Karl II is in the nest.
Black Stork Nest In Karula 2023.
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21:22 Karl II stands up, loosens the nest floor,
shakes the feathers and does ps. He just rolled the eggs lightly.
He covers the eggs again.
shakes the feathers and does ps. He just rolled the eggs lightly.
He covers the eggs again.
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Good morning!
Karl II rolls the eggs.
He covers the eggs again.
Good morning!
Karl II rolls the eggs.
He covers the eggs again.
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08:35 Kaia is at home.
Nice greeting!
Karl II flies away. Kaia does ps.
Kaia takes care for the eggs.
Nice greeting!
Karl II flies away. Kaia does ps.
Kaia takes care for the eggs.
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08:43 Karl II brings nesting material.
Don't step on Kaia, Karl II!
08:45 Karl II brings a kind of dry grass.
He puts down the beautiful arrangement right in front of Kaia.
Don't step on Kaia, Karl II!
08:45 Karl II brings a kind of dry grass.
He puts down the beautiful arrangement right in front of Kaia.
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08:49 Karl II brings a branch.
nice flight to the nest
angled Landing
nice flight to the nest
angled Landing
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Kaia seems a little stressed about the branches.
08:52 She sorts through the branches and steps on an egg.
08:52 She sorts through the branches and steps on an egg.
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08:52 Karl II brings grass and moss.
He also takes care of the left side of the nest edge.
He also takes care of the left side of the nest edge.
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Karl II flies away for breakfast.
Kaia sits in a beautiful nest.
Kaia sits in a beautiful nest.
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The eggs are 31, 28, 26, and 24 days old today.
Listen carefully if an egg is talking to us.
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Hi everyone! 
Here (again) the link to the most wonderful article, excerpted from THE MOST PERFECT THING: INSIDE (AND OUTSIDE) A BIRD'S EGG.
The Art of Hatching an Egg, Explained
Copyright © 2016 by Tim Birkhead
The full text, really worth reading:
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-art-ha ... -explained
A very brief summary of the original text describing the hatching of the chick:
Hatching is the climax of incubation; indeed, it is the climax of both fertilisation and incubation and the third great landmark in the life of an egg. How does the chick break out from the claustrophobic confines of the shell? … it isn’t as quick, as clean, or as simple as we have sometimes been led to believe.
A fully developed embryo lies scrunched up inside the egg with its ankles at the pointed end and its head towards the blunt end …
Before starting to break out of the egg the chick has three things it must accomplish. It must first switch from being dependent on the oxygen diffusing through the pores in the eggshell into the network of blood vessels that line the inner surface of the shell and start to use its own lungs to breathe. The chick takes its first proper breath and fills its lungs the moment it punctures the air cell inside the top of the egg. …
Before it takes that first breath, the chick has to start shutting off the blood supply to the network of blood vessels that line the inner surface of the shell, and withdraw that blood into its body. …
Third, the chick has to take what is left of the yolk and draw it into its abdomen. It does this by sucking up the remaining yolk through the stalk that connects the yolk to the chick’s small intestines. This "yolk sac" is a food reserve for the first few hours or days after hatching. …
The chick is now ready to break out of the shell and starts by thrusting its beak against the inside wall of the shell. To help puncture it the chick employs a tiny structure of especially hardened material at the tip of the bill, known as the egg tooth. …
Another very nice article:
INTO THE NEST: IT'S HATCH DAY!
https://madisonaudubon.org/blog/2018/6/ ... -hatch-day
… Hatching itself is a more complicated activity than it seems at first glance. A lot happens before the chick even breaks the shell. The chicks begin with their head at the blunt end of the shell and their ankles at the pointy end. They take their first breath of air by puncturing the air chamber between the shell and inner membrane. …
The chick will then peck weakly at the shell while rotating counterclockwise, creating small fractures in the shell. It takes about two days of this pecking, but the chick will eventually break through to the outside world. The shell often splits into two neat halves that the parents remove from the nest or eat. …
Shortly before it hatches, a chick uses its beak to break into the inner air chamber (air cell), taking its first breath of air.
Image citation: Gill 2007, Figure 15-22, page 461.
Edit: Reportedly one may hear "egg talk" once the chick pierced the membrane into the air chamber and breathes air for the first time. The chick is peeping inside the egg. This is called pipping.
Swenja
Here (again) the link to the most wonderful article, excerpted from THE MOST PERFECT THING: INSIDE (AND OUTSIDE) A BIRD'S EGG.
