ESTONIA Pärnu county (Kergu + Kerli)

[Madli]

16.27 Kergu tries to regurgitate food. Chick is not interested.
He carefully rolls the eggs. Egg talk is clear.

[Madli]

17.14 FEEDING (1) Kergu regurgitates one fish and little one is pecking some soft meat. I believe it managed to eat a few bites



That little head is still wobbly, but already getting stronger

[Madli]

17.36 FEEDING (2) Kergu regurgitates a nice pile of soft (big) fish. Little one tries to peck something and takes a few bites.

[Madli]

19.03 Kerli arrives. They immediately switch and Kergu flies off.



19.04 FEEDING (3) Kerli carefully regurgitates several small piles of food (frogs), but chick is facing the other way and doesn't notice the food at once.

At last I see chick's head doing swallowing motions- perhaps it ate something, but I'm not sure. Maybe if there are also some small fish, but a chick this small can't eat full frogs.

A frog in Kerli's bill


Edit: Later I see that Kerli also takes back some very tiny fish. So perhaps there was a successful eating.

She covers the nest.

[Madli]

19.49. FEEDING (4) Kerli feeds a pile of frogs, chick is not interested.

Egg talk is loud and clear.

19.50 Little chick finds a piece of food and eats it.

[marika.solo]

Thx Madli
Your help is always very welcome (to any extent)

[marika.solo]

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May 25
Hello everyone

HATCH: 1st chick - 24.05/1 day old (egg 33 days old)

EGGs laying (before or after midnight)
2nd: 22./23.04 (32d ), 3rd: 24./25.04 (30d ), 4th: 26./27.04 (28d)

- hatching: after 30 - 38 days depending on the conditions
- baby bird chirps from inside the egg usually on the last 2 days
- info to PIP watch and hatching (+ videos): https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 474#p44474

CHANGE: 3x

FEEDING: 12x
Kergu: 6x + Kerli : 6x

Kerli
1/ 07.11

CHANGE 10.15 (4h 8 min.)
Kergu
2/ 10.16 + 3/ 11.12 + 4/ 12.01 + 5/ 14.04

CHANGE 14.23 (3h 28 min.)
Kerli
6/ 14.26 + 7/ 15.15 + 15.22 + 8/ 16.06 + 9/16.52 + 10/ 17.38

CHANGE 17.51 (6h 9 min. - to mindnight)
Kergu
11/ 18.36 + 12/ 20.35

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the second chick hatched at 23.06

[marika.solo]

[marika.solo]

CHANGE Kergu in - Kerli out


FEEDING by Kergu





I hear clearly to voices - the chick chirping and egg talk

[marika.solo]

FEEDING by Kergu at 11.22

a little far away