This is a moment I have been waiting for like so many of you. Please – if anyone ever tells you that our feathered friends do not have feelings – show them this video that LizM made of the moment when Karl II and Kaia are reunited.
Bliss!
Thank you to Liz and the Eagle Club of Estonia. You can watch Karl II and Kaia at Must-toonekurg on YouTube.
I went to the UK as a Commonwealth Scholar in 1990 and received my PhD from the University of Leicester in 1993. After three decades of university teaching, I retired to devote my time to the study of raptor behaviour. I am particularly interested in Ospreys and am working on a long term project on third hatch survival and siblicide in these raptors. My blog is a result of a fascination with my local wildlife and the desire to encourage others to love and care for birds! I live on the Canadian Prairies and prior to the pandemic travelled a lot. I am questioning the use of aviation fuel at the moment as we all strive to help our planet. My early research was in politics and art including British public statues exported to Southeast Asia and Vietnam Resistors that contributed much to Canadian ceramics. Books and articles were published on those subjects over a period of 3 decades. Now I am working on books for children so they can learn about the challenges our raptors face.
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Ahhh, thank you Mary Ann; it is a o fine ❤ to see. I’m one that always wishes they could translate the gibberish that birds make. Thank you so much for posting 🎉🙌
Such good news! In the midst of war and misery, this loving pair are reunited. What joy. Two questions immediately spring to mind. One, how did Karl know Kaia was so close – his excitement made it very obvious that he knew she was about to arrive a moment or two before she flew in? And two, why do storks not migrate together when they are such a closely bonded couple? There must be a reason behind their separate migration journeys.
I suspect he was roosting close to the nest! The migration question is a good one. Ospreys do not do it either that they have seen in West Africa. I have no idea…guess it might be difficult for them to keep up with one another, winds, etc….individual personalities.
Ahhh, thank you Mary Ann; it is a o fine ❤ to see. I’m one that always wishes they could translate the gibberish that birds make. Thank you so much for posting 🎉🙌
You are so very welcome!
Thanks Mary Ann for this update! So happy Kaia made it home! ❤️
Yes, it is positively wonderful!
Such good news! In the midst of war and misery, this loving pair are reunited. What joy. Two questions immediately spring to mind. One, how did Karl know Kaia was so close – his excitement made it very obvious that he knew she was about to arrive a moment or two before she flew in? And two, why do storks not migrate together when they are such a closely bonded couple? There must be a reason behind their separate migration journeys.
I suspect he was roosting close to the nest! The migration question is a good one. Ospreys do not do it either that they have seen in West Africa. I have no idea…guess it might be difficult for them to keep up with one another, winds, etc….individual personalities.