Black Stork - Ciconia Nigra

Hello and happy new breeding year

This is a lovely nest and hopefully we can witness an undisturbed and peaceful season here!

Neither of the adults have any rings, so telling them apart can be tricky sometimes. I did notice that male has darker legs than female

Also when I looked back the footage and listened to the voices, it appeared that Bonus is a female! That is really good news

WOW! That is such great news I am very, very happy to see Bonus again!

Kerli stayed the night in the nest. 05.48 Kergu 05.50 FEEDING (1) Larger fish. 08.01 FEEDING (2) 08.40 FEEDING (3) 09.17 Feeding attempt. In my opinion nobody got much food ( fish is too big) 09.57 Kerli 09.59 FEEDING (4) Frogs. Kergu brings fresh material- moss and twigs. Kergu flew away and Kerli ...

04 June

Day overview coming here later.

Hello. Unfortunately due to my other work related duties, I don't have much time to document this day in detail. I will only write down most important feedings and parent changes. Kergu spent the night with the chicks. 05.45 Kerli arrived 05.47 FEEDING (1) Small fish. 07.24 FEEDING (2) 09.58 Kergu 1...

Hello everyone! I will continue with some documenting.

20.13 FEEDING(11) Soft fish. No.2 and 3 eat. Actually, 3 manages to swallow a huge piece of fish, although their necks are still thick since the last feeding. That was an excellent dinner for the little ones, they will surely get a growth spurt :) There will probably be no more feedings today and lo...

15.43 FEEDING(9) Still very big frogs, but all chicks manage to eat at least one and their neck is very thick :D I'm glad that No.3 also got a whole frog. These frogs are actually so big that its legs are out from 3's mouth.. Kerli lets the little ones sleep for a few hours. 17.54 Kergu arrives! He ...

14.58 Kerli arrives. 15.03 Chicks are waiting for food. Kerli regurgitates, but catches the food and swallows it back. She tries again. FEEDING (8) A pile of frogs. No.1 swallows a whole frog. These are big frogs! 2 and 3 can't turn the frog in the right way so they can't swallow it. I didn't see th...