Karula National Park 2/ Must toonekurg 4

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June 08
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CHICK
- 1st chick: 17 days old (hatched in the night 21./22.05)
- 2nd chick: 17 days old (hatched in the night 21./22.05)
- 3rd chick: 16 days old (hatched on 23. 05)
- 4th: on 24. 05 - 4 days old - brood reduction by female on 28.05

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Now only the English translation – Gemini helped

03:31 – Stream started. The male is on the nest.

06:18 – Male flies away.
06:36 – Male returns with grass and water. The chicks are chirping. The male tries to feed them, but there is no food.
08:04 – Male flies away.

08:51 – Female arrives. The chicks are making growling noises.
08:52 – Feeding by the female: 3 portions, included frogs.

09:08 – Male arrives; female flies away. Feeding by the male: 3 portions of fish.
11:56 – Male flies away.
12:00 – Male returns with water and a clump of wet mud. The male sings for a long time, watches silently, then sings again.
12:36 – Male flies away.

12:40 – Female arrives.
12:42 – Feeding by the female.

14:47 – Male arrives; female flies away.
14:49 – Feeding by the male: 2 portions of fish.
15:15 – Feeding by the male: a good portion of fish from the same catch.
15:59 – Feeding by the male: third time from the same catch. The fish is already soft and mushy.
16:52 – Male flies away.
16:59 – Male returns with water.

17:53 – Female arrives. Both parents are on the nest together.
18:21 – Feeding by the female: 2 large fish for the oldest and youngest chicks.
18:25 – Female flies away.

19:50 – Feeding.

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- ​​08:04:28 male out, chicks are alone

​​- 08:51:58 female in, chicks are growling
​​- feeding: 2 portion of something (frogs fish, ...), everyone ate
- there wasn't much, they're still chirping

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change and feeding - male brought a lot of fish (he regurgitated 3 portions)

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June 09
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CHICK ()
- 1st chick: 18 days old (hatched in the night 21./22.05)
- 2nd chick: 18 days old (hatched in the night 21./22.05)
- 3rd chick: 17 days old (hatched on 23. 05)
- 4th: on 24. 05 - 4 days old - brood reduction by female on 28.05

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Now only the English translation – Gemini helped

03:31 – Stream started. A wet, rainy morning. The male is on the nest.
03:39 – 04:00 – Stream lag/jump. After the camera restarted, daytime vision switched on. The male is on the nest.
04:21 – Feeding by the male: two portions, small crucian carps (possibly from the fish basket).
05:32 – The rain has stopped.

10:07 – Female arrives; male flies away.
10:08 – Feeding by the female: frogs, one big fish, and several small fish.
12:22 – Female flies away.

12:25 – Male arrives.
Feeding: one small fish, "black sponges/lips" (possibly specific prey), and something looking like giant bark beetles.

12:30 – Female arrives with black moss. Loud chattering ("high-beaked conversation").
12:30 – Female flies away.

male in?

15:06 – Female arrives; male flies away.
15:07 – Feeding by the female: a long fish (eel?), and something else.

15:13 – Very hard wind gusts; weather prognosis is bad.

16:50 – Female suddenly and abruptly flies out of the nest.

17:23 – Male arrives. Feeding: fish.
17:36 – Male flies away. The chicks are left alone in the nest, diligently preening their feathers.

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Male out at 17:36

19:37:28


19:47:16

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- someone arrived, chicks are growling - 19:59:50
- 20:00 male feeds the chicks - I see more fish
- I don't see if or what the youngest storklet ate
- male out at 20:06:41