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

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August 01
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CHICKS () ()
- 1st chick: 69 days old (hatched late evening 24.05)
- 2nd chick: 68 days old (hatched early morning 25.05)
- 3rd chick: 68 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.

Maiden flight (general data):
- Chicks become capable of flight at the age of 68–72 days.
- Fledging depends on several environmental factors.
- Chicks that stay longer in the nest after fledging have higher survival rates.

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youtube chat info - thx to everyone
YouTube comments do not reflect all nest events throughout the day, including chick feedings; therefore, the log is unfortunately incomplete.

Nest Activity Log 01/08/2026 (in the evening - whole day)
Log compiled from chat observations and structured with the assistance of Gemini AI.

Events Timeline

• 08:06 – Feeding: The adult male feeds the storklets with small pieces of fish.
• 08:45 – Stream issue: Camera zoomed out and the stream went offline.
• 11:23 – Feeding: Feeding by the adult male.
• 12:16 – Feeding: Feeding by the adult female.
• 12:34 – Defecation (PS) over the edge of the nest.
• 13:28 – Stream issue: Camera stream buffering / offline.
• 20:16 – Feeding: Feeding by the adult female.
• 22:06 – Stream restored: Camera stream back online.

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the last zoomed in view

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the first zoomed out views

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August 02
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CHICKS () ()
- 1st chick: 70 days old (hatched late evening 24.05)
- 2nd chick: 69 days old (hatched early morning 25.05)
- 3rd chick: 69 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.

Maiden flight (general data):
- Chicks become capable of flight at the age of 68–72 days.
- Fledging depends on several environmental factors.
- Chicks that stay longer in the nest after fledging have higher survival rates.

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youtube chat info - thx to everyone
YouTube comments do not reflect all nest events throughout the day, including chick feedings; therefore, the log is unfortunately incomplete.

Nest Activity Log 02/08/2026 (in the evening - whole day)
Log compiled from chat observations and structured with the assistance of Gemini AI.

Events Timeline

Morning / Forenoon

• 05:58:00 – The live stream is restored.
• 07:35:00 – High jumps by one of the chicks.
• 07:36:00 – One chick displays intention before flight (neck outstretched, looking into the forest).
• 09:27:00 – All three chicks present on the nest, no feeding yet.
• 12:38:00 – No feedings recorded up to this time.

Afternoon / Evening

• 14:17:00 – 14:18:00 – Chick J walks along the branch and performs wing exercises while balancing.
• 14:32:00 – Chick J walks back into the nest.
• 14:54:00 – FEEDING #1 (Male arrives and feeds the chicks).
• 14:57:13 – Male departs from the nest.
• 16:38:00 – Chick N walks onto the branch.
• 16:59:00 – 17:00:00 – One chick walks along the branch, followed by a second chick.
• 17:11:25 – Chick 710M performs wing exercises and flies/jumps from the branch back to the nest. (@marika.solo )
• 18:00:00 – FEEDING #2 (Female arrives and feeds the chicks).

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- in the morning they are after rain
- there are lot of high jumps
- one of them seems to be ready for the first flight

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August 03
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CHICKS () ()
- 1st chick: 71 days old (hatched late evening 24.05)
- 2nd chick: 70 days old (hatched early morning 25.05)
- 3rd chick: 70 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.

Maiden flight (general data):
- Chicks become capable of flight at the age of 68–72 days.
- Fledging depends on several environmental factors.
- Chicks that stay longer in the nest after fledging have higher survival rates.