Latvian Black Storks 2015 - Zīle and Ozols

[Owlie]

I hope the eagle was not anyone we know...
Anyway - we can never await justice in the nature according to our own human way of thinking - it would still be easier to accept if someone would gain of the mishap ...

[Liz01]

April 25

good morning

it's getting light

21:00 Ozols is sleeping. Poor Zile and Ozols. So sad, their nest was so peaceful...

Hellem, it happened when I was on my way home. I have watched all the time on my work.
I thought this nest is very peaceful. Now I am a little sad. I do not want to see the videos.

I thank you all for the pictures and videos because I now know what happened and why are only 2 eggs in the nest.

[Liz01]

5:59 eggs roll- it is Ozols in the nest

[Liz01]

6.23 eggs roll

[Liz01]

6:54 preening and eggs roll

[Liz01]

7:19 Ozols roll the eggs


I have to go, for a while...

[Liz01]

7:55 Ozols roll the eggs


8:02 eggs roll again


8:09 eggs roll

[Liz01]

8:17 Zile comes home and Ozols left the nest


8:20 Ozols brought a bundle moss


8:21 Ozols stands on the green branch

[Liz01]

8:25 both in the nest


8:29 Ozols brought a green twig


8:30 both in the nest

[Liz01]

8:53 the little beauty is in the nest. Zile

[Liz01]

5:59 Zile rolls the eggs arranges Moss and hay new and preens her plumage

[Abigyl]

09:17 It's wings are open while incubating.

Usually they look relaxed and closed.

[Liz01]

9:25 Zile is not relaxed. She will the event from yesterday not forget have

[Liz01]

Usually they look relaxed and closed.

do you think that? Normally she lays her head back and falls asleep

[Liz01]

it is not relaxed she spreads her feathers.

[Liz01]

every sound makes Zile nervous. She looks constantly around. She can not relax. She know what happened yesterday.
I hope the Eagles will not come back. She has no chance against him!

[Liz01]

10:01 eggs roll
she is really very nervous poor Zile


even when rolling eggs, she constantly looks around.

[Liz01]

It's warm. Zile breathes with open beak

[Lussi05]

Good morning!


Oh no, this is so, so sad. Poor Zile and Ozols
I really hope the eagle don´t return. I also thought this nest was peaceful, now I have to worry about the last two eggs

11:18 - Zile on eggs.

[Naturewatching]

When I checked on the nest at 3:50 am my time I noticed there were only two eggs. Thanks to MSanmaelo I was able to watch all of the videos and saw what happened. I am so very sad for Zile and Ozols. I too thought this was a peaceful nest. This nest is in Latvia and there is a WTE nest in Latvia that I am watching. I am hoping it was not from that nest that the WTE came from. Do you think the WTE was just trying to destroy the nest or going to try and take them back to maybe its nest? Seemed to have just taken the eggs to the branch and drop them. I guess we will never know