Latvian black storks - 2023- 2024

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August 14th

Good Morning Ogres

Ring No. & age of chicks today

OXF3 - #2 = 83,6 days
OXF4 - #1 = 83.8 days
OXF5 - #3 = 83,0 days
OXF6 - #4 = 82.7 days

Food deliveries:

1:47 I hear them


Empty nest / they pooped from above





5:21:55 a hear a beak clacking
5:39 beak clattering
5:41:56 loud clattering
5:43:00 pretty loud beak clattering
5:43 two are doing something.. I can hear them
5:45 a wren is singing
5:46:15
5:47:08 wing beating and beak clattering
is on a branch
5:48:10 Storklet flew away
​​5:48:55 two of them are "fighting "
5:49:30 another one flies out of forest
5:50:57 the last one flies away
5:51 can be heard .. breaking branches



6:00:43
6:09:40 one of them pooped - it sounds like that.

6:10 A jay can be heard - then oak leaf fell into the nest
6:33 none came in the nest till now

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6:53 I hope they don't leave the nest for good from the treetop. I would love to see them when they do
7:28 nothing to see or hear. it may be that they flew away. I will have to check my records. But not now


7:36:06 I hear one of them But not on the nest tree- it sounds a bit further away.

[Liz01]

8:28 it looks like, they are gone

EDIT: I found there departure .. all flew away around 5:49/5:50

​​so we have a empty nest and a empty nest tree
​​Of course, it is possible that all or one of them will come back

8:52 still empty nest.

videos, GIF's and pics .. later- breakfast on then I will be away

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9:11:04 beak clattering? difficult to say with certainty.

9:54 OXF3 comes home - another one is flying around


10:17 OXF5


& OXF6

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the Boy group

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OXF3, OXF5 and OXF6 have left the nest for good

10:31:15 OXF3 took off


10:31:45 OXF5 flew up to a branch
10:32 take off


10:34 OXF5 flew away

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Arrival & departure of OXF3/OXF5 & OXF6



12:00 no parent till now
13:03 still empty

13:39 touch down- Urga came home

her crop is huge!

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13:40 She flew on the left branch

13:43 she is still on the left. Waiting for her Kiddos?
13:47 she took off to the left. It sounds like she just jumped to another branch

Urga comes home

[Liz01]

16:36 Neither a Urga nor kids were here again. Ogris wasn't here at all.
I hope he shows up again before he leaves.

I see a shadow from an stork on the left side
17:19 long leg shadow Mom is still there and is resting and preening
I knew that she hadn't flown away and was resting or waiting. But I would never have thought that she was still there. Now she has time for herself and can recover a little from this season. She has done a great job. Laid 4 eggs, raised four storklets, brought lots of nesting material. She is an unusual girl. Simply great

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I'm curious when Ogris will come. It would be great if both would meet at the nest
18:09 loud human voice.
18:10:13 Urga flies from the tree top out of forest. Too bad, I would have liked to see her again


18:11 breaking branches and loud human voices. a woman screams like crazy in the forest. This has already happened a few times today. Russians

None came back- the nest tree is empty for the first time


There was no feeding because the Storklets were not at home when Urga came with food.
she took a break at the nest tree on the left side.
After more than four hours she flew away because she was disturbed by very close and loud human voices. The breeding season is over. Autopilot is switched off and they are shy again.

Ogris wasn't here yesterday.

[Liz01]

August 15th

Good Morning Ogres

Ring No. & age of chicks today

OXF3 - #2 = 84,6 days
OXF4 - #1 = 84.8 days
OXF5 - #3 = 84,0 days
OXF6 - #4 = 83.7 days

Food deliveries:

5:11 Empty nest. blackbirds are calling. Nothing to hear from a black beauty

9:08 still nothing.At least I hope to see Ogris again. He should come, otherwise the season is not complete for me.

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10:38 Ogris

Arrival


what a huge crop on him but now hungry storklet is here


he looks up and around.

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He looks beautiful


10:41 it's mine


10:42

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10:44 he went on the left branch


10:45 he flies on the right upper branch
10:48:25 jumps down

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10:48 and starts working in the nest - is removing old nesting material


he rearranges the branches


is fixing the nest edge- already for the next season

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10:50 work is done


10:54 he is preening himself

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looks up- still no Kid in sight


resting


11:25 he poops into the nest

11:26 off he goes- out of forest

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the video of his last stay at nest




It was a great season. Urga & Ogris successfully raised four Storklets. Urga is an amazing female. She contributed a lot to the success. She brought an incredible amount of nesting material to the nest, she had an extremely good food source and was thus able to provide the food until the Storklets were ready to leave the nest for good.

I would like to thank all chatters for helpful information and great documentation. Andra, Aija, Lena, žubīte ST, Feja, Sigita T, Abcputni, Flora, Amy, Santa, Agrita, Ruth Veske, Inguna, Trīne, Baiba, psyrtis, Le Nka, you were just great. I hope I haven't forgotten anyone

[Liz01]

August 16

15:40 No family member has returned yet
empty nest