ESTONIA Pärnu county (Kergu + Kerli)

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April 16
Hello everyone


12.08.16 Kerli away
​12.08.54 Kergu sings
​​12.09.49 again sings
​​12.10.15 Kergu out
​​12.11.26 Kergu is back singing - inviting (Kerli ?), ​​he is observing the surrounding (long neck)
12.12.28 short sing
​​12.13.12 again away
​12.15.00 again back, calling ​​and observing (long neck again), 12.16.46 out
12.19.48 Kergu in, calling with fanned tail feathers, inviting ... what is going on there?
​​12.25.35 resting but still observing the surrounding




(Kerli's departure we see on the top edge of the picture)

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observation in the evening

​​19.04.58 Kergu away
​​19.07.10 he is back with one twig
19.09.55 Kergu off
​​19.13.35 back with moss
​​19.15.52 Kergu flew away

6:51 PM Hulbi Lorm
​​19:50 Kerli returns ​​New paint for the nest

nice greetings




​​it is raining

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April 17
Hello everyone

- Kergu deliveries more nesting material
- there are more matings and/or mating attempts (some of them is unsuccessful, some of them Kerli avoids)

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April 18
Hello everyone

- ​​13.45.45 Kergu arrived singing, fanned tail feathers - ​​he is inviting female (behaviour)
- 13.46.12 Kergu settled down
- 13.47.51 Kerli landed on the nest jumped in from above (it seems so), not the best landing (very close to the edge of the nest)

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evening idyllic time

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April 19
Hello everyone

Kergu is still building the nest. He delivers sticks and soft material again and again.
The pair are coordinating their mating (Kerli still some times avoid it).

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the mating ritual:

dancing


mating


homage

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