The Art of Hatching an Egg, Explained
Copyright © 2016 by Tim Birkhead
The full text, really worth reading:
https://www.audubon.org/news/the-art-ha ... -explained
A very brief summary of the original text describing the hatching of the chick:
Hatching is the climax of incubation; indeed, it is the climax of both fertilisation and incubation and the third great landmark in the life of an egg. How does the chick break out from the claustrophobic confines of the shell? … it isn’t as quick, as clean, or as simple as we have sometimes been led to believe.
A fully developed embryo lies scrunched up inside the egg with its ankles at the pointed end and its head towards the blunt end …
Before starting to break out of the egg the chick has three things it must accomplish. It must first switch from being dependent on the oxygen diffusing through the pores in the eggshell into the network of blood vessels that line the inner surface of the shell and start to use its own lungs to breathe. The chick takes its first proper breath and fills its lungs the moment it punctures the air cell inside the top of the egg. …
Before it takes that first breath, the chick has to start shutting off the blood supply to the network of blood vessels that line the inner surface of the shell, and withdraw that blood into its body. …
Third, the chick has to take what is left of the yolk and draw it into its abdomen. It does this by sucking up the remaining yolk through the stalk that connects the yolk to the chick’s small intestines. This "yolk sac" is a food reserve for the first few hours or days after hatching. …
The chick is now ready to break out of the shell and starts by thrusting its beak against the inside wall of the shell. To help puncture it the chick employs a tiny structure of especially hardened material at the tip of the bill, known as the egg tooth. …
Another very nice article:
INTO THE NEST: IT'S HATCH DAY!
https://madisonaudubon.org/blog/2018/6/ ... -hatch-day
… Hatching itself is a more complicated activity than it seems at first glance. A lot happens before the chick even breaks the shell. The chicks begin with their head at the blunt end of the shell and their ankles at the pointy end. They take their first breath of air by puncturing the air chamber between the shell and inner membrane. …
The chick will then peck weakly at the shell while rotating counterclockwise, creating small fractures in the shell. It takes about two days of this pecking, but the chick will eventually break through to the outside world. The shell often splits into two neat halves that the parents remove from the nest or eat. …
Shortly before it hatches, a chick uses its beak to break into the inner air chamber (air cell), taking its first breath of air.
Image citation: Gill 2007, Figure 15-22, page 461.
Edit: Reportedly one may hear "egg talk" once the chick pierced the membrane into the air chamber and breathes air for the first time. The chick is peeping inside the egg. This is called pipping.
Swenja
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Isn't it wonderful to see how Karl II serves his Princess and her eggs with the utmost care?
How comfortable she is there!
Isn't it wonderful to see how Karl II serves his Princess and her eggs with the utmost care?
How comfortable she is there!
“Clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know.”
— Irene Pepperberg
— Irene Pepperberg
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13:27:23 fine peeping
Is that coming from an egg? Or do I hear ghosts.
Kaia rustled her feathers loudly.
She continued to loosen the nest floor and then came the faint beeping.
Many thanks @Anne7 for the book excerpt. This is beautifully written!
Is that coming from an egg? Or do I hear ghosts.
Kaia rustled her feathers loudly.
She continued to loosen the nest floor and then came the faint beeping.
Many thanks @Anne7 for the book excerpt. This is beautifully written!
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Swenja, I think it may be an egg!
I heard it too (the sound volume set to maximum), some peeping, several times between about 13:27:23 and about 13:27:35.
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The branches annoy Kaia. Karl II absolutely has to put things right. 
Yes, the peeping sounds suspiciously like chicks. @Anne7
Yes, the peeping sounds suspiciously like chicks. @Anne7
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Yes, it sounded like a chick!
We need to keep listening intently.
If this was indeed egg talk, I think we can expect the first chick within 24 to 48 hours, depending on the egg shell thickness and the strength of the little one.
Now first, I need to check where our Waba is at the moment.
We need to keep listening intently.
If this was indeed egg talk, I think we can expect the first chick within 24 to 48 hours, depending on the egg shell thickness and the strength of the little one.
Now first, I need to check where our Waba is at the moment.
“Clearly, animals know more than we think, and think a great deal more than we know.”
— Irene Pepperberg
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Kaia observes something.
It was nothing exciting.
Small peep again. Kaia flinched a little.
It was nothing exciting.
Small peep again. Kaia flinched a little.
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