Black Stork Nest in Karula, 2021

[Heloise]

Veery loong preening procedures... by Udu
Tuul must be fresh





And Pikne as well

[Heloise]

Udu (Fog ) has conquered our screens, the picture is a bit foggy all the time...



Revenge? Tuul steps on Pikne

[Heloise]

S/he seems satisfied



It´s training time! Tuul is busy

[Heloise]

[Heloise]

Tuul is strong





Udu is jumping now

[Heloise]

Pikne and Tuul are fighting



Tuul



Udu is jumping

[Heloise]

Udu is running wild



Tuul and Udu are fighting



Tuul is running wild

[Heloise]

Udu is on the curved branch again





Udu is jumping again
all the following pictures: s/he jumps

[Heloise]

[Heloise]

Pikne is jumping

[Heloise]

Nice beak



20:13 They all calmed down...

20:27



20:55

[Heloise]

The night is coming to Karula...

[Heloise]

21:45


22:00


Thank you all for your comments, posts and many thanks for all nice photos and videos, Swenja, Anne7, Tatiana60, balistar!

Good night, sleep well, all Karula-family friends!

[Swenja]

Anne7: I suppose that the herons found this feeding site since then...

Unfortunately, it looks a lot like it.

Feedings:
12:55 Karl II
13:11 Kaia
17:46 Karl II

Thank you very much everyone!
I hope Udu can fly tomorrow, and maybe Pikne too.
They still need to have some flying experience and with a lot of luck they find additional food.



Good night!

[Anne7]

Good evening, everyone!

Thank you for all contributions today!

Heloise, Swenja, Tatiana and Balistar, many thanks for the wonderful pictures and videos.

Heloise, it is a delight to read and see your documentation.


I received a reply from Urmas this early afternoon saying that it is perfectly OK to share his information and images on the forum.

He also wrote that the fish cage is obviously not always filled.
Urmas had put some 70 small fish in it.
"Karl ate almost all at once of 70 small fish yesterday morning. I brought another 60 last evening. Karl did not visit place, yet."




"But Kaia (most probably) is there for second time today."




"Don't know if there in cage was enough fish to fly and feed chicks.
Actually I can't see fish in cage, anymore .
Need to look if something in fish trap in my home pond."




Thank you so much for all your work and endless dedication, Urmas!
We are very grateful to you.

Good night everyone!

[Solo]

Edit 2:
BS chicks need to be raised on the nest by their parents.
Storklets that are fed and raised by humans for whatever reason, in captivity, will have even less chance of survival if released than storklets that grew up in a natural way.
I suspect that these 'rescued' storklets will only survive in a zoo or animal park.
(Possibly there have been a few exceptions.)

Anne, please source -thanx in advance

[Liz01]

August 4

Good Morning all

thanks to all for reporting, pictures and videos

6:19 Maiden flight by Udu

[Liz01]

6:22 back on nest

[Liz01]

6:25 and out again
He loves freedom outside of the nest. It was a great departure






6:39 back in nest

[Swenja]

Good morning!

That’s so wonderful! They fly!