Black Stork Nest in Karula, 2021

[Heloise]

13:59 They collect everything and try to take it away from each other
Maybe they are still hungry...

[Heloise]

14:04


14:34


"With A Little Help From My Friends"

[Swenja]

And Tuul...
12:12

Swenja, this pic is for you

Big thanks @Heloise
Tuul is the conqueror of the curved branch!



Thanks everyone for the beautiful pictures, interesting posts and comments.

It had long been clear to me that someone had helped with Karl II Food. Especially recently.
So many fish of the same size and such short feeding times.
It's a good thing and I want to thank everyone who made the Karl II family have such a successful season. Big thanks to the supporters!

Thank you @ Anne7 for the photos, articles and reports.
I think what the food looks like and tastes like the juvenile black storks know from their parents' feedings.
So the youngsters will spend a lot of time looking for it themselves. Instinct is to be vital.

I am so glad that Karl II and Kaia fed the youngsters.

[Heloise]

Swenja!

It's a good thing and I want to thank everyone who made the Karl II family have such a successful season. Big thanks to the supporters!

I agree! I am very thankful too!
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[balistar]

EDIT: Hello to all of you

...
12:55:45 Karl II
Finally!
...
What did he bring? Are there small fish on the nest floor?

https://i.postimg.cc/BvBL34gz/Screensho ... u-Tube.jpg

Heloise,

yes, little fish, not quite a very big load, but two piles

12:56:09 the first pile


12:56:10 Karl II regurgitated immediately again - the second pile

[Heloise]

Hello balistar!

Thanks a lot!

[balistar]

...
13:11 Kaia!
...
Nice pile of fish, I think
...

Kaia, you are a champ of a young mother
The shy little princess of yore exceeds our expectations by far: showing us what a caring and reliable mother she is

13:11:49 Kaia, the responsible young mother, is still here - coming to feed her storklets with whatever she finds


Yes, also Kaia brought fish, and even two piles, like Karl II

13:12:03 first pile


13:12:05 "got it"

[balistar]

13:12:06 "Mom, do you have some more ?"


13:12:14 yeaaah - Kaia regurgitated a second pile...


13:12:14 ....of little fish

[balistar]

13:12:14 these fish could be those 'nine-spined sticklebacks'
- but i'm not quit sure, maybe someone can confirm ?




EDIT: since the so far two fish deliveries were not the largest, we have to assume that the competitors like herons have already discovered the places with additional feeding and they have most likely decimated the supply.

[Swenja]

Kaia was greeted with concentrated wings power last feeding.
In the nest, too, the wings pushed her back and forth. Hopefully she'll come back to the nest with some food.

[Swenja]

Relax

[Heloise]

Two storks, four legs



Haha, Swenja

(The chronology is correct )

[Swenja]

16:45 the wind brings Pikne into a tailspin.

[Heloise]

16:38 Udu is on the curved branch again
(The chronology is wrong, sorry. Pikne was on that branch today too, 07:22:06)

[Heloise]

A little "jumping show" by Pikne this morning at 08:24 (sorry for the bad quality, but, you know, s/he is Pikne )
S/he stood on the curved branch again (earlier at 07:22:06)
I wanted to check again and scrolled back. Everything went very fast...



S/he jumped off the branch...

[Heloise]

... and run and jumped again...

https://i.postimg.cc/g06982qX/Screensho ... u-Tube.jpg



... and then s/he landed on the sibling's back (?)... (it was a little behind the scenes) and stepped aside...

[Swenja]

17:46 feeding Karl II
There wasn't a lot of food.

There were 4 fish.



Tuul and Udu fought over fish. Tuul won and ate. Pikne ate 2 fish.



Tuul also ate the last fish at the end which was on Pikne's legs.



Udu got nothing? Is that why he was so upset and fluttering through the nest?
I think Udu want to fly now?

[Swenja]

Restless Udu

[Heloise]

18:02 Pikne on the curved branch again



18:27



Three storks with three legs

[Heloise]

Beautiful scarves (today it's nasty cool weather)