Black Stork Nest in Karula, 2021

[balistar]

5.53.51 Kaia flies away from the curved branch


5.53.55 Karl II is looking after her, she flew a half circle around the nest behind the cam, then to our left


6.08.06 Karl II looks at us like asking "what shall i do now ?"

[balistar]

6.08.48 "ok, i should start work" Karl goes to the curved branch


6.08.51 and off he flies


6.11.19 is back with a bunch of branches, at least 3 big ones

[Swenja]

Good morning!

Many Thanks @balistar for timeline and pictures

Hello @Anne7
nice to read you!

06:14:36 Karl II flies to the left.
06:16:14 Karl II brings a branch.
06:18:06 He flies away to the left.
06:23:14 Karl II brings moss.
06:34:49 Karl II flies away from the branch.
06:40:17 Karl II comes from right in the nest, no singing. Before landing, a rumble can be heard from further away.
Karl stands in the nest and a little clatter of beak.

08:14:23 Karl II flies away from the branch.
08:17:36 He brings moss.



08:19:35 Karl II flies to the left.
08:27:05 He brings a branch.

[Swenja]

09:00 Karl II does some nest work.



09:12:09 Karl II sings and Kaia comes to the nest.



09:16:10 mating

09:34:58 mating
09:35:50 Kaia rearranges the moss in the nest.
09:36:26 Kaia does nest work.



Meanwhile, both preening and resting. Kaia stands on the branch.

10:25:52 mating

[Swenja]

Kaia stacks the branches again.



10:37:22 Kaia sits in the nest short.



10:47 Kaia sits down.
10:48 Now Karl II is stacking the branch and it falls down.



Karl II tugs at Kaia with his beak.

Kaia is now stacking a branch.

[chrisitz]

the both clean the "house". I guess the first egg will come soon...

[Swenja]

10:55:49



10:58:45 mating

11:01:16 Kaia sits down.



11:04:44 She stands up.



11:05:50 Kaia stacks a branch.
Kaia is rearranging the whole nest today! Karl II looks on.

11:14 Some rain now.

[Swenja]

11:31:00 Karl II flies away to the right. Kaia is in the nest.

11:36:51 Gust of wind, Camera dropout

[Heloise]

Hello! Thank you for the wonderful overview and photos, Balistar and Swenja!

The camera stopped

Camera information
If the stream stops it may be helpful to check on the Kotkaklubi Youtube channel. where a new link can be found. This is something done by Youtube, not the camera.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCvBXT ... Saqd19N0Sg

Another approach is to use the LK main page and choose the camera from there.
https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/

Unfortunately, the camera does not work with the previously written recommendations.
I just wrote an e-mail letter to the Kotkaklubi/Eagle Club, maybe someone can help

[Anne7]

Balistar, Swenja, Heloise, chrisitz

I will also never forget how miserable Kaia looked after she sat on the eggs for a long time (18 hours), on 6 June last year, and how she complained to Karl II when he finally came home. At that moment she left her eggs behind for good. It was clear that, in her condition, she could not continue brooding.

Here is the picture of her departure that Swenja made.
"Kaia spoke to Karl II briefly before flying away."




It does not seem impossible to me that Kaia's enthusiasm to become a mother has been tempered by this bad first experience.
Hopefully this year will be a lot better, a lot easier.


Edit: thank you for your kind words.

[Swenja]

Thank you @Heloise!
Hello @Anne7
Kaia looked so weak and fragile last year. This year Kaia is a shining diamond!

13:33 Kaia allone in the nest. Camera ON Thanks!



13:44:00 Karl II comes to the nest. Greeting!



13:51:50 Karl II sits down. Kaia stands on the branch. She is preening and she doesn't respond to Karl II.
13:54:09 Karl II stands up.
13:56:55 mating

[Heloise]

Hello Anne7, Swenja!

Thank you very much for the photos!
I had even forgotten how bad Kaia actually looked... today she really shines!

Camera works, that's nice!

We look forward to the good news soon!

[Swenja]

14:05:28 Karl II sits down and Kaia sits on Karl II.
Hopefully she won't do that again when Karl II is sitting on eggs.

[Anne7]

.
I took a look at OrniTrack. Obviously, I cannot make a tracker map, as the location of the nest must remain secret. But I can safely say that Karl II is almost all the time in the immediate vicinity of the nest (in a radius of about 5 km), except for 2 or 3 short excursions about 15 km away. I think we can conclude from this that there is currently enough food to be found in the immediate vicinity of the nest.

I made a few pics of the mating at 13:56
In my opinion, it's getting better and better.

[Tatiana60]

Karl II sneezes a lot, he probably ate frogs for breakfast...

[Tatiana60]

.... I think we can conclude from this that there is currently enough food to be found in the immediate vicinity of the nest.

I watch the dawns in the forest... Don't you think that compared to 2017-2018 years, the forest has become somewhat rarer and more transparent in the direction directly behind the nest? But maybe it's spring... and the hardwoods are still leafless...

[Swenja]

14:38:25 Karl II sits down. Kaia stands on the branch and goes in the nest. She touches Karl II with the beak. He stands up.

Kaia has been in the nest since 09:12. She did not fly looking for food yet.

14:43 Kaia is more ladylike. In the case of the black storks, there is also a difference between the sexes.


14:59:40 again: Karl II sits down. Kaia stands on the branch and goes in the nest. She toutches Karl II with the beak. He stands up.
15:02:20 again

[Anne7]

I watch the dawns in the forest... Don't you think that compared to 2017-2018 years, the forest has become somewhat rarer and more transparent in the direction directly behind the nest?

Hello Tatiana

I do not know.
Until now I have not paid attention to that.

Thanks for your observations, and for all the wonderfull pictures you posted!

[Anne7]

14:43 Kaia is more ladylike. In the case of the black storks, there is also a difference between the sexes.
https://up.picr.de/41041598oo.jpg

It is really a great picture.
She acts like a princess. Like a young and elegant lady of high standing.

[Swenja]

15:03:59 Kaia flies away to the right.



Karl II is allone in the nest.