Estonian White Storks 2014

[Lussi05]

6. August - Good morning

05:40 - I caught the earlybirds

[baska]

Good morning everybody!

All the better, Lussi! I missed it this morning...

[Niniel]

20:23 Nobody at home.

21:08 Has it happened? Have our little storks begun their journey to Africa?



21:35 Nothing but an empty nest.

[Hellem]

22:40 Nest is empty...

[Lussi05]

Empty nest tonight

[Niniel]

Bye bye little storks.

[baska]

Hello!

No, they didn't start yet for their journey.
Within 8-10 days our storklets are not able to do the migration.
I'm sure, they are still here in the surroundings but prefer meeting other young storks.
They like to explore all together the area. They need to exercise a lot to get more safety and confidence in their flying.
They must learn how to be aware of dangers, how to avoid obstacles, how to use the thermal so that they can save energie while flying... and so on... and so on
Not to forget: they must eat a lot - they will need a lot of energie!
I think, it will take about another 2 weeks until they leave Estonia.
It depends of the weather, the thermal and the direction of the wind!
In the meantime they might come back from time to time...

But for sure, the parents will come back to the nest for a couple of days - or longer.

[Hellem]

18:04 One parent (with the darker beak) on the nest
18:45 Is still standing on the nest.

EDIT: As Baska said, there is a storklet not parent.

[Wil Muller]

everybody thank you for the beautiful pictures 18:03 one visitor

[Liz01]

he is still there

[baska]

Hello

No, Hellem, that must be a storklet. The beak of the parent stork is much longer!

[Hellem]

Baska, thank you, I wasn`t sure , maybe I wanted to think, that there is parent on the nest

[airras]

good afternoon everyone.
one of the young in the nest this
19:45

[airras]

20:12

20:13

[Lussi05]

Good evening

20:09 - A good rest in the nest was needed..

20:12 - Then s/he walked to the edge..(a long- legged, proud and beautiful stork)

and left.


Airras, same thoughts

[airras]

20;21
Lussi

[Lussi05]

Back again

Edit:

20:31 - Evening care

20:36 - Tired

[Lussi05]

21:41- Suddenly..

one of the parents arrived, and s/he greeted the storklet..(who was hoping to get some food)

and flew away immediately.

[Michi]

Hello together
thank you all for your pictures and reports!
I hope, we will see the lovely storklets still for some days.

[Lussi05]

Michi

22:14 - One storklet is alone in the nest this evening - Good night