Black Stork Nest 2, Jan and Janika, 2021

[Solo]

05.25 again back resting to 05.58 and preening, preening

when not a single nestlings was moving (06:12:04)


resting/sleeping while sitting (06:43:56) and the next wake up (their crops are almost completely black)


and it started to "snow" again (06:55:21)

[Solo]

08.01 it is again very windy

is anyone flying around?


when it had "snowed" enough, the storks lay down again (08.21)

[Solo]

and feeding by Jan at 08.36

08:36:16 they start chirping, 8:36:36 they are already in circle
08:36:49 Jan in
- feeding: 2x regurgitation - first pile of little fishes (maybe) and the next something else (maybe) - Summi pls
08:37:02 Jan out

08:36:49 Jan's legs were muddy


08:36:56


08:37:01


as Liz wrote yesterday: Jan looked like Jan when he arrived and he looked like Janika when he left
but it was Jan, among other things I saw the feather with the "cutout"

[Solo]

our nestlings after collecting all remains (08:53:54)


09.10 they wake up - the wind is very strong, the nest "dives" at times again

the next preening, defecating, wing flapping and back to resting at 09:31:44

09:24:29 № 2 helped № 3 remove the tuft on his head

[Solo]

09.59 feeding by Janika

09:59:00 they start chirping
09:59:27 Janika in, his neck is wet
- feeding: more times she regurgitate something (more attempts?) and more times she shake her head - some kind of little things
- Summi, pls,
10:00:44 Janika out

welcome Mom (09:59:25)


09:59:36 it is our Janika


10:00:33

[Solo]

and Jan again 10.12

10:11:49 chirping
10:12:05 Jan in
- feeding: little and middle sized fishes, big pile
10:12:13 Jan out

10:12:00


10:12:21

[Solo]

10:15:06 happy chicks


10:50:53


gusts of wind are very strong, the branch with the camera is sways to the left, to the right and down
(there is a risk of seasickness when observed )

Have a nice day

[Summi]

Good day everyone

Solo
I've scrolled back a lot of times and at different speed but it's almost impossible to make sure what these little white spikes are among the down feathers and small fish that the parents bring. The only possible food I can think of is that these are larvae of pond beetle (Acilius sulcatus).

Liz, maybe you can suggest what it might be.

[balistar]

12:10 feeding - i think it was JANIKA - her legs were covered with dried mud up to her thighs

a lot of small fish - all three ate well

12:10:09 Janika (?) in
12:10:31 Janika (?) out

storklets were still eating after Janika (?) flew away
12:11:03 #1 discovered another fish laying at #2's left leg - and took it quickly

EDIT: it was JAN !! (thanks for correction, Solo; i haven't watched and/or read back earlier)

[aperitif]

Does anyone know when the autopsy result of the perished chick can be expected?

[Solo]

... 12:10 feeding - i think it was JANIKA - her legs were covered with dried mud up to her thighs ..

Balistar,
I am back for a while - it was Jan, I'm sure - also thanks to this (btw. Jan had legs from the mud even during the previous feeding)
thanx for reporting

12:10:14

[Solo]

12:07:52 chirping
12:10:10 Jan in
- feeding: big pile of fishes (very probably)
12:10:30 Jan out

youtube chat info:
11:13 AM Fart Detective​Food @ 12:10
11:22 AM Светлана !!! ​Ян прилетал (Jan flew in)
12:00 PM Anu Kõlar​ Svetlana, yes, you are right! Nice pile of small fish

12:10:23


12:10:25

[Solo]

... it's almost impossible to make sure what these little white spikes are among the down feathers and small fish that the parents bring. The only possible food I can think of is that these are larvae of pond beetle (Acilius sulcatus). ...

Summi, thanx very much

[asteria]

Does anyone know when the autopsy result of the perished chick can be expected?

It is unpredictable: sometimes the results appear in a few hours(LSE Stephi, 2012) and sometimes in a few weeks(bald eaglet E14, 2020).

[Liz01]

- feeding: 2x regurgitation - first pile of little fishes (maybe) and the next something else (maybe) - Summi pls
08:37:02 Jan out
"

Solo, I'm too late for a video!
second pile: That should be nine-spined sticklebacks

[Summi]

second pile: That should be nine-spined sticklebacks

Liz, thank you for the identification of the food.

[Liz01]

- feeding: more times she regurgitate something (more attempts?) and more times she shake her head - some kind of little things
- Summi, pls,
10:00:44 Janika out

Janika also brought these nine-spined sticklebacks. They are small. Silver and black. Identified by Mars S.
I would never have known that. I am not very knowledgeable about fish.

[juta]

Dear members!
This topic is about black storks not about other members.
I will delete unkind and arguing posts. It will take time, I ask not to quote them anymore, please

[Summi]

I understand that the small fish are ninespine sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius) that grow to the length of 5-7 cm but what are these tiny white things that are regurgitated together with fish?

[balistar]

I understand that the small fish are ninespine sticklebacks (Pungitius pungitius) that grow to the length of 5-7 cm but what are these tiny white things that are regurgitated together with fish?

Looking like worms or larvae or grubs. But which kind of i don't know.
Similar things were served in the Latvian Black Stork nest lately, too.