goshawk knocked the 3rd storklet from the nest. During one of the hawk's fierce and lightning-fast attacks, the poor storklet was hit, lost its balance and fell over the rim of the nest.)

[Heloise]

Thank you so much, Anne7

The picture shows real teenagers

[Heloise]

I just read the news...

Warnings from the Estonian Weather Service for Estonia (and Valga County - Karula):
2.07-10.07 very warm airmass over Estonia. Average air temperature in most places 20°C or higher. Air temperature increases by day in many places 27..29°C.
7.07-10.07 air temperature increasing continues up to 32°C.


https://www.ilmateenistus.ee/ilm/progno ... d/?lang=en

[asteria]

Heloise

Most probably the storklets will now look like this.
These are Oru and Aru in 2019, at 5 weeks old.


Oru and Aru hatched on 16 May. 12 days earlier than the chicks that are on the nest now.
The picture was taken on 20 June 2019. (The unfortunate day on which a goshawk knocked the 3rd storklet from the nest.)

Or they may look like these four: https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 19#p108619(it was a season when the camera was off rather often but nevertheless it was the best BS season ever!)

[Heloise]

Thank you, asteria
It´s interesting to know

[Anne7]

Good evening.

OrniTrack MORNING information

Battery level: 97%
Data intervals: 5 minutes

Karl II spent the night at a watercourse in a forest, near a lake, 8 km from the nest.

In the early morning we see him fishing in that watercourse.
At 08:35, he is flying in the direction of the nest (speed 52 km/h)
At 08:55 he stops at a brooklet, less than 2 km from the nest.
At 09:30 he is in flight again in the direction of the nest (speed 44 km/h)
Possibly he was for a very short time on the nest around 09:33 (Less than a minute)

At 09:35 he is flying towards another part of that brooklet (speed 36 km/h) at 1 km, in the opposite direction of the nest.
He keeps fishing along that brooklet over a distance of 2.4 km, until 10:20.
Then he flies in an arc (semi-circle) back towards the nest.
At 10:35 (last known data) he is very close to the nest (about 350 m) at a speed of 51 km/h.
Maybe he will now feed his chicks, and simply flew past the nest around 09:33?
Unless this is his 2nd visit to the nest. That would be very soon after the previous one.
It is nevertheless possible, if he was lucky and caught a lot in the latter brooklet.


OrniTrack EVENING information

Battery level: 9O%
Data intervals: 5 minutes
Distance flown: 95.1 km (all day)

At 10:35 (last known morning data) Karl II was very close to the nest (about 350 m) at a speed of 51 km/h.
Probably he was on the nest at 10:36.

At 10:40 he is in flight again, towards a watercourse at 9 km from the nest. He has been there before.
He stays on that watercourse until 13:25.
At 13:30 he flies towards the nest at 54 km/h.
At 13:40-45 he is on the nest.
He stays on (or very close to) the nest, until 13:55 (maybe bringing moss and/or water?)

At 14:00 he flies again to the same watercourse at 9 km from the nest.
He stays there until 15:35.
At 15:40 he flies again towards the nest (speed 44 km/h)
At 15:50 he is on the nest.

At 15:55 he flies once more to the same watercourse at 9 km from the nest.
It is apparently satisfying to fish there at the moment.
He stays on that watercourse until 18:45
At 18:50 he flies again towards the nest (speed 48 km/h)
At 19:00 he is on the nest.

At 19:05 he flies again to the same watercourse at 9 km from the nest.
I suspect this time to fill his own belly, before bedtime.
He stays there until 20:55
Then he flies to the edge of a forest at about 600 meter from that watercourse.
At 22:35 (last known data) he is still on the edge of that forest, near a field.
Most probably Karl II will spend the night in that area.

Sleep well, everyone.
Karl II has been 4 (or possibly 5) times on the nest today.

[Heloise]

Many thanks, Anne7!

Good night, sleep well!

[Swenja]

Possibly he was for a very short time on the nest around 09:33 (Less than a minute)

At 09:35 he is flying towards another part of that brooklet (speed 36 km/h) at 1 km, in the opposite direction of the nest.

Hello @Anne7

At 09:33 I think Karl II wasn't in the nest at this time. It could be that Kaia was feeding and that Karl II refrained from feeding.
He came back to the nest an hour later. In the meantime he was collecting more food for the chicks.

Many thank for the track data!

Hello @asteria and @Tatiana60

Thank you @Heloise for the weather report! There is a heat bell over Estonia this summer, it seems!

Good night!

[Heloise]

July 03

Good morning!
Hello Swenja!

In general, we are happy with a warm (not too hot) summer, but now I am worried that it will rain too little.
Today in Karula (the weather is not too hot, fortunately):

https://freemeteo.ee/weather/karula/hou ... ry=estonia

I wish everyone a beautiful day!
(I need more patience...)

[Anne7]

Good morning, everyone.

Swenja and Heloise, thank you!

Today is the 8th day without camera transmission.
The oldest chicks are 36 days old, the youngest one is 34 days old.


OrniTrack MORNING information

Battery level: 88%
Data intervals: 5 minutes

Karl II spent the night at the edge of a forest at about 8.5 km from the nest.

At 05:14 he flies to the watercourse at 9 km from the nest.
At 07:14 he leaves towards the nest (speed 46 km/h)
At 07:24 he is on the nest.

At 07:29 he flies back to the same watercourse at 9 km from the nest. (speed 40 km/h).
There we see him fishing between 07:45 and 08:40.
At 08:44 he is flying to the nest (speed 48 km/h)
At 08:54 he is on the nest again.
He stays on the nest and in the immediate vicinity of the nest until 09:59. (Perhaps bringing water and/or moss?)

At 10:04 he flies to a small lake (water reservoir?) at about 9.5 km from the nest. He has been there before.
At 10:34 (last known data) he is at that lake.


Have a nice day!

[balistar]

Hello everyone

Thanks to you who hold your position so faithfully

Anne, Heloise, Swenja, Tatiana and everyone, thank you so much for updating us and making the time waiting easier for us

[Anne7]

Hello, Balistar
Good to see you!

I wonder... we don't know if or when the Mr. Urmas team is planning to ring the young storks ... and if anyone from the "WiFi transfer station" has visited the forest... so we have no idea if Karl II could be anxious about strangers/visitors or they are his normal flights.

Hello, Heloise

In the past, the storklets were ringed when they were 39 - 43 days old.
If they are to be equipped with also a transmitter, it will have to be done when they are older and bigger (about 54 days?) as the ‘harness’ has to fit as well as possible.
Unless leg mount transmitters are planned this year?

I look forward to more information.

And I sincerely hope that we will have camera transmission by then.
Hopefully the transmission trouble can be fixed.