Looduskalender

Good morning to Karula Forest!

A bit of old news, loans picked up from Looduskalenders own pages:

2016. 5th. April, 2016 two adult black storks arrived at the nest.
Very frequent mating activity was seen from the first moment.
2016. 09.04.2016 the names Karl and Kati have been chosen for the two adult black storks.
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=837

2017. Karl flew 15 days between Syria and Estonia. (from 20.03 until 04.04)
2018. Karl was on the road for 14 days to fly this traject. (from 25.03 until 08.04)
2019. Urmas wrote april 3rd, 2019, 6:59 am
Data about Karl stopped in 29th of March AM, in Syria. Nothing suspicious in last data, but no more data.

09.04.2017, Kati arrived at the nest at 14:38
08.04.2018, Kati arrived at the nest at 18:25

Kati (on the left) and Karl 12.04.2016

To my understanding, photo by Michi on 12th April 2016. Thanks Michi

Male doing morning nest work

April 8th

Hello everyone.

Hello, Treia

Crissy wrote: April 8th, 2019, 9:16 am Male doing morning nest work

Crissy
He is super hardworking.
Nice pics! Thank you.
The male brings large sticks, two at a time, and large amounts of moss at once. :-)

07:12 Kati leaves
07:13 Male leaves
07:37 Male IN with a stick


07:55 Male out. He dives over the nest edge.


07:58 IN with moss
08:03 out
08:06 IN with a stick + moss


08:08 out

08:12 IN with 2 branches
08:15 out
08:18 IN with a huge pile of moss
08:21 out
08:23 IN with a long, complicated branch


08:25 He dives out again


08:28 IN with a big bunch of moss and leaves


08:31 out

08:41 IN with sticks
08:43 out
08:45 IN with moss and leaves


08:46 out
08:49 IN with moss and leaves
08:58 out. Breakfast time?
10:21 IN. This time he brought nothing.

I didn't see Kati coming in.

11:31 mating


11:33 preening


11:55 Siesta. Kati is on her curved branch.


I have to go for a while

I forgot to post this before leaving work on Friday. Luckily the machine did not reboot over the weekend.

Kati doing some storkobics Friday afternoon (5.4. 16:23). Gotta keep fit!

pazi wrote: April 8th, 2019, 2:37 pm I forgot to post this before leaving work on Friday. Luckily the machine did not reboot over the weekend.
Kati doing some storkobics Friday afternoon (5.4. 16:23). Gotta keep fit!

pazi
Thanks!

Here are some random pics

12:58 Male comes in with moss, leaves and a twig. "Oops, sorry, Kati."


13:07 Male brings more moss. Roots and soil are also hanging on it.
Kati watches it. A little doubtful?


13:10 The male is testing the nest bowl.
"Do you think the nest is soft enough for the eggs, Kati?"

14:19 Mating


14:22 Preening


14:26 Still preening

Anne7 wrote: April 8th, 2019, 3:04 pm Here are some random pics
13:07 Male brings more moss. Roots and soil are also hanging on it.
Kati watches it. A little doubtful?

Women are always a bit unsatisfied with what their mates are doing though their intentions are the best!

Summi wrote: April 8th, 2019, 3:32 pm Women are always a bit unsatisfied with what their mates are doing though their intentions are the best!

He forgot to wipe his feet.

15:59:59 The male flies in


15:20 He calls


Then, the camera stuttered again. I constantly get the message: live stream offline

16:18 Nestwork. He spreads the moss neatly.



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)

This year, Kati arrived on the nest on 04.04
Possibly, the first egg will be laid around 11.04 —12.04
If this couple mated before Kati landed on the nest (outside the nest), it might even happen earlier.

16:21 Another picture just for being such a beautiful bird.

Good afternoon!

Anne7 wrote: April 8th, 2019, 4:58 pm 16:21 Another picture just for being such a beautiful bird.
[https://up.picr.de/35469374da.jpg
https://up.picr.de/35469437zp.jpg

A real Don Juan

Sova
Yes, he is.

17:40 Kati is resting on the nest.


17:56 The male arrives

17:57 Don Juan has amorous intentions.
Or did Kati seduce him this time?

KARL

08.04.2019 they aren't new data (birdmap) - last data: 29.03.2019 viewtopic.php?p=640198#p640195
"by Urmas » 03 Apr 2019, 05:59
Data about Karl stopped in 29th of March AM, in Syria. Nothing suspicious in last data, but no more data"

expected arrival 2019: plus/minus April 13 (probably)

situation previous years 5 day before arrival

3.04.2018: Romania (Negresti), 5972 km - viewtopic.php?p=572295#p572295
(08.04.2018 - 12:35 Karl arrived at the nest)

30.3.2017: Romania ("already "finished" Romania, near Moldova") - viewtopic.php?p=518024#p518024
(04.04.20017 Karl arrived at the nest at 10:37)


"The whole last week at Lebanon did not fly storks - it was cold and rainy.
From Monday, migration has begun again and a lot of little ones are flying to us."
(https://www.facebook.com/groups/1285779 ... 664964749/
-Irek Kaluga was in Lebanon)

thanx Anne for reporting and documentation and all for your comments, and shots

20:15 It is almost dark in the forest.



Good night, everyone.

Thank you very much all for the wonderful pictures and the reports!

This guy is amazing, - he brings the most complicated branches I've ever seen. And such huge amounts of moss!
This will be an excellent nest for the future storklets.

April 9th

Good morning all!

Anne7 wrote: April 8th, 2019, 10:26 am ...
Crissy
Nice pics! Thank you.
...

Anne7 you are welcome =)

where did this front branch came from


much better more nest material also





Stream has been really poor these days, i hope the connection will get stable.

Have a nice day

According temperature measured by Karls transmitter there was cold weather since crossing Sinai and Karl made several stops in 28th of March as well as in last location moved few hundreds of meters in half hour.
But still nothing new through transmitter.