Black Stork Nests in Europe

[Solo]

PL Notecka forest - link: https://youtu.be/iKUyr5dG39A
Nutka (F) + Nutek (M)

storklet are today 60 days old - the first maiden fly is very close
(they are today still without food delivery)



edit:
and food delivery (much little - fishes?)


today feedings continuation
10.24, 11.27, 12.48

[Solo]

PL Notecka forest - link: https://youtu.be/iKUyr5dG39A
Nutka (F) + Nutek (M)

today in the morning

much high jumps


storklet stepped out from the nest on the branch

[Solo]

PL Notecka forest - link: https://youtu.be/iKUyr5dG39A
Nutka (F) + Nutek (M)

in this time (14:25 and later) I saw very nice training - high jumps, helicoptering, ... even the youngest storklet tries, but he still doesn't succeed

[Solo]

PL Notecka forest - link: https://youtu.be/iKUyr5dG39A
Nutka (F) + Nutek (M)

unwanted visitor near the nest - common buzzard (Buteo buteo)

[asteria]

Unwanted? If buzzards visited all the nests each time instead of goshawks it would be fairy tales with good ending!!!

Makov storklets have been training their wings a lot, one of them(the larger) can stay in the air for a few seconds.

[Solo]

July 18

PL Notecka forest - link: https://youtu.be/iKUyr5dG39A
Nutka (F) + Nutek (M)

they are ready to first flight

[Solo]

IT Parco Gallipoli - link: http://www.cicognaparcogallipoli.it/cicogna_nera_live

I saw these days only the empty nest (also in the evening before the streaming ends = 20 h) or they are on the nest the adult storks (yesterday shots)





I saw all 4 young storks last time on the nest on July 14 viewtopic.php?p=751723#p751723

[balistar]

July 18

PL Notecka forest - link: https://youtu.be/iKUyr5dG39A
Nutka (F) + Nutek (M)

they are ready to first flight

....

Wow

So happy to see them in such a good shape, great
Any hour now it can happen..... i wish them a perfect start

Thanks, Solo


The storklets from Gallipoli seem to be on their own way now, discovering the big wide world. Good luck, storklets !!

[Solo]

PL, Łodz - Dąb 2 (Oak) nest https://youtu.be/IavRetMqfBk
adult storks: Fermina (F) + Florentino (M)
chicks: the elder sibling - Finezja, Gapcio, the younger storklet - Farciarz resp. Fart

the second food delivery



maybe frogs

one more frog


the first food delivery (female Fermina) - after long waiting (adult stork must be nearby) at 11:54:12 - video by Storkslover: Fermina with a small first breakfast ... around noon https://youtu.be/En6vkFJbNB0 or by Pimu https://youtu.be/4dh99HB_aVM

edit:
and the video about this second food delivery (male Florentino) - https://youtu.be/5kwf42aSodc (by Pimu)

[Solo]

PL, Łodz - Dąb 2 (Oak) nest https://youtu.be/IavRetMqfBk

in the morning anything disturbed them longer time




video by Pimu: https://youtu.be/8Bqzcdj5xrI


Balistar

[Solo]

July 19
Hello everyone

PL Notecka forest - link: https://youtu.be/iKUyr5dG39A
Nutka (F) + Nutek (M)

first flight and safely back (on the 64th day of life)
05:55:45






edit: video by Pimu https://youtu.be/IhUDb2oRqhs or by Komitet Ochrony Orłów: Pierwszy lot młodego bociana czarnego za gniazdo / The first flight of a young black stork https://youtu.be/w6qRsSt3f2U

edit 2:
also second time :-)
out 08:44:56 https://i.postimg.cc/MG9SVYj9/2020-07-1 ... -44-56.jpg
in 09:10:37 https://i.postimg.cc/Gtyxnd06/2020-07-1 ... -10-37.jpg

[asteria]

It looks like one of the kids of Tonichkovy is a guy(who is bigger and trains better) and another one is a girl. Those two are pretty different.

[Solo]

CZ, Rescue Station Makov - Čížová - link: https://youtu.be/xOsXWkp1_BM
handicapped pair named Toník/Anthony (M) and Tonička/Antonia (F)

It looks like one of the kids of Tonichkovy is a guy(who is bigger and trains better) and another one is a girl. Those two are pretty different.

Asteria,
to me no, I see not much difference between these two chicks (btw. usually the first hatched chicks are males - scientific data)

[balistar]

July 19
Hello everyone

PL Notecka forest - link: https://youtu.be/iKUyr5dG39A
Nutka (F) + Nutek (M)

first flight and safely back (on the 64th day of life)
05:55:45
.....

congrats, storklet ! Well done

And i have missed it (still sleeping). Thank you, Solo.

The storklet imagined its first trajectory exactly, which was very nice to see.
Likewise his return, the reaction of the two siblings, "hey, how is it out there ?". "i can tell you, it's wonderful".
Then one by one has pooped

[Solo]

...

Balistar,
you're welcome.
it was nice to see
I also imagined what they were saying

[balistar]

Solo

here a few pics of exercising.... it seems, the maiden flight of the one was inspiring to the others

15.49 at first, here a feeding (i think it was a pile of small fish)


16.34 so beautiful all three


16.53 hoppla, this one wanted to jump, but "jump-walked" over a sibling

[balistar]

16.53
but then jumped high across the nest


from the left to the right


and right away even jumped high up and hovered one or two seconds in the air

[balistar]

16.54
now this one gets up, stretched his wings and ...


...jumps high up, too

[balistar]

later I hear a little thunder rumble nearby, but didn't reach the nest

17.51 all three are resting

[Birdfriend]

July 19
Hello everyone

PL Notecka forest - link: https://youtu.be/iKUyr5dG39A
Nutka (F) + Nutek (M)

first flight and safely back (on the 64th day of life)
05:55:45
...

Good news,Solo the first one made it. Soon the siblings will follow. Thank you also for sharing the video from this event.

It looked so cool, as if he/she has done it not for the first time. Great job!

Pic from now:
All three are resting together.