Black Stork Nest 2 2025

[Anne7]

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15:46 - Arrival, in a rush.


ALERT !
Again a lot of calling/scolding.

15:47:08/09 - I see the shadow of a large bird flying near the nest, at the left.
15:48:01/02 - Again a shadow is flying over

[Anne7]

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15:48 - The male shakes the branches at the nest rim




15:50 - The male (?) flies out again. He’s not pleased.

[Anne7]

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16:28 - The male (?) rushes in again, making a lot of noise!


There’s some kind of quarrel going on in the territory.



16:29 - Both parents are scolding, defending the nest.
I can not see the intruder.



The pictures are not very clear. The camera gives us rather blurry images.

[Anne7]

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16:29


16:30 - Our storks seem to calm down a bit

16:31


16:32 - They are still watching someone.



16:33 - The male (?) flies out again.

The female (?) covers the eggs

[Anne7]

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19:28 - The camera zoomed in quite a lot.
Now we can see our black beauties properly.


This is most probably the female


Three eggs? The nestbowl is deep. Perhaps there are more eggs.

[Anne7]

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20:50 - Night vision switches on.


One can hear wing beats. She startles. Who's there?


21:04 The male finally arrives. He was gone since 16:33


The female steps onto the nearest branch.
The male takes over brooding.

Good night!

[Liz01]

April 19.th

Anne, thank you for your great work!

I agree with you! I think there are 3 eggs. I locked today again. I saw max 3 eggs. He is bringing endless moss but it looks so comfy and just beautiful. I think this is a nest of surprises. We'll see how many heads pop up one day.

EDIT: (sorry no I have messed up all..- but here we see the third egg on his right foot )
6:42 ...here we go! but I saw it too late


6:43 yoga


three eggs stacked?

[Liz01]

Video egg rolling and aerating the nest bowl .
it includes a pretty healthy ps!


I think this is the male

[Liz01]

6:53 huge bunch moss by the female ? pics are needed - plumage is different. It takes time to tell them apart. observe the behavior for a while and then you should know? I've observed very little so far. The zoom was too far away from the nest for me.


S/He ? is singing a lot


and then S/he flew out


I'm almost sure, that the male flew away

[Liz01]

pics female




8:53 male returns and is singing.
male - his feathers are more frayed


She reminds me of Gaja, she also preened Kaupo's head feathers for a long time. In the end he lost feathers

[Liz01]

9:18 she brings nesting material, he stands up


three eggs or four


out - three .. that is funny


1. they should wear rings
2. they should put up a sign indicating that the nest is occupied and contains ... eggs

[Anne7]

Hi, everyone

Many thanks, Liz !


General info:

Last night around 22:31:
‘This live stream recording is not available.’

Fortunately, there was a restart this morning.
For those looking for the new link:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8tPObTKzzQ

[Liz01]

9:12 Chance of incubation

[Anne7]

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Nestcare.
11:31/32 - I see more moss than eggs.


Ha, here's one being dug up.


And back on the eggs.



Timestamps are barely visible when the sun shines on the nest

[Anne7]

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12:32 - aerating the nest floor, preening, stretching and egg care


12:35 - A good PS



The camera is a bit out of focus.

[Anne7]

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Panting. It seems to be hot on the nest, in the sunlight.

13:20(?)


14:01

[Anne7]

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13:43 - 13:47 — Nestcare


Three eggs are clearly visible. But there may be more.

[Anne7]

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14:24 -14:29 — Nestcare, PS, preening...

Are you counting your eggs? Missing some?


Still three eggs visible.
And a tuft of moss stuck to the toes


A very discreet PS, out of our sight.

[Hellem]

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Panting. It seems to be hot on the nest, in the sunlight.

Anne 7, yes, it's another very hot day, about +27 degrees (in shade) in Jõgeva county

[Anne7]

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Hellem

Wow, that is very hot indeed, for the time of year.
In the sun, that quickly rises to far over 30°C.



I have to do something else for a few hours now.