ESTONIA Pärnu county (Kergu + Kerli)

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- ​​09.06.46 Iksi is back from the left
- ​09.15.17 Tootsie is back form the right
- ​​09.17.27 Vihm is landing on the lookout (the 2 in the nest: pre-feeding behaviour)

- ​​09.28.35 Vihm walked to the nest - everyone is in the nest

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- 09.56.52 FEEDING - Kerli

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- someone is flying there

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- strange adult stork without rings landed on the lookout for a short while



- clearly without rings

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- at 13.07.10 Kerli (?) arrived with food for her fledglings (frogs?)

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- at 15.17.01 Iksi moved to lookout
- at 15.23.51 Iksi flew down (everyone is in the nest)


- at 15.36.40 Vihm out (to the left)
- at 15.47.45 Vihm is landing (from the right)

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2:52 PM Hazza​​
- 15:49:57 again Kerli



- Iksi is the happiest



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where is our Kergu?

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- 16.00.10 Vihm to lookout
- 16.36.40 Vihm to the nest again

-16.38.49 Iksi to lookout
- 16.41.05 Iksi is back in the nest

Vihm


Iksi (1)


Iksi (2)

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I read a question about the moving our fledglings out of the nest:

n 2022–2023, 34 young storks were equipped with GPS-GSM backpack loggers. On average, birds had left the nest by the 87th day of life. In the period between the first flight attempt and the final abandonment of the nest, the birds spent 82% of their time in a zone up to 200 m from the nest.
(Anderwald, D., Sławski, M., Zadworny, T., & Zawadzki, G. (2024). Are Current Protection Methods Ensuring the Safe Emancipation of Young Black Storks? Telemetry Study of Space Use by Black Storks (Ciconia nigra) in the Early Post-Breeding Period. Animals, 14(11), 1558. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani14111558)

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Tootsi is walking back to the nest



(greeting? by Iksi)


(greeting? by Vihm)