In the morning the female arrives to entice the chicks out of the nest with food; the leaving is surveyed by the female’s observant eyes. The ”sleepier” chicks are made to take off into flight from the nest trunk. Morning is a good time for leaving.
An attentive viewer will manage to distinguish the young birds from the adults, but the difference in size is small.
Video recorded by Liz, LK forum
Translation Liis
Great tit Rasvatihane Parus major
That the 9 chicks in the second nest trunk would leave by Monday morning was predictable. Interested viewers could see how it happened.
A great number of viewers have been interested in the doings of our everyday familiar birds. Hopefully the curiosity about the activities of the Bird of the Year was also satisfied on some counts.
Video recorded by Aita, LK forum
Image from webcam captured by Lussi, LK forum
Translation Liis
Black stork
Since Friday night there are only two chicks left in our black stork nest.
We ask parents please not to show the video below to children!
The smallest chick had grown about half less than its siblings – reasons for this may be many (impossible to decide only visually). Plausibly the adults felt that they would not succeed in raising the smallest chick to fledging. The water level in flowing waters is very low due to the drought, thus feeding resources are also clearly reduced. Why see this act as intentionally cruel – the mind of birds differs significantly from that of humans, instincts for preservation of the species and rationality have prevalence.
Text Margus Ots, Coordinator of the Year of Great Tits
Video recorded by Olle Koert, www.tt.ee
Translation Liis
Video recorded by Mutikluti, LK forum
After the ringing of the eagle chicks yesterday (Friday) the large and prudent adults have not come to the nest. Calls of the female as well as male can be heard near the nest.
There is no risk of the chicks starving, their bodies are already adapted for such events. Don’t worry – we are sure that the adults will appear at the nest because in earlier years too similar situations have occurred (and occur elsewhere in the world too as we have seen in camera view).
Please check the forum where each moment is recorded: LINK
(Estonian article publ 27.05.2016; adults have returned since then)
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