She tries to regurgitate food, nothing comes out.
The chicks keep twittering, and #3 is also acting weird. Like it is scared..
I hope that there will not be any eliminations at this point
Karula National Park (Karl II and Kaia)
Re: Karl II and Kaia (Karula NP)
09.21 Kaia is acting weird today..she seems very nervous. The chicks are twitteringand asking for food, #3 is just standing still, no movement.
She tries to regurgitate food, nothing comes out.
The chicks keep twittering, and #3 is also acting weird. Like it is scared..
I hope that there will not be any eliminations at this point
She tries to regurgitate food, nothing comes out.
The chicks keep twittering, and #3 is also acting weird. Like it is scared..
I hope that there will not be any eliminations at this point
Re: Karl II and Kaia (Karula NP)
09.56 KARL. The chicks are angry and defensive 
Kaia's nest duty was 3 h 40 min.
10.03 FEEDING (2) Lots of fish from Karl. All eat good!
10.34 Karl gives shade from the sun.
VIDEO of Karl's arrival. I think it's funny when the chicks are angry
Kaia's nest duty was 3 h 40 min.
10.03 FEEDING (2) Lots of fish from Karl. All eat good!
10.34 Karl gives shade from the sun.
VIDEO of Karl's arrival. I think it's funny when the chicks are angry
Re: Karl II and Kaia (Karula NP)
11.49 KAIA
Karl's nest duty was 1 h 53 min.
11.52 Kaia starts looking for a place for feeding, but stops.
Karl brings fresh material instead:
11.53 Moss
Karl's nest duty was 1 h 53 min.
11.52 Kaia starts looking for a place for feeding, but stops.
Karl brings fresh material instead:
11.53 Moss
Re: Karl II and Kaia (Karula NP)
12.12 Kaia is acting very suspicious again..looks like she is observing #3
Re: Karl II and Kaia (Karula NP)
12.57 Kaia is observing the surroundings, someone is there..
A stranger! Kaia protects the chicks and the stranger flies over the nest, touching the branch above
13.03 Kaia stands up because the chicks don't want to be covered- they are too hot. Kaia keeps protecting them.
VIDEO by Liz
A stranger! Kaia protects the chicks and the stranger flies over the nest, touching the branch above
13.03 Kaia stands up because the chicks don't want to be covered- they are too hot. Kaia keeps protecting them.
VIDEO by Liz
Re: Karl II and Kaia (Karula NP)
13.04.47 The stranger is on the nest tree, right above the nest. It shakes its plumage.
13.20 The chicks are restless and twittering. Kaia is still protecting them. She is peckind nest material and whistles. The chicks think it's food time..they are following the red bill.
13.23 Kaia's body posture shows that the stranger is still in presence.
13.26 The stranger shakes its plumage.
13.27 The stranger makes a PS- you can hear it.
13.20 The chicks are restless and twittering. Kaia is still protecting them. She is peckind nest material and whistles. The chicks think it's food time..they are following the red bill.
13.23 Kaia's body posture shows that the stranger is still in presence.
13.26 The stranger shakes its plumage.
13.27 The stranger makes a PS- you can hear it.
Re: Karl II and Kaia (Karula NP)
13.31 The stranger leaves from the nest branch. It is still flying around.
13.32 The sound of wing beating goes past. The stranger leaves.
13.34 Kaia is relaxed.
13.32 The sound of wing beating goes past. The stranger leaves.
13.34 Kaia is relaxed.
Re: Karl II and Kaia (Karula NP)
13.39 FEEDING (3) A lot of fish from Kaia! She has definitely been to the fish basket! All chicks eat a lot!
Re: Karl II and Kaia (Karula NP)
Looduskalender article:
11.06.2022
https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/6763
Vanemad kurepojad, kes koorusid 28. mail said täna kahe nädalasteks. Kolmas kuretibu on märgatavalt väiksem, aga tema koorus kolm päeva kahest vanemast hiljem.
Emaslind Kaia ja isaslind Karl saavad kurepoegade toitmisega kenasti hakkama olenemata sellest, et noorim on teistest oluliselt väiksem. Teame ja oleme näinud, et must-toonekurgedel pesal toimub infatitsiid ehk vanalinnud kõrvaldavad pesast nõrgad isendid. Peamiseks põhjuseks toidunappus sest vanalindude poolt tugevateks toidetud kurepojad peavad juba augustis siirduma pikale ja ohtuderikkale rändele seda lisaks kõigele üksinda, aga nii on must-toonekured uba loodud. Ühe aasta vanuseks elab all kolmandiku tänavustest pesapoegadest.
Mida me veebikaamera kaudu ei näe?
Karula rahvuspargis, kus must-toonekured pesitsevad on Kotkaklubi juba aastaid korraldanud talguid, et Koiva vesikonna ojade kaldaalasid puhastada võsast, et lindudel oleks nendele ligipääs: väikesed looduslikud ojad tikuvad kiirelt võssa kasvama, aga sellistes inimtühjades paikades toituvad must-toonekured meelsasti. Toitumas käivad vanalinnud pesitsemise ajal ka kraavides, kus kala leidud, aga need võivad kuivada nii kevadise, kui suvise põua aegu kuivada ehk pesitsusedukust ohustada seega peab lindudel olema võimalus külastada erinevaid toitumisalasid.
Toitu otsivad vanalinnud niitudelt, konnad ja harva ka näriliste näol. Veebikaamera vahendusel näeme, et kalad on põhitoiduseks. Lisaks kõigele on Urmas Sellis umbes kümne kilomeetri kaugusele paigutanud ojasse ühe sumba eluskaladega ja rajakaamera on salvestanud seal must-toonekurgede külastused.
Older chicks who hatched on 28.May, turned two weeks old today. Third storklet is significantly smaller than the others, but it hatched three days later.
Mother Kaia and father Karl can manage feeding the chicks nicely despite the fact that the youngest one is much smaller than the others. We know, and have seen, that there is infaticide in black stork nests, where parents remove the weaker nestlings. Main reason is the lack of food because the chick who is fed strong by their parents must take the long and dangerous migration journey already in august, and all that alone. But this is the way black storks are. Less than a third of this year's chicks will live to the age of 1.
What we don't see through the camera?
In Karula National Park, where black storks nest, the Eagle Club has been organizing campaigns for years to clear the shorelines of the Koiva river basins so that birds can access them: small natural streams tend to grow in the bush, but black storks feed in such empty places. During the nesting period, old birds also feed in ditches where fish are found, but they can dry out during both the spring and summer droughts, ie endanger the success of nesting, so birds must have the opportunity to visit different feeding areas.
Old birds look for food in meadows, frogs and rarely in the form of rodents. Through the webcam we can see that fish are the main food. In addition, Urmas Sellis has placed a basket of live fish in the stream about ten kilometers away, and the track camera has recorded the visits of black storks there.
11.06.2022
https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/6763
Vanemad kurepojad, kes koorusid 28. mail said täna kahe nädalasteks. Kolmas kuretibu on märgatavalt väiksem, aga tema koorus kolm päeva kahest vanemast hiljem.
Emaslind Kaia ja isaslind Karl saavad kurepoegade toitmisega kenasti hakkama olenemata sellest, et noorim on teistest oluliselt väiksem. Teame ja oleme näinud, et must-toonekurgedel pesal toimub infatitsiid ehk vanalinnud kõrvaldavad pesast nõrgad isendid. Peamiseks põhjuseks toidunappus sest vanalindude poolt tugevateks toidetud kurepojad peavad juba augustis siirduma pikale ja ohtuderikkale rändele seda lisaks kõigele üksinda, aga nii on must-toonekured uba loodud. Ühe aasta vanuseks elab all kolmandiku tänavustest pesapoegadest.
Mida me veebikaamera kaudu ei näe?
Karula rahvuspargis, kus must-toonekured pesitsevad on Kotkaklubi juba aastaid korraldanud talguid, et Koiva vesikonna ojade kaldaalasid puhastada võsast, et lindudel oleks nendele ligipääs: väikesed looduslikud ojad tikuvad kiirelt võssa kasvama, aga sellistes inimtühjades paikades toituvad must-toonekured meelsasti. Toitumas käivad vanalinnud pesitsemise ajal ka kraavides, kus kala leidud, aga need võivad kuivada nii kevadise, kui suvise põua aegu kuivada ehk pesitsusedukust ohustada seega peab lindudel olema võimalus külastada erinevaid toitumisalasid.
Toitu otsivad vanalinnud niitudelt, konnad ja harva ka näriliste näol. Veebikaamera vahendusel näeme, et kalad on põhitoiduseks. Lisaks kõigele on Urmas Sellis umbes kümne kilomeetri kaugusele paigutanud ojasse ühe sumba eluskaladega ja rajakaamera on salvestanud seal must-toonekurgede külastused.
Older chicks who hatched on 28.May, turned two weeks old today. Third storklet is significantly smaller than the others, but it hatched three days later.
Mother Kaia and father Karl can manage feeding the chicks nicely despite the fact that the youngest one is much smaller than the others. We know, and have seen, that there is infaticide in black stork nests, where parents remove the weaker nestlings. Main reason is the lack of food because the chick who is fed strong by their parents must take the long and dangerous migration journey already in august, and all that alone. But this is the way black storks are. Less than a third of this year's chicks will live to the age of 1.
What we don't see through the camera?
In Karula National Park, where black storks nest, the Eagle Club has been organizing campaigns for years to clear the shorelines of the Koiva river basins so that birds can access them: small natural streams tend to grow in the bush, but black storks feed in such empty places. During the nesting period, old birds also feed in ditches where fish are found, but they can dry out during both the spring and summer droughts, ie endanger the success of nesting, so birds must have the opportunity to visit different feeding areas.
Old birds look for food in meadows, frogs and rarely in the form of rodents. Through the webcam we can see that fish are the main food. In addition, Urmas Sellis has placed a basket of live fish in the stream about ten kilometers away, and the track camera has recorded the visits of black storks there.