Jõgeva County (Jan and Janika)

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg/2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

FEEDING 2/ at 13.10

I will check it - who ate, most probably not all (3 -4?, one behind the others - probably No5), it wasnt much

[Adria]

13.10. Females feed - small snack, ate four chicks - small bite (one chick had two bites), number 5 did not eat :

[Adria]

It stopped raining but the wind blew.

13.22 - The female cleans and massages the chicks - short.
13.27 - The female cleans and massages the chicks, nest adjustment - short
13.30 - The female cleans and massages the chicks - short.

[Adria]

13.32 - "Mom, is it still raining?"

[Adria]

13.33 - The female cleans and massages the chicks .

The sun began to shine, hopefully Jan will return.

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg/2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

13.32 - "Mom, is it still raining?" ...

I have the same shot https://i.postimg.cc/kXzBcFfs/2022-05-3 ... -32-55.jpg

[Adria]

14.25.31 - Jan flew and at 14.25.44 the female left:

[Adria]

FEEDING 3/

14.26 - Jan feeds , four chickens ate well, number 5 was in the back as he got to eat so the food was almost gone. In the end, it had two small bites: at 14.26.29 and at 14.26.41

[Adria]

16.17 - Jan cleans and massages the chicks.

17.10.06 - one chick demands Jan's attention.:

[Adria]

... Birds have two eyelids, upper and lower. Birds active during daytime hours raise the lower lid when closing their eye, and nocturnal birds close the upper lid. But birds also have a translucent nictitating membrane, sometimes called a “third eyelid”. ...

Thanks Marika for the interesting information. From a distance, it sometimes looks like they have blue eyes.