Black Stork Nest 2 2025

[Anne7]

13:07 Male comes home and attacked the intruder. He is doing well!

Thank you, Liz.

13:07:31 The intruder is standing on the far branch. The female is on the nest bowl and watches the intruder, in a defensive posture


13:07:40 The male arrives and attacks the intruder


13:07:41 The intruder has been chased away. For now.

[Liz01]

Female has removed both dead chicks. I saw the wings pretty well. Both times wings are without gap!
She dropped the second and I think she dropped the first too.


this is not the best pic




Anne, for me it was the best news from this day.

proof, that our male chased away the stranger
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[Hulbi Lorm]

Two chicks confirmed dead, two chicks confirmed alive. Another egg we don't know about.

At least there's still hope. And the parents are okay.

Now we'll have to wait if the intruder can be kept away, and if the remaining storklets are well.

[Liz01]

14:15 feeding time




One seems a bit disoriented It could be a newly hatched one. It always takes a while until they figure out how to get food.
This behavior doesn't mean anything. It could be injured, it could be a new hatchling. Or it just wasn't able to eat this time. wait and see..
I think there are three?

I will do a ZOOM video


MadliA wrote:
​​14.15 2 chicks are alive!

muwizar wrote:
​​14:27:21 Two little heads moving

thank you both!

[Liz01]

16:09 another feeding. 2 storklets and egg or eggshell on the right
both storklets have eaten!

16:14 she flew away

16:20 Female returns with nesting material.. moss ! is something wrong with one of the chicks?
now, all is OK - I checked the feeding - both are doing well

[Anne7]

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I’ve made a few pics of it, Liz

16:09 feeding


16:14 out


16:18? back (timestamp not readable)



Probably that extra moss was necessary to make the nest floor soft, warm and comfortable again.

I’m glad that the two remaining chicks seem to be alright.

Our female is really brave and smart.

[Anne7]

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17:43 Another feeding

17:44 The female eats back. The 2 cute chicks are well visible.


17:47 The female flies out again, leaving the chicks unprotected.
Weird. This is very unusual and confusing .
(It looks as if our female is still trying to raise these chicks on her own.)


17:53 The female is back, with more moss.


17.57 The female flies out again
18.00 She is back with moss.

18.03 The female leaves the nest again
18.04 She comes home with a branch

18:06 She covers her chicks.



The quality of the camera images is very poor at the moment

18:12 The male didn’t return yet.
Has someone clearly seen the gap in his right wing today?
I mean, are we sure it was our male today, or was there another intruder (two strangers) ?

[Hulbi Lorm]

It's all so confusing and volatile. One can only hope all turns all out well for the remaining chicks.

[Swenja]

18:12 The male didn’t return yet.
Has someone clearly seen the gap in his right wing today?
I mean, are we sure it was our male today, or was there another intruder (two strangers) ?

Gap in the right wing

[Anne7]

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Many thanks, Swenja!

So, OK, now we know for sure that our male was here.

[Dobi]

Hello everyone
Sad, sad, sad my heart sinks
Liz I don't know if this matters, but at exactly 19:22 in your video you can see that the stork that is protecting the chicks has feathers missing. Does this mean that the male was protecting the nest? Who was without feathers?
And after the adult storks fall down, I think you can see all four little heads moving. What happened next, they were probably very hurt.
Hopefully everything will be okay from here on out

[Liz01]

Dobi, thank you very much! Male is with gap in his right wing

I didn't watch the video very closely. I'm a coward! But now I'm watching this part.
It helps to understand. So there was a switch. The female came home and the male... we saw that. He chased the intruder away and will now either keep watch nearby or be on the hunt

two storklets are removed from the nest - they were dead. Two are alive and healthy.

there we go! Male was defending. The gap on his right hand is good visible!

[Liz01]

woow! egg talk! the
19:46:58 it starts ..
there must be already a hole in the egg.

Now, her collecting nesting material makes sense for me

[Anne7]

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19:43 The female gets up and does a good PS

19:44 She steps onto the near branch and preens


19:47 She jumps onto the far branch and observes the surroundings.


19:48 And back in the nest to cover her chicks and the hatching egg.
No feeding

[Anne7]

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20.50 Nest care. Preening the chicks

21:50 night vision switches on.
The male isn't home (yet)

21:56 The female gets up and does a PS
Nest care, and at 21:58 back on the chicks.
No feeding

[Anne7]

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22:00 - 22:02 Nest care.
Both chicks are awake. I heard the chick in the egg too.
No feeding

22:55 It’s getting very dark in the forest.
The male didn’t come home.


What a day!

Have a good night, everyone.
Fingers crossed for tomorrow.

[Hulbi Lorm]

I'm glad you posted that time stamp, Anne. Both heads clearly visible, so the second chick, that didn't show up some minutes earlier, is okay. May they have a calm night and may things normalize tomorrow.

Good night everyone.

[Hulbi Lorm]

Another dead chick has just been moved out of the nest bowl. I fear this nest is just doomed for this year.

I can't see any movement in the nest all the time the female is standing outside. With the lack of food, I doubt there's much hope left here.

[Anne7]

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I’ve seen it, Hulbi

I’ll document what is happening later today. What a sad situation.

We currently have a big problem with the drain pipes here at home, and there are workmen in the house for the moment.

[Anne7]

May 12th

04:07 The female gets up and stretches.


04:08 She does a rather small Ps


04:08 Nest care, and then back on the chicks and egg


No feeding.
I didn't clearly see the chicks.