Black stork camera news

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In the morning, before seven o’clock, the fourth stork chick had hatched

Screencap from webcam by Lussi, LK forum
Translation Liis

Two adults, two stork chicks, two unhatched eggs ….

Black stork        Must-toonekurg          Ciconia nigra

The eggs were laid by female Kati on April 17th, 19th, 21st and 23rd. On May 20th the first stork chick was hatched and the next morning the second one.

Video and  image recorded by  Liz, LK forum
Translation Liis

Early morning in stork nest

Black stork      Must-toonekurg         Ciconia nigra

In the stork forest the night was dark and summery, sixteen degrees of warmth.

Video and image recorded by Liz, LK forum
Translation Liis

Male stork caring for nest

 

Black stork     Must-toonekurg         Ciconia nigra

Ideally suitable truly warm spring day for the hatching of the next generation.

In the last days male Karl has brought softer ”nappy” stuff into the nest – moss.

Screencap from webcam Liz, LK forum

Translation Liis

Black stork       Must-toonekurg          Ciconia nigra

Video record Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee

Translation Liis

Black stork      Must-toonekurg       Ciconia nigra 

When female Kati returned to the nest after forty minutes after her night-time egg-laying, Karl who had been keeping the eggs warm was already covered by snow.

It seems as if the arrival of spring has stopped.

Screencap from webcam Olga, LK forum
Translation Liis

Black stork   Must-toonekurg        Ciconia nigra 

Southern Estonia lives in a ”lark winter”; in the night a quite considerable snow layer fell.

Image from webcam Liz, LK forum

Video Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee

Text Urmas Sellis

Translation Liis

In the early morning light we saw the first egg in the nest

Black stork        Must-toonekurg          Ciconia nigra     

Looking back a little in time: male Karl arrived at the nest on April 4. He was more or less ready with the renovation of the nest in the morning of April 4, when female Kati arrived.

Video recorded by  Urmas Lett, www.eenet.ee
Translation Liis

Black stork      Must-toonekurg       Ciconia nigra

Today at about half past two female Kati arrived  –  what joy on both sides.

Karl arrived on April 4 in the morning and in the last five days has secured the ”home” quite substantially with branches and brought fresh moss for nest material.

The adults have spent the time since the departure last autumn apart, in different wintering areas - of course they were happy to meet again after a long time.

Text: Urmas Sellis and Jānis Ķuze

Transmission courtesy of  Tele2 and EENet

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Translation Liis

There are two cameras on black stork nests, one in South Estonia and the other in  South Latvia.

We can watch the black stork nest in Karula in Estonia   for the second year.