May 2019

Video recorded by  Crissy, LK forum
Estonian text posted 16.05.2019
English translation Liis

Black stork          Must-toonekurg         Ciconia nigra

In the evening dusk a third stork chick was hatched. Amazing, May 16 is the birthday of three stork chicks

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Video recorded by  Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee
Estonian text posted 16.05.2019
English translation Liis

Black stork         Must-toonekurg        Ciconia nigra

 

Today was full of news in the nest of the black storks .

In the video we see the hatching of the second stork chick.

Video recorded by  Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee

https://youtu.be/M0rBp27lVQA
Estonian text posted 16.05.2019
English translation Liis

Black stork         Must-toonekurg         Ciconia nigra

Late in the evening yesterday it was clear that the stork chicks would be hatched in the morning, or on the way to be hatched.

In the video we can see the first hatched chick and watchers of the webcam will soon see the new generation of black storks.

Screencap from webcam  Liz, LK forum
Estonian text posted 15.05.2019
English translation Liis

Male stork bringing more nest materials

Black stork        Must-toonekurg         Ciconia nigra

The long five-week incubation period of the black storks is coming to an end, but it can still be affected by the changeable weather this spring. The adults lie on the eggs by turns, and during the last few days material for the nest border has been brought in and the nest has been filled in with moss and from some eggs quiet ”talking” can be heard .

The summary recorded by  Brusnika, LK forum
Estonian text posted 12.05.2019

The water has receded from the Võrtsjärve meadow. Time will show what next.

Our thanks to all viewers!

The last webcam visitor. IceAge, LK forum

Screencap from webcam  IceAge, LK forum
Estonian text posted 11.05.2019

All starling chicks are hatched

Starling        Kuldnokk           Sturnus vulgaris

Five starling chicks were hatched on Friday. On Saturday by eleven o’clock all seven  chicks were hatched.

The adults feed the chicks well. Who sets  the beak wide open is fed. Nest life in the coming three weeks, or until the chicks fledge,  will be filled with activity.

The hatching of the first chick  was recorded by Olle Koert

Video recorded by  Aita, LK forum
Estonian text posted 10.05.2019

A chick has picked an opening in the egg in the centre …

Starling        Kuldnokk       Sturnus vulgaris

The hatching is in progress, several half-hatched  chicks were visible for a moment, regrettably it wasn’t caught on the video.

So we predicted: the first egg was laid on April 22. Often there are five or six eggs in a nest (seven in the nest that we observe). The incubation lasts about twelve days. We expect the hatching of the starling chicks at  around May 10th.

Video recorded by  Liz, LK forum
Estonian text posted 09.05.2019
English translation Liis

So the egg came into the nest

Lesser spotted eagle   Väike-konnakotkas     Aquila pomarina    

The female has laid the eggs into the nest at extremely long intervals so it might have been supposed that she would be incubating only one egg.

The first egg was in the nest on May 2nd  and the next one  not until May 7th at about four o’clock in the afternoon. Most usually there are two eggs in a lesser spotted eagle nest. Of the hatched chicks almost without exception only one fledges because the weaker chick perishes before it becomes fully fledged.

Screencap from webcam  Maggy, LK forum
Estonian text posted 09.05.2019
English translation Liis

Three owl chicks remain in the nest trunk hollow…

Tawny owl        Kodukakk           Strix aluco

That this might happen at some time watchers have already been forewarned about. In the later half of yesterday the fourth owl chick had become quite weak for several reasons.

The three owl chicks were hatched on April 18th, 19th and 20th and they will be three weeks old at the weekend. Klaara also stopped keeping the chicks warm this week but comes to feed them and keeps an eye on the chicks by being near the nest in daytime .