Latvian black storks - 2019

[Liz01]

9:42 is still laying in his comfy moos bed


9:45 stands up and is singing




there were many gaps in the video.. and no sound!

the video is without gaps and with sound screen capture!

[Liz01]

9:53 he stands in the nest and is waiting for a mate.... poor Kaupo. It's a bit late.

10:01 His bright spot over his eye

[Liz01]

10:23 is testing the nest again

[Liz01]

10:37 he stands up.. is preening himself
10:44 sings and looks in the direction from which he always flies to the nest. One approach path for all?

The nest looks great.

[Liz01]

11:17 he is scratching his head and stretching wing and leg


11:26 he looks to the left and hisses (I really hope, that there is a female around)

DD-Forum-Great pictures by mega2 and others
https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 76#p214476

[Liz01]

11:35 he turns in the nest .. arranged a branch and is looking to the left.
11:44 he is working again. Arranges the branches and attached them.

11:48 still working with the branches

[Liz01]

11:58 he is preening himself


11:59 flew away, what a beauty

[Liz01]

15.04.2019 12:10 PM the nest after Kaupos work


14:02 It's better light

[Liz01]

This branch of the tree is integrated in the nest. It is a thin and very flexible branch.
Kaupo wanted to use it the year before, but he did not succeed.

[Liz01]

14:15 Kaupo comes in and sings ... and a gap

[Liz01]

14:22 Now he is preening himself






strong wind today

departure- arrival and preening
https://youtu.be/3IBwwz2EQL0

[Anne7]

Liz, you did a fantastic job here! Thank you very much.
It is very fascinating to see how the nest was constructed. It is amazing. What a handy and smart BS!

Now we hope that a female will arrive soon and that the new nest will be inhabited.

[aquiline]

Hello, Liz,

the nest looks fine and Kaupo did a good job, but isn't it a bit small? I remember Karl's three storklets - there would not be enough room for three in this nest. Or am I wrong?

[Liz01]

15:02 Kaupo flew away

[Liz01]

........
It is very fascinating to see how the nest was constructed. It is amazing. What a handy and smart BS!
....

Anne you're very welcome

It's really amazing how they do it, just with their beak! Just fantastic. Unfortunately, his working hours are very unfavorable.
If he starts at 6:30, it's 5:30 minus 1 hour because of summer time. So it is 4:30 I'm totally overwhelmed at this early morning hour!
I hope he will finished the nest soon

Anne, it's pretty late .. I think there's no free female.Females are rare.

[Liz01]

...
the nest looks fine and Kaupo did a good job, but isn't it a bit small? I remember Karl's three storklets - there would not be enough room for three in this nest. Or am I wrong?

aquiline it's not finished yet. He will build on it all season .. more or less.
The size is already good. For the eggs it would be enough and also for breeding. Last year it was not much bigger and we had 4 little storks here!

[Liz01]

Info about camera problem

the problem apperad to be biger than they thought so the whole router shall be replaced – they work on it but it will take some more days until the new device will be obtained

it can not be changed.... So I hope that it works in a few days.

19:11 Kaupo is still absent

[Liz01]

19:15 After a gap, Kaupo appeared in the nest




Time lapse video 15.04.2019

[Liz01]

April 16

Good Morning everyone

It's still dark

5:27 It's getting bright

5:29 the first gap

11 minutes no stream

[Liz01]

5:41 stream is back

Kaupo is sleeping


5:55