ESTONIA Karula National Park

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Must toonekurg - Black Stork Nest in Karula

in this thread we are documenting the life on streamed black stork nest of male ? + female ? in Karula National Park

(camera since 2016 - called “Must-toonekurg”)
the video transmission from the nest is streaming in Youtube:
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If disturbances in the stream happen, then the broadcast is restarted, working on a new link. You can always look up the new link from the Kotkaklubi YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Kotkaklubi/streams

SEASON 2025

streaming started:
(02.04.2024)

ARRIVALs

- male:
- female

EGGs- laying
(2023: 28.04 + 1.05 + 02.05 + 05.05)
- FIRST egg:
-

CHICKs - hatching
(2023: 01.06, 01.06 + 03.06 + 05.06)
- FIRST chick:
-

RINGING
(2023: night 26./27.07)
on XY chicks received metal/ornithological and colour plastic ring
- Nr. 1:
-

NAMING
(2023: 08.08)
- on XY chicks got names:
- Nr.1 -

FLEDGING
(2023: 06.08, 09.08, 09.08)
- on XY at XY fledged/maiden flight .. .. days old (returned at - after XY min.)

LEAVING THE NEST
- female was last seen in the nest on

chicks:

- male was last seen in the nest on

OTHER MAJOR EVENTS - VISITORs

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SEASON 2024 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 390#p26390
- only some visitors (black storks)

SEASON 2023 (overview on this first page): https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 284#p11284
- 4 eggs, 4 chicks hatched (on 15.06.2023 brood reduction by Karl II - at 19.38 he flew out with the 10 days old chick); 3 storklets fledged
- 1 storklet received transmitter:
Kalvi: spring-migration thread for Kalvi: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=173

SEASON 2022 in our forum (overview on this first page): https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=838#p838
- 4 eggs, 3 chicks hatched + 1 foster chick (Bonus); 4 storklet fledged (Bonus + Waba, Voog, Iks)
- 2 storklet received transmitter:
Waba: spring-migration thread for Waba: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=109&t=178
Bonus: birdmap info - battery does not charge (last data arrived on 28.08.2023)

SEASON 2021 (recap) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=973#p973
- 4 eggs (one of the eggs broke during incubation), 3 chicks hatched, 3 storklet fledged (Udu, Tuul and Pikne)
- Tuul perished on 18 August (most probably predation); Pikne perished on 06 June 2022 during spring migration in Turkey (most probably collision with power lines);
Udu: the tracking device on Udu's leg don't work properly longer time, last data arrived from Turkey on 13.02.2023

SEASON 2020 (Kaia arrived to Karl II) - no chicks hatched

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RESIDENTS

prepared mostly by our Madli in the past - thx!

LOCATION

We can see the nest of black storks nesting in Karula National Park for the eighth season in a row. The old natural nest with an interesting construction had collapsed in half by the spring of 2018, which is why this artificial nest was built right beside the old nest, which we now monitor with a camera.
Image and text: https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/5426

KARULA NATIONAL PARK

The smallest (surface area: 123 km²) and hilliest national park in Estonia, Karula National Park is located in the Karula Uplands, on the borders of Valga and Võru counties. The varied terrain of Karula was placed under national protection, with the original landscape protection area being designated a national park in 1993. The park was established to preserve the natural environment found in the hilly landscapes characteristic of Southern Estonia, where forests and lakes abound, as well as species under protection and the cultural heritage of the area.


https://karula.ee/karula-piirkond/vaatamisvaarsused-karula-piirkonnas/

More links with information:
1. https://kaitsealad.ee/en/protected-area ... nal-park-0
2. https://www.loodusegakoos.ee/where-to-g ... ional-park
3. https://kaitsealad.ee/en/protected-area ... 2/nature-4
4. https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/5426 (in estonian)

Discover Karula National Park in Estonia - an introducing video about Karula NP


NEST

This Black Stork nest is situated in Karula National Park, southern Estonia. The nest is know since 2016.
The old natural nest with an interesting construction had collapsed in half by the spring of 2018, which is why this artificial nest was built right beside the old nest, which we now monitor with a camera.
https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/5426

- article from 2016, from the time the first artificial nest was built (PHOTOS) https://www.talgud.ee/uudised/must-toonekure
- one of the photos (Urmas is installing the camera) https://media.voog.com/0000/0000/0013/p ... 0053-1.jpg

- Looduskalender article from 2018, from the time this artificial nest was built (the new nest is next to the old nest (above it). (Photos of the nest site back then) https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/2277
- view on both nest (old and new) from above https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/sites/d ... /kurg3.jpg