Jõgeva County (new nest -2025) / Must-toonekurg 2

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Nest Activity Log – 22/06/2026

5:51:00 – Arrival of the male. Water was dripping from his bill.
05:53:00 – First feeding of the day. The male regurgitated one large fish, followed by a few smaller ones.
07:34:00 – Departure of the male.

08:20:00 – Return of the male. He landed in the nest first, then moved to his usual place on the branch.

12:12:00 – Arrival of the female. Simultaneously, a foreign stork appeared on the left side and then moved to the branch. The shadow of the foreign stork was clearly visible. 12:15:00 – Departure of the foreign stork.
12:23:00 – Feeding by the female.
12:24:00 – Departure of the female.

15:39:00 – Arrival of the male and subsequent feeding. The male delivered fish for the chicks.
15:42:00 – Departure of the male.

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continuation:

15:51 Male, water... this is also useful
It is approx. 24°C now

18:01 Feeding - male dropped one large and one medium-sized fish
The middle one was eaten, that big one went back
18:15 another try, a fight, then the fish returns to male's stomach

19:27 feeding - from female
20:28 the female flew away

Preening
Very warm evening today

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June 23
Hello everyone

CHICKS () ()
- 1st chick: 30 days old (hatched late evening 24.05)
- 2nd chick: 29 days old (hatched early morning 25.05)
- 3rd chick: 29 days old (hatched afternoon 25.05)
Brood reduction by male
- 4th chick: 20 days old (hatched late evening 26.05)
- 5th chick: 17 days old (hatched afternoon 28.05)

prof. Zielinski (youtube chat info):
The direct cause was that male brought an insufficient amount of food, resulting in nutritional stress, which is the biological trigger that prompts adult birds to start the process of brood reduction.

Stork chicks grow exponentially. 90 days in the nest is like 18-21 years for humans. This means that 1 day in the nest is like almost 3 months for a human child. That is why their transformation is so amazing and fast.

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Nest Activity Log – 23/06/2026

05:21 The male leaves the nest. - 05:32 The male arrives, brings moss.
05:34 The male leaves the nest. - 06:50:58 The male arrives.

06:51 Feeding by the male.
06:52 The male tries to break up a fish, but the storklets are unable to eat it.
06:54 The male swallows the fish back.

07:27 Feeding. This time the storklets manage to eat. - The fish is soft enough for all three storklets to receive a share.
07:32 The male leaves the nest.

07:39 The male arrives, brings moss and a stick. 07:47 The male leaves the nest.
07:50 The male arrives, brings grass and moss. 08:04:35 The male leaves the nest.
08:06 The male arrives with a large stick. 08:10 The male leaves the nest.
08:11:54 The male arrives with moss. 08:13:09 The male leaves the nest.
08:17 The male arrives with moss.

09:30 The female arrives, the male leaves the nest. No feeding takes place.
09:56 The female is on a branch.

11:54–11:55 Foreign stork nearby suspected; the female displays alert/defensive posture.

12:01–12:02 The female displays alert/defensive posture again.

12:56 The female flies away.

13:47 Feeding (fish).

15:47 A parent arrives and feeds the storklets. Likely the male.