Black Stork nest in Portugal

[Jo UK]

Has everone noticed the new "What is going On" Topic?

Helpful information there.

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=98&p=29848#p29848

[Olga]

At 10:46 he jumped up and behaved as if he had been a bit nervous. It lasted for some 4-5 minutes, then he moved the eggs a little and went on hatching eggs. She has been out more than four hours now.

[Olga]

At 12:49 She returned! They greetend shortly, he left and she checked eggs and nest, turned eggs and begun to sit on them.

[Olga]

13:54 she rose up to turn the eggs, and then she put herself back on the eggs..

One could say that BSs turn their eggs about 2-3 times in one hour..really?..




before this she had turned eggs at 13:18..

[Urmas]

That's absolutely amazing what you do, Renandeli!
Hope your work does not suffer of stork observations very much, though that's lifestyle of a storkaholic...

The stream of Portugal BS Cam is probably not saved anywhere, so no possibilities to look afterwards more as only forum posts.

[Olga]

Thanks Urmas No way, no harm, my work has no meaning without BSs!

He returned at 15:45. The same minute there was mating. Then He went on the balkon to rest. She was tidying the nest and turning eggs.

15:45:01


15:45:17


15:45:23

[Olga]

at 15:49 he was standing there, she putting the eggs and moss in order



at 16:01:12 she was pushing the eggs



at 16:01:24 she was benging feