Karula National Park (Karl II and Kaia)

documenting the life on streamed black stork nests
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19.00 Pecking Mother's toes :)
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19.55 KARL arrives for the night.
Kaia's nest duty was 2 h 24 min.
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What a PS from #3! :P
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And right after that Karl makes a PS ( small)
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And after that the older one makes a PS..
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All at the same time :lol:
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19.57 FEEDING (7) Again, a HUGE amount of small fish from Karl. Could they be from the fish basket??
The chicks are stuffed!
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Now the chicks are settled for a long night's sleep.

20.03 Streaming stops.
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June 14

Chicks will be 17/ 17/ 14 days old.
1st chick hatched 28.05 evening
2nd chick hatched 28.05 evening
3rd chick hatched 31.05 evening

*4th egg didn't hatch.

Nest duty:

0. Karl 19.55 - 07.00 ( 11 h 5 min)
FEEDING

1. Kaia 07.00 - 10.02 ( 3 h 2 min)
FEEDING 1) 07.03; 2) 09.24

2. Karl 10.02 - 15.37 ( 5 h 35 min)
FEEDING 3) 11.17

3. Kaia 15.37 - 19.17 ( 3 h 40 min)
FEEDING 4) 15.39

4. Karl 19.17 - ...
FEEDING 5) 19.19


Events:
- 00.06 The stream resumes.
- rainy and cold day. The chicks are wet most of the day.

Materials: 0 (yesterday 2)

Weather in Karula NP:
Morning temperature of 11 °C, afternoon 13°, evening 13° and night 11°.
Rain all day.
https://www.foreca.com/100796120/Karula ... nia/hourly
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00.06 The stream is back. Karl is in the nest overnight.
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05.02 The trio is active and awake. Stretching time ;)
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But they don't hope for any food right now, they go back to sleep.
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06.11 Now the chicks are twittering and begging. Karl works with the nest instead and later preens the chicks. He is waiting for Kaia to return and feed the kids.
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07.00 KAIA returns.
Karl's nest duty was 11 h 5 min.
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07.03 FEEDING (1) Lots of frogs, also a few fish. All chicks eat good.
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08.04 It starts to rain. The weather forecast promises rain throughout the day, and not very high temperatures. Hopefully the chicks are prepared for a tough day ahead..

09.38 Poor little ones are pretty wet already..
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Kaia gives more protection from the rain.
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I missed a feeding in between :mrgreen:

09.24 FEEDING (2) Kaia offers the few leftover frogs. #1 and #2 grab them so fast, I think #3 didn't get anything this time. But it was just one bite for the others.
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