Pärnu county (Kergu + Kerli) / Must-toonekurg 3

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very big yawning

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nice wings flapping and already jumps

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14h camera time - still no feeding and it is raining

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- feeding - Kergu - two big fish

14:25:26 begging display
14:25:24 Kergu landing from right
regurgitating 2 + 1 fish (the 2nd really big and our storklet snatched the 3rd fish from the bill)
14:26:40 Kergu departure to the right
(storklet chirping to 14:31:50)

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feeding by Kerli

17:00 begging display - who is there?
17:07:07 Kerli (?) to the favourite branch - 17:07:15 jump to the nest
feeding - 2 not big portions of frogs
17:07:38 departure

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For our storklet (the late-hatched chick now 56 days old), the decisive factor will be
1/ whether the adults continue to find sufficient food and
2/ whether parental care continues to take precedence over the increasing drive to migrate.

Kergu left for migration
2022 - 12.08 ( 2 chick)
2023 - 29.07 (no nesting)
2024 - 30.07 (no nesting)
2025 - 11.08 (3 chicks still on the nest, but already fledglings approx. 1 week)

Kerli left for migration
2024 - 22.07 (no nesting)
2025 - 16.08 (3 chicks still on the nest, but already fledglings approx. 2 weeks)