If Romanian add 2 hours to my times to get "camera time" ******************************************************************************************************************************************************** 10:00-10:55 One of the parents is able to sit (with some difficulty) on the chicks and cover & protect them still while a number of rival storks circle around. There seam to be at least 1 or more other nests nearby, as there were at least 2 other storks going through the camera in the background while the 1 parent was with the chicks. As confirmed by a few people watching the live stream at the same time, a foreign stork seams to arrive in the nest at 10:40 and this may explain the parent warding off nearby rivals at the time which would explain for short absence periods from the nest. ********************************************************************************************************************************************************
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8:41 Parents exchange places with the new one feeding them what looks like a mouse and a frog. In less then 10 minutes the rested parent leaves and brings back water to feed the chicks.
8:40 Family Reunion (see pic)
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~ 8:00 (GMT) A marching band has passed just seconds ago but only the chicks seamed interested in paying any attention to them while the mother continued cleaning her plumage.
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7:28 (GMT) The interesting picture of the day shows one of the chicks considering to peck at his mother's leg that looks like a very delicious worm that keeps moving in the air just next to it's beak
Between 6:50-7:15 one of the parents brought more foliage for the nest including 2 very large (60cm) sticks which are now visible on the left side
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Observations:
It could be that the beak clapping may also be used to ward off rival / stranger storks from the nest
It is harder for the storks to cover and protect the chicks when they pass 2 weeks of age as their size increases significantly if food is provided.
After the 2 week mark of age, parents will leave the nest untended for very short periods of time, sometimes to bring water, other times for inconclusive reasons (example a flight of only 15 seconds that happened today, with nothing brought back to explain it)
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