Looduskalender

About the feedings:
Today the parents offered food 12 times, including porridge and individual feedings.

23:01 night vision

May 30

06:38 Kerli gives the chicks porridge.



The eggs were laid:
1. egg on 21.4.2025, 00:06, hatch 24.05., 33 days
2. egg on 22.4.2025, 23:35, hatch 25.05., 33 days
3. egg on 24.4.2025, 22:41, hatch 27.05., 33 days
4. egg on 27.4.2025, 02:02

The egg is 33 days old. No egg talk. Silent.

08:02 Kergu is back. Greeting and talking.
Kerli flies away.

08:03 Feeding by Kergu.
There is fish. All chicks eat.



Kergu takes the big fish back.

08:15 Kergu turns the egg.

09:10 feeding by Kergu
The chicks tear off pieces of the big fish and also eat small pieces of food that Kergu serves with the big fish.







The chicks will soon be hungry again. The parents must bring larger and suitable food.

10:24 Feeding by Kergu.
All chicks eat. The food was soft.







Kergu covers the chicks.

11:04 Kerli is there. Greeting.
Kergu flies away. Kerli takes care for the chicks.

The chicks don't seem to be hungry at the moment. That's good. They are sleeping.

Kerli is preening her feathers.

11:23 Feeding by Kerli.
All chicks eat. There are little Fish, Worms and other.





Kerli covers the chicks.

At this point, I'm wondering if the 4th egg is a dud....

12:55 feeding by Kerli.

All chicks eat. The food is nice and soft.

15:39 Kergu ist there. Greeting.
Kerli flies away.

15:46 feeding by Kergu.
There is a frog and little fish and a big fish.
First comes small fish. All chicks can get something.



The big fish is stuck in Kergu's throat. Perch?



Kergu takes back the big fish.

17:17 feeding
Kergu gives the big fish.



The chicks tear off pieces.



Kergu takes back fish.

17:23 feeding with the big fish.
Kergu takes back the fish once again.



17:31 feeding with the rest of the big fish.



Kergu takes back.



It seems to me that Kergu has given the fish more times than I have seen.
Each time the chicks were able to tear something off.
I assume that every chick got something.

18:14 feeding
Kergu gives the chicks the leftovers from his crop.

I don't think another chick will hatch from the egg.

19:11 feeding
Kergu gives porridge.

20:04 Kerli is there. Greeting.
Kergu flies away.

Feeding by Kerli
She brought a lot of food and served 3 portions.





All chicks eat. They are full.



Kerli must have flown a very good reconnaissance in the neighbourhood.
So far she has mostly brought a lot of food to the chicks.

21:36 Feeding by Kerli
All the chicks got something. But one chick wanted the frog.



The chick did not manage to swallow the frog. The frog's legs wouldn't fit inside.



Kerli take back the frog. Unfortunately, this chick is not full.

22:15 night vision



About the feedings:
Today the parents offered food 11 times, included feeding with porridge. No single feedings.
Kergu offered big fish from 17:17 to 17:31. I only counted these feedings as one feeding. It was always the same big fish.



I won't have time to watch the camera this weekend. Feel free to post if you see anything interesting.

31. May

Sorry I could not help sooner. Some time remains uncovered.

11:30 Kerli is on the nest.
She seems nervous.Her back feathers are ruffled.


11:48 Kerli stands up and takes on defensive posture.

She sings silently, clearly seeing something she does not like. An intruder maybe.

Kerli starts cleaning the nest and rearranges some of the twigs. All the while she keeps her defensive posture.
The chicks ask for food but she gives them nothing.

11:50 Kerli good ps

11:54 Something shakes its feathers nearby and Kerli is defensive again. I see nothing on the screen.