09.04.2002

1st Egg laid

On the morning of April 9th Internet guests discovered in the nest the first egg. This is a very early date for the laying of an egg. In many other nests of Lausatia not even the pairing of storks is complete. A year ago our stork laid the first egg on April 16th. This year pairing was already completed on April 1st. In contrast, a year ago he did not pair up until a third female had approached the Internet stork eyrie. As a rule storks lay further eggs every other day. With such an early start of laying of eggs one can anticipate the stork will lay five to six eggs.

Suspensefully we will wait for the time when both storks will begin the incubation period. It could vary. Often they do not start incubation until several eggs have been laid. This date will then govern the hatching of the young and sequence. Should they begin incubation after the third egg, three young ones will hatch on the same day. The others in two-day intervals.

Storchennest.de is one of the most favourite German websites. The daily record of hits stands at 131,000.

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