Karula National Park (Karl II and Kaia)

[Madli]

18.59 Karl continues incubation.

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20.10 The ravens are calling again.
Karl listenes.


20.14 The raven is very close! Karl reacts- puffing feathers and whistles


Karl is now visibly irritated.

20.16 The raven flies away. NO- I think that the second raven arrives instead. I hear wing flapping.
Karl is still very irritated.

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Or maybe the ravens flew away- no sound anymore.

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21.32 Looks like Karl will be spending the night alone again.

[Madli]

07 May

Good morning

Karl is still in the nest.
Kaia hasn't returned home yet.

[Madli]

10.32 KAIA arrives.


Karl immediately flies away and Kaia takes over the egg duty.

10.37 Karl brings fresh moss.


10.40 Another moss delivery by Karl

10.45 Ravens are making sound in the distance. Kaia gets anxious and listenes.

I see Karl flying in the distance, between the trees.

10.46 Karl brings more materials


They are both listening to the raven.

[Madli]

Karl flies away and Kaia covers the eggs.

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11.07 Next egg care break.
Kaia is aerating the nest and rolling the eggs.

11.08 She finds an odd shaped stick that she can't decide where to put.




After a small break of aerating the nest, she picks the same stick again and tries to find a new place for it.

[Madli]

Finally she lays down with that stick in her bill


Next egg care :
11.36 + PS
11.59
12.38

She is so nice and relaxed

[Madli]

Next egg care break:
13.25- preening, aerating, rolling, PS
14.11- preening, PS
14.47- rolling, aerating
15.24- preening, PS, arranging nest materil


14.47 A good scratch


16.06 Kaia watches something.