Karula National Park (Karl II and Kaia)

[Madli]

17.25 Right after taking care of the eggs, Kaia reacts to something, she quickly covers the eggs.


17.36 Kaia observes something in the back, she puffs her feathers and hides her head.


She keeps watching for several minutes.

[Madli]

17.45 Karl comes home. Short greeting.
Kaia's incubation shift was 10 h 10 min.


17.46 Kaia leaves. Karl continues incubation.

[Madli]

Karl's egg care routine times in the evening:
17: 50
18: 22 / 52
19: 28 / 49
20: 18 / 39
21: 05 / 50

18.22 Again a bumblebee flies near..this time Karl catches it and throws it out! What a precice job- catching the bee straight between the tip of the bill

[Madli]

18.57 It's a warm night. Karl's mouth is open- he is hot.


20.03 Preening..


20.39 Camera turns to night vision.


21.50

[Madli]

May 12

Eggs are 18/16/13/11 days old today.

Incubation:
1. Karl (pevious day) 17.46 - 09.25 ( 15 h 39 min)
2. Kaia 09.26 - 16.37 ( 7 h 11 min)
3. Karl 16.38 - ...

Materials: 2 (Karl x2) (yesterday 4)
-Grass 2


Events:
- 02.48 Karl reacted to an animal's sound nearby. https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=2506#p2506 + VIDEO: https://youtu.be/OfdYUFjWkE8
- 18.44 Another black stork flies by. https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=2533#p2533 + VIDEO: https://youtu.be/5iZdSBC4gaY
- 22.00 Karl reacts to another bird flyby. https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=2540#p2540

Weather in Karula NP:
Morning temperature of 11 °C, afternoon 11°, evening 12° and night 8°.
Morning overcast, afternoon light rain, evening mostly clear, night clear.
https://www.foreca.com/100796120/Karula ... nia/hourly

[Madli]

Karl's egg care times at night:
22: 23 / 45
23: 16 / 27 / 45
00: 26 / 50
01: 26 / 50
02: 25
03: 05
04: 14

[Madli]

02.48 Some animal making sounds nearby- a raccoon dog? Karl reacts and he does not like it!


02.54 The barking sound stopped now, Karl is still sitting motionless.


03.05 Karl stands up, showing a threat position, but he realizes that the threat is gone and continues with normal egg care.


VIDEO: https://youtu.be/OfdYUFjWkE8

[Madli]

04.29 The forest is awake- bird chorus is singing. Karl starts his morning with some preening.


05.13 Karl is still sleepy

[Madli]

Egg care breaks in the morning:
05: 22
06: 10 / 48
07: 23
08: 20
09: 05

06.48 A cockoo and cranes are singing in the backround


07.39 Karl is sleeping again..


08.20

[Madli]

09.24 Karl stands up and starts to sing loudly..


09.25 Kaia arrives! They both greet nicely for a long time Kaia starts to take care of the eggs.
Karl's incubation duty was 15 h 39 min.


09.25 Karl flies out.
09.26 Kaia continues incubation.