Karula National Park (Karl II and Kaia)

[Madli]

June 1

Remaining egg is 31 days old today.
Chicks will be 4/ 4/ 1 days old.
1st chick hatched 28.05 evening
2nd chick hatched 28.05 evening
3rd chick hatched 31.05 evening

Nest duty:
0. Karl 21.19 - 06.07 ( 8 h 48 min)
FEEDING 1) 06.03

1. Kaia 06.07 - 13.12 ( 7 h 5 min)
FEEDING 2) 07.48; 3) 12.35

2. Karl 13.12 - 16.55 ( 3 h 43 min)
FEEDING 4) 13.13; 5) 14.21

3. Kaia 16.55 - 20.47 ( 3 h 52 min)
FEEDING 6) 16.57; 7) 18.03; 8) 19.26

4. Karl 20.47 - ...
FEEDING 9) 20.59

Materials: 4 (Karl x4) (yesterday 3)
- moss 2
- twig 1
- grass 1

Events:

Weather in Karula NP:
Morning temperature of 10 °C, afternoon 19°, evening 15° and night 12°.
Cloudy, evening and night rain.
https://www.foreca.com/100796120/Karula ... nia/hourly

[marika.solo]

What kind of fish is it? It has an eel-like body...a Burbot?

Illi - Illimar
"I asked in Loodussõbrad Facebook group Jan Siimson thought it is Misgurnus fossilis in estonian language Vingerjas and its common in South-Estonia rivers. Grows to 15-30cm."

btw. the 4th egg has soft egg talk and it also has a small "dot"

[Madli]

Illi - Illimar
"I asked in Loodussõbrad Facebook group Jan Siimson thought it is Misgurnus fossilis in estonian language Vingerjas and its common in South-Estonia rivers. Grows to 15-30cm."

You really learn something new every day! Thanks to Illimar and you too for sharing this

I am actually a member of the same FB group, but I didn't use Facebook yesterday, so I didn't see this.

Vingerjas, or in english Weatherfish


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misgurnus_fossilis

[Madli]

The sun is changing its angle, going higher and changing the lighting

[Madli]

06.00 Everyone is active and awake! 1 and 2 are greeting and begging, even little 3 is already biting the moss and activly crawls around, looking for a good position. Little one is biting Karl's toes


06.02 FEEDING (1) Only the bigger ones eat. 3 is behind the siblings and can't reach anything.

[Madli]

06.07 Kaia arrives! Karl doesn't hurry to stand up and leave..he waits a few moments. But when Karl leaves, Kaia looks at her chicks and rolls the egg. The chicks start begging again, but Kaia doesn't feed this time. Kaia arrived with a wet-dirty belly.
Karl's nest duty was 8 h 48 min.


The PIP in the 4th egg is well visible now

[Madli]

Karl brings fresh materials to the nest:
06.12 Twig.
06.16 Grass
06.19 Moss
06.22 Moss



06.21 Kaia stands up, arranges some material and covers the chicks and the egg again.

[Madli]

07.08 FEEDING attempt...Kaia regurgitates fish- it looks like big lampreys? #1 and #2 both grab one end of the fish- it is not soft enough to break into pieces. Then #1 attempts to swallow it whole, but Kaia pulls it out from its throat and eats it herself. There is also a second fish in the nest, a smaller one, but Kaia eats it back before any of the chicks can eat it. #3 was behind the older siblings the whole time.

[Madli]

07.48 FEEDING (2) #1 and #2 manage to swallow some big pieces of the fish, but this food is still too big for #3 ...

[Madli]

08.30 All three nicely in place...but no feeding this time. Kaia only arranges some moss and changes her position.