News from other black storks nest

[Madli]

01 August

TIMMU is still going between his nest and feeding areas. This means that he is still feeding his chick

[marika.solo]

Hi Madli, thank you again

it is important that the chick is strong, has good fat reserves before finally leaving the nest as we know
Kergu last season, when he had "well-fed chicks" flew away on August 12 and Karl II only on September 1

[marika.solo]

August 04
Hello everyone

TIMMU

big thx to Madli for sharing

Lynx in Timmu's fish restaurant



Timmu today

This is the way stork shows that if he doesn't get fish now he will die
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[Adria]

good photo and comment

[Madli]

What a drama, right?

[Madli]

NEW BREEDING PAIR IN KARULA, ESTONIA

Do you remember Eedi? Male black stork from Karula (Karl's neighbour). Eedi sent his last data in August 2022 from Latvia. He had just begun his autumn migration. Since then he's been missing and now it is clear that he won't return to his nest.

Luckily Eedi's nest didn't remain emty and in summer 2023, a new pair has accepted the nest and successfully raised 3 chicks! At the time of this discovery, chicks were already too old for ringing.

Maybe this is Eedi 2 visiting the fish basket?
11.08.2023


Also a juvenile started to visit the basket wirh the adult. Most likely this is the chick of Eedi 2
What is interesting, this is a rare sight to see a begging juvenile with the adult.
13.08.2023


Hopefully this adult will get a transmitter and then we can officially welcome him

Big thanks to Raivo for this information.

[Adria]

Wow, that's great news at the same time. So we have a new couple and they have already raised a chicks .

Who knows if the begging chick got a fish by the basket. Either way, the chick knows where the fish are .

[Madli]

Continuation:

14.08
Urmas was able to put a leg transmitter on one of the chicks of Eedi 2.


15.08
All 3 chicks at the fish basket in the morning


This fish restaurant is located 700 m from Eedi 2's nest.

[marika.solo]

Thank you Madli for news and photos
Fingers crossed very much for all these chicks and their parents!

[Madli]

I think that Eedi 2 already deserves his own thread

The plastic stork doesn't feed the chicks!


This just shows that juveniles beg food from anyone that resembles an adult stork. Real or not