Black Stork Nest 2 (Jan and Janika) 2023

[brofasa]

I am hopeful that this magnificent black stork male will become our Jan II, now that he decided to stay in the nest for the night.
I believe Janika was already at the nest circa 10 days ago and left after 2 minutes but maybe a first time breeding female will stumble upon this nest and pair up with him. They usually arrive later than females with a nest, so there is hope.

Although... I worry about the strange 'singing' the male was doing. This was not normal, seemed to hiss more than sing as well. Could be a raptor nearby. This hissing and defending behavior could be seen when the first male visited the nest. I worry that there might be a raptor nest or resting area nearby after Jan and Janika went missing. But we will see. I have hopes. Hope is there until a male is on the nest. If not this year then next year will bring success. It must.

[Jshallri]

it's still time.but whether it will be successful? I saw a Latvian nest that almost broke my heart. The female left at the normal time and the male had 3 chicks that could not fly yet. It was terrible.food was extremely scarce.

Don’t keep us in suspense, Liz! What happened to those three Latvian chicks?

[Liz01]

April 29

Good Morning everyone

the male stayed in the nest overnight

1:03 Stork yoga


he is scrating his head and starts preening himself


1:05 ps and then he is poking in the nest bowl

[Liz01]

1:06 settles down


1:13 stands up again
3:10 after a rest on one leg he starts preening


4:10 preening is over
he cast a pellet

[Liz01]

5:04 ps
5:23 another ps
5:33 he flew away
he is back and sings beautifully




6:45 now he is singing like yesterday, then he settles down. Stands up and is defending

[Liz01]

5:58 defending pose




settles down in the nest. It's defensive behavior. But it doesn't seem like a very dangerous enemy and not a conspecific

[Liz01]

6:03 he is still sitting and he tries to cast a pellet.
6:04 he stands and and sings (it's more a this is my habitat song) he is looking to the left

6:10 working with hanging wings


6:11:02 the pellet is still stuck in his throat. He's trying to get rid of it
defending song, pretty short


6:19 he sneezes a few times

[Liz01]

6:24 he is aerating the nest bowl
6:28:41 he flew away and came right back? within seconds


6:29:09


6:31 he is looking around
6:31:53 he flew to the left

6:36 he is flying around (you can hear it)
6:36:45 he brings two branches at once, moss and leaves

[Liz01]

6:40 he flew to the right
6:55 he came home with empty hands


is singing


7:02 he is looking up, is working with nest material, poking in the nest bowl and settles down
7:06 he sneezes & stands up

[Liz01]

7:15 he sings
7:21 he flew away

7:26 he brings a huge branch


7:30 he is defending . there has to be a bird of prey



BTW: My beloved Bonus from this nest is alive This is the most wonderful news ever. The only survivor of 6 siblings
https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/2023/spr ... =0&speed=1

[Liz01]

7:37 he sings short
7:38 he flew away

8:15:54 Great coming in with a bunch moss




8:23 he sings
8:26 sings again

[Liz01]

8:27 he turns with a fanned white tail


8:28 flew away to the right

[Liz01]

next arrival with a Janika please

[sova]

next arrival with a Janika please

Good morning Liz
...yes, it doesn't matter which Anika, you can choose, young man....we are satisfied with everyone.

[Liz01]

sova we are indiscriminate when it comes to nest occupation. The important thing is that it has to be a female

Jan is back and sings

10:23 Happy singing or? he looks up- habitat greeting song - "My beautiful, already finished nest"




10:28 preening in the rocking nest

[Liz01]

10:36 he is resting


preening again. You are pretty enough



10:44 he is standing in the nest and looks around. Is spreading the tail feathers

[Liz01]

10:44 he settles in down in the nest


10:48 he looks up, sees someone, stands up and starts singing


his tail feathers

[Liz01]

he sings, turns in a circle and looks up




makes room for another BS. This is the pose when expecting a conspecific (female)

[Liz01]

He is still loo king up and settles in the nest bowl


here I thought she's coming


10:49 he stands up and sings

[Liz01]

he looks up




10:50 and flies away in the wedding dress