Latvian black storks - 2020/2021

[Liz01]

10:06 the camera stutters

it's "raining" white downy feathers

[Liz01]

10:13 all are preening themselves a lot

10:39 stretching out wing and leg




11:00 only 1 feeding till now!

11:40 .. nothing

[Owlie]

12:08 Feeding

[Liz01]

12:08 Feeding

thank you Owlie I was at the port and bought fish

[Liz01]

12:08 feeding by Grafs! he has brought fish

[Liz01]

13:50 They are doing well. It's a bit hot, but now they are big enough to go in shadow

downy feathers on the wings are almost gone by the oldest




Griffon Vulture in black this white collar reminiscent of those birds

[Liz01]

14:36 the youngest is doing strong wing exercises

15:50 only two feedings till now!
I very much hope that this will not be the beginning of problems. It hasn't rained and it won't rain. You don't have to be very smart to know what it means!
There are still many days before they can fly!
It's getting hot again, every day a little more - I see it in the weather forecast.
2 unfavorable factors, too hot, dry weather and late breeding. one of them would have been enough!

[Liz01]

16:36 they are twittering

looks like a parent is near

16:41 Grafiene brings food

[Liz01]

black things

[Owlie]

I would like to remind that birds in that age cope with less food than the youngest chicks. Not all birds have always continously optimal food resources. For example big eaglets are sometimes held without feeding by their parents - they tolerate days without food, they have to, in the real life it is a simple fact: there is not food every single day available.

[Liz01]

I only wrote facts. Hot and dry weather - that's a fact! Late brood - that's a fact.
It has nothing to do with eagles. You can absolutely not compare black storks and their habitat with eagles. and! The eagles are in no hurry, they don't migrate!

17:34 Grafs
he brought a lot of fishes

[Owlie]

I only wrote facts. Hot and dry weather - that's a fact! Late brood - that's a fact.
It has nothing to do with eagles. You can absolutely not compare black storks and their habitat with eagles. and! The eagles are in no hurry, they don't migrate!

Do you mean that storks are a species that must always have optimal food resources in order to survive? I have hard to believe it. It must be rare in the bird world that a species doesn't ever suffer of lack of food. Single days with less food must be common for all the species - not every such day is a dead doom. Hunting circumstances differ for all birds.

Another thing is to emphasize worries after worries - I personally find such a tendence depressing to follow. Especially when this nest has showed that even you have been surprised of the success so far ...

[Liz01]

18:15 a parent is near
18:17 Grafine brings food


18:17 and out.. they are begging again
18:18 still begging
18:20 Parent flew off

big crop on the storklets

[Liz01]

18:33 they are snoozing

[Liz01]

20:18 Grafs brings dinner

[Liz01]

they are very good prepared for the night




Simoninna YT- Chat:
​1)07.23 Grāfiene 2) 12.08 Grāfs 3) 16.41 Grāfiene 4) 17.34 Grāfs 5) 18.16 Grāfiene 6) 20.18 Grāfs

thank you!

[Liz01]

evening pictures






six feedings !
The oldest is 44 days old. still 16 days until the first possible fledge (The earliest documented fledge was 56 days in a nest with 4 chicks) On average, they spend 65-72 days in the nest, depending on the food available.
Hatch Times:
June 12th
June 14th
June 15th

BTW: There are documented cases of late broods.
In late broods or 2nd clutch, the chicks often do not fledge until the end of August or beginning of September.
For example, on a nest in Schleswig-Holstein, as well as on 2 nests in Mecklenburg-Pomerania.
since they were without a transmitter, it is not known whether they made it to Africa

[Liz01]

July 26

Good Morning!

4:17 they are sleeping
4:20 one of them stands up


4:53 scratching the head while standing on one leg


5:59 resting again

[Liz01]

Forest workers can be heard nearby. They cut down trees.

6:20 nest working


6:26 stretching and ps


6:27 preening

[Liz01]

6:36


6:50 they are resting again