Latvian black storks - 2020/2021

[Abigyl]

19:48 A 3rdd BS is landing and attack her.

A very big fight, 2 are falling fighting and the girl is alone defending the nest

[Solo]

19:48 A 3rdd BS is landing and attack her.
A very big fight, 2 are falling fighting and the girl is alone defending the nest

video https://youtu.be/ZSu67FDYcoY by Inatra V

[Abigyl]

Thanks!
I heard and saw it live and it was very very hard.
The last days with them were wonderful! I hope she is alive and in good health.

[Abigyl]

The last one is the boss of the nest. He came back and the female flew out. Was it her previous man?

22:35 Good night and a better morning

[Abigyl]

APRIL 6th

Good Morning!

07:02 After long calls, he left for breakfast.

[Abigyl]

08:19 He came back from the restaurant and found her on the nest

08:23 MATING !!

[Abigyl]

09:24 They are still together on the nest...

No sign of bad memories... Love is in the air

[Solo]

https://www.facebook.com/DzivibasLidoju ... 9372773289:
(facebook translation - without corrections)

A few days ago, both sex birds appeared in the live nest provided by the Latvian Nature Foundation, which, apparently, have decided to build over and multiply this season. In this context, we give our followers a message from professor Maras Strazda about these events:

′′ Welcome! Yesterday some stork camera followers (You-tube chat) were already happy that ′′ there will be eggs soon ", but I would recommend ′′ pray for the highest strength ′′ so that it doesn't happen. The reasons are several. The fastest date when the first egg could be (according to previous knowledge) is May 9. th or 10. th. It takes 32 + days to wash eggs, chickens to uninterrupted departure ~ 90, for the sake of simplicity, let's accept that 88. Total 120 days from 1. eggs, or recalculating - September 10., as a date of leaving the nest. It is still possible and such cases have been, although it is unknown how successful they are. Mare, who was a late child, also divorced ~ June 2. (so the egg she broke from, could be laid on May 1. or one day earlier) and left the nest at 77 days old on August 17. She was a success.
But there are still a few others but. The mom who was in the nest yesterday, after a feather outfit (95 %) is a new bird - could say she didn't grow up, 3. calendar year, or two years old. There are some nesting attempts at this age (one in Latvia), but Latvia was not successful. Mare started nesting a year later, which is a normal ′′ beginning age ". Even if the bird is biologically able to lay an egg, she has definitely inexperienced in any way and judging by the bird's biographies, she has arrived in her nesting area for the first time. She doesn't know and doesn't know that now water filled ditches, which seem to be a good feeding place, and there are very many (3 km radius around the nest for more than 100 km), after a month or salt later when food is needed most of all, everyone will be dry.
If eggs are, if they break up and no predator interferes, then the most likely scenario in this nest is chickens who will starve because parents will stop feeding them due to lack of food. Start getting used to this thought. Who would argue that 3 and 4 new birds have been raised in this same nest before. Yes, it's true, but this happened BEFORE all the ditches in the area were cleaned as part of ′′ sustainable and responsible forestry This forestry is responsible at its best against credit banks and own income, but not against the forest or what lives in it. You think you can change it? Then start a campaign so that the cleansers of the melioration systems, as the expression of responsibility (against this nest) around the nest organize at least 4 feeders (each of the birds have their own feeding areas that almost don't cover up and ′′ one for each ′′ is too risky scenario) must have water and must have at least 1 kg of small fish every day. Already now.
Maris Strazds
May 2021., 5. "

[Solo]

[Abigyl]

Thanks SOLO! for the "good" news...

I know this is a lost season but I like them to become a couple for next year. Like it was with the osprey

[Abigyl]

17:43 The lady came in from the trunk and it wasn't a royal entrance

17:46 MAITING!!

[Abigyl]

20:34 Both came back for the night;

20:36 Mating !

[Abigyl]

Good Night!!

[Abigyl]

MAY 7th

Good Morning!

05:33 both flew away earlier this morning.

[Solo]

Hello everyone

both on the nest for the night resting


Abigyl

[Abigyl]

20:17 He came back to the nest.

20:29 She came back later.

20:31 Mating !!

Good Night!!

[Abigyl]

MAY 8th

Good Morning!

05:08 Flew away for breakfast

[Abigyl]

08:38 They are back!!

08:40 He was lying down to rest and she started harassing him until he agreed to her courtship and...

MAITING !

[Abigyl]

21:33 Bothe on the nest and MAITING again...

They were few time in the nest during the day.

Good Night nice couple!

[Abigyl]

SUNDAY, MAY 9th

Good Morning!

Before 5 am they flew out.

He came back after an hour and slept a little.
Later, he flew in-out and started to bring branches; rearranging the nest.

What's going on?