Black Stork Nest In Karula 2023.

[Swenja]

Karl II takes care for the eggs.
He just rolls the eggs lightly and covers them.

[Swenja]

The eggs are 29, 26, 24 and 22 days old today.



Due to the lack of moisture by rain, the eggs almost look like on the first day. They have no discoloration from the nesting material. It is difficult to get a recording of the eggs in which the light does not reflect. The eggs shine and it always looks blurry.

[Sabsy]

The eggs are 29, 26, 24 and 22 days old today.

Due to the lack of moisture by rain, ...

Good morning Swenja,
you are doing so wonderfully - thank you very much ♥

thanks to everyone else for your efforts.
Have a nice weekend and nice Pentecost!

[Swenja]

Karl II aers the eggs. He loosens the nest bottom.

Karl II touches an egg.


And he rolls this egg almost in one turn.


Hello @Sabsy
you're welcome! Have a nice weekend and Pentecost too.

[Swenja]

It's very warm in the blazing sun. Karl II sits with his beak open.

[Swenja]

Karl II takes a lot of time for the nest trough today.
He actually constantly loosens the nest bottom sitting and standing.



14:43 Karl II stands up and loosens the nest floor. He does ps and rolls the eggs.




Karl II covers the eggs again and he has a break.

[Swenja]

Karl II lost his balance a bit when he tried to scratch himself.
He quickly catches himself again.

[Swenja]

Then he loosens the nest floor and shakes out his feathers.
He touches one egg and just rolls the other three eggs a bit.






Even when the clouds cover the sun, the eggs are highly reflective.

[Swenja]

16:07 Who is there? Karl II watches someone and sings.





Nobody seems to be there.
The wind has increased strongly.

[Swenja]

The ravens are here.
Karl II protests.



It sounds like 3 ravens.
A raven at the nest. The other two sound further.

16:34 Karl II hisses. He gets up and defends. The raven is close to the nest.

[Swenja]

The raven makes loud noises.

[Swenja]

The loud raven flies away. Unfortunately, Karl II did not get to him.







The raven are gone. Karl II takes care for the eggs.

[asteria]

Karl II was swearing on the ravens. Never heard such sounds from any stork.

[Swenja]

Hello @asteria
Yes, the ravens also want to steal Karl II's eggs.

[Swenja]

19:54 Kaia is back.
Greeting!



Karl II flies away from the curved branch.



Kaia takes care for the eggs und covers them.

[Swenja]

Kaia stands up and loosens the nest floor.
She touches an egg and covers the eggs again.





She pulls some nesting material towards her.

[Swenja]

Kaia stood up briefly and touched an egg.



She changed the sitting position and continued to incubate.

22:17 night vision

[Jo UK]

On the Fund Raising topic Liz01 asked a question and Urmas answered - with another question! So I will bring it here as it concerns Karula nest activies

Jo,

EDIT:
I need an explanation as to why already now, supportive fish must be placed in the basket. And I would prefer to post a picture of the installed fish basket. Visual things are better than 1000 words. And again, what do you think of that?

[Jo UK]

I did look to long feeding tracks they both, Kaia and Karl II, cover between incubation duty. And it seems one incubation event lasts quite long this year?
Could somebody check last year(s) medium longevity of incubation, I mean time between change of parent. By the feeling it seems longer this year, but I can be wrong. Can't take time for that by myself.
Therefore started additional feeding. In some places Herons ate fish, so was moved then. Currently, there are two baskets, one in the same place as last summer and other in different place. But the places could be changed if needed.
Last year we started actually in the beginning of May, but not so intensively as during chick feeding. The same I hope to follow this season. And we need to let parents to search food by themselves also. Not only baskets should provide food.

Main result of last year additional feeding is seen on migration map - both tracked chicks do well by now. Unfortunately we did not equip all four as two other transmitters were foreseen for Eedis chicks. If those devices appeared (unfortunately) free to use some where else, chicks in Karula nest were too big to visit them once more.

Who will find the answers, please? Is each adult black stork spending longer times than last year at incubating duties?

[tsang6482]

It seems as though there have been quite a few attempts by goshawk, ravens etc in this nest this year, as compared to others.

Is that really the case, or there just better documentation of it here?