Black Stork Nest 2, Jan and Janika, 2021

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and away at 09:16:39


more new twigs, more moss, more straw - only the female is missing

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during the day the timestamp is usually difficult to read

(11:38 ?) arrival (whistling/singing/calling)
(11:52 ?) settled down, resting

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12:12:12 our male stand up, ruffled his feathers, observed the surrounding
and flew out (12:14 ?)

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12:42:30 stork flew in - singing/whistling/calling
he shifted the twigs, shook the moss and digged the nest bowl



12:43:45 settled down

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12:55:51 stand up, ruffled his feathers, he looked around and
12:57 flew out

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14:38:32 arrival (calling/singing/whistling)

long preening


it is windy day


15:13 work with nesting material
15:13:51 settled down

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15:21:28 quickly stand up and calling (singing/whistling), calling calling - he looked up repeatedly

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15:21:59 flew out

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16:18 flew in - calling/singing/whistling

and preening


resting, later preening and our handsome still lonely male flew out at 17:22:57

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20:17:20 male is back, it seems to me that he flew in only from nearby branch (and only very short calling)

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in case you don't know:
Konovalov, Annika & Nellis, Rein & Nellis, Renno & Nurmla, Ain & Sellis, Urmas & Väli, Ülo. (2019). Solitude at periphery: lack of partners limits reproduction of the Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) at the margin of the distribution range. Ornis Fennica. 96. 13–23.
(https://ornisfennica.org/pdf/latest/19Konovalov.pdf)

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ready for night resting (the dry branch disappeared in front of the camera)

[Treia]

April 18

Good morning
Our Jõgeva Black Stork's nest seems to have a beautiful morning, and no one appears to disturb its home peace.

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Good morning Treia

Hello eveyone

every morning is very similar - our early bird is busy as a bee, out and in with nest material, preening, resting ....
our handsome male flew away (probably to the feeding place) at 08:17:26

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12:18 stork is calling back



(for short) nestrestauration and preening, observes the surroundings and he rests in the sun's rays

12:30:22 stork flew away

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12:49 the male stork is back - calling (whistling/singing) - this time only very, very short
resting in sunshine
13:26 he flew away

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16:12:32 stork is back, calling/singing/whistling


nest restoration, preening observing the surrounding, resting


16:48:32 away

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17:29:55 flew in very excited
he sang on the nest for a long time, he was extremely excited, he even flew out several times but almost immediately he flew back and sang, sang
finally flew off definitively at 17:40:42

[Solo]

that is very nice place

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19:39 our handsome stork is back (only very short calling)