Black Stork Nest in Karula 2020

[Swenja]

09:22



09:43:47 Do you want to sit Karl II?



09:47 hard work

[Swenja]

Karl II is resting.

10:36 Karl II is looking in the sky and sings.

[Swenja]

He is looking around.



10:39:50 Karl II flies away.

[Tatiana60]

Good afternoon, everyone.
Karl II remained in the nest in one position, for a very long time , listening... looking at the forest...
he was not even distracted from this occupation by an annoying bumblebee..
09:02:47:




и в 10:28:30:

[Tatiana60]

07:54:53 titmouse


07:54:55

[Tatiana60]

Here is another interesting, informative moment, you can see how the feathers change:
09:40:39. The inside of the wing is clearly visible.


07:11:37.Karl II is cleaning his feathers. They probably change too if it isn't, what is it?... the view is not the same as we have seen before.


07.18.44: under the influence of the sun, the scales on the legs are tanned (almost black)

[Tatiana60]

15:18:14-15 the crested tit has arrived again

[Tatiana60]

First, the wind rose, and then, at 15:43:46, a heavy downpour began

[Swenja]

17:42 a nuthatch






Hello Tatiana60

Thank you for the nice pics

[Birdfriend]

Thank you very much for catching these nice juvenile Ural owls.

Swenja, Crissy, Anne7
These two are really adorable- nice moments for us cam observers.

Great work here in this topic!

[KadriLiis]

Thank you for having me in here
Hello, today morning (21-07-2020) between 6:59-7:03 there was a ( I personally think) 2 younger, black woodpecker's (Dryocopus martius).
They are so beautiful. There sound was what wake me up before my phone alarm

[Tatiana60]

...These two are really adorable- nice moments for us cam observers...

I can add pleasant moments :
1. Feel like a mouse in the paws of a small Ural owl...


2. Imagine that a small owl is flying right at you...


3. Look At a couple of Twix, probably, and in the nest they were sitting next to each other and have not yet managed to forget it...

[Anne7]

Hello everyone. Hello Birdfriend

Swenja and Tatiana, many thanks for your observations and wonderful pics!

Thank you for having me in here :wave :
Hello, today morning (21-07-2020) between 6:59-7:03 there was a ( I personally think) 2 younger, black woodpecker's (Dryocopus martius).
They are so beautiful. There sound was what wake me up before my phone alarm :laugh : :laugh :

Welcome to the forum, KadriLiis

I'm sorry, but I couldn't resist taking some pictures of the owls. They were very nice in the nest.
And how funny they moved

Poliff, thanks you very much for these lovely pictures!

[Michi]

I made some extra pics.

Many thanks for these fantastic pictures, Anne! Great catches!
Thanks a lot, Swenja and Crissy, for the wonderful videos of this very rare visit, and Poliff for the cute pictures!

Such lovely and beautiful owlets! I've never seen such good pictures of this species before. The way they moved in the nest ... ooohh ... so cute and very interesting.
The Ural Owl is a rare bird in Estonia too, isn't it?
Swenja, many thanks for your valuable observation!

[Michi]

...
he was not even distracted from this occupation by an annoying bumblebee..
09:02:47:
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...

Many thanks, Tatiana, for capturing the moments with the bumblebee! Great shots you've made!

[Swenja]

July 22nd

Good Morning!
Little bird who are you.



10:26 A young song thrush. Or? Mistletoe thrush

[Swenja]

13:48 Titmouse

[Jo UK]

Great pictures of Karl and owls. Good work, Tatiana60 and Swenja.

Yesterday, Urmas was able to capture an adult black stork. It was ringed and had a transmitter fitted. Was it Karl !!
Here is a photo which Urmas has sent. I have enlarged the leg ring. The number seems to be 716 and something else which I can't read.

Thanks for keeping us informed, Urmas. We shall be excited if we see this black stork on the nest.

[Swenja]

Thank you @Jo UK and Urmas

Really? I can't believe it!

[aquiline]

Great news !!!! Thank you so much Urmas!!!!!
However it seems to me that this black stork is not Karl II, I think it is smaller and thinner than Karl II. And the feathers are not as neat as Karl's.
But anyway - it is wonderful to have a stork with rings and especially with transmitter

And by the way: thank you all for the beautiful owl videos / pictures. I love them all