Karula National Park (Karl II and Kaia)

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09 August
Hello everybody :)

Chicks are 69/69/67 day old today
chick hatched on 01./01./03./05.06 - 4th chick: brood reduction on 15.06

KERRI 7194 - Nr. 3, KIIRE 7193 - Nr. 1, KALVI 7192 - Nr. 2 + transmitter

FEEDING: 5x
Karl : 5x
Kaia : 0x

0.Karl / 8.27 - 8.56 ,empty nest, flew away without feeding
1.Karl / 8.59 - 9.17, feeding for Kiire
2.Karl / 13.07 - fish
3.Karl / 13.28 - fish
4.Karl /14.03 - fish, fish remained lying on the nest
5.Karl / 18.45 - small fish and other animals

Flights - out of the nest :
Kiire (7193) 1/ 6.01 - 6.06 (5 min ) , 2/ 6.09 - 7.45 (1h 36 min), 3/ 7.50 - 7.52 (2min), 4/ 8.27 - 9.16 ( 49 min),
5/9.37 - 10.16 ( 39 min),

Kerri (7194) 1/ 6.24 - 11.41 ( 5h 17min )
Kalvi (7192) 1/ 6.42 - 10.19 ( 3h 37 min)

Material : 0

Events :
maiden flight at 06.24.18 - Kerri (7194)/67 days old and at 06.42.47 - Kalvi (7192)/69 days old

Kaia
- last seen on the nest on 23.7. at 16.20
info by friend:
- 08.08 Kaia is situated about 6 - 10 km west from the nest. She searches food from a brook and walks back and forth and sleeps on a nearby tree.
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Thank you Adria for your excellent documentation, it's a pleasure to follow:)
marika.solo
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nest is first time empty - we have 3 fledlings :D

06.01.56 - Kiire (7193) out
and the sibling too:
06.24.18 - Kerri (7194), maiden flight
06.42.47 - Kalvi (7192+transmitter), maiden flight

happy return! fly safe every time!
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What a wonderful morning !
First storklet #7194 named Kerri fledges.


And next #7192, Kalvi
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07.45 Kiire (7153) is back
07.50 again out and back at 07.52

continuation

08.27 Kiire (7193) again out
08.47 Karl II is here, he starts nest-restauration

youtube chat info: (I can't hear nothing)
- 8:55 beak clattering!! (Liz), twittering , 8:56 begging storklets, more than one
- if: I can't hear twittering
- feeding on the ground?? (Liz)
- 8:57 still begging (Liz), if: ​I can hear now (Liz: I have the stream in the player, so I can hear them loud! )
- 8:58:44 still begging storklets (Liz)

08.59 Karl arrived again, he is waiting, later preens himself
storklet is flying around (on the right in the forest)

​9:06:15 growling and beak clattering (Liz) - Marika: I hope there is noting dangerous for our storklet on the ground
9:08:20 growling.. near the nest... I hope it is not in trouble (Liz)

9:11:15 flying storklet can be heard, ​that sounds good.. it is flying (Liz)

09.16 Kiire (7193) is back :-) and all food is only for this storklet
09.37 Kiire (7193) flies out again

10.19 Kalvi (7192) is back, nice landing :D (at 10.17.30 we see one storklet flying in the forest)

10.48.11-10.48.17 something is flying around the nest to the right, storklets are in mild defending mode

11.41.06 Kerri (7194) is back (nice landing) :D

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sometimes they don't make it back to the nest the same day - we will see, fingers crossed for both today fledlings very much
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(I moved this post here from the previous)

also see this thread on our forum viewforum.php?f=61 - viewtopic.php?f=61&t=11, there is also this movie where you can also see what young storks do when they first fly out of the nest viewtopic.php?p=287#p287:

the movie Black storks - returnees to German forests (5 years agou
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where is our Adriána? I hope she is all right!
(I am before holiday and I am busy with much things right now)
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marika.solo wrote: 09 Aug 2023, 10:19 where is our Adriána? I hope she is all right!
(I am before holiday and I am busy with much things right now)
Hi Marika :) ,
yesterday I put information on the forum that I will be gone in the morning ;) .
I'm already home and about to document.
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Chicks had a restful night.
They started their activity at 5:48 in the morning
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Adria wrote: 09 Aug 2023, 10:35
I forgot about that note :-(
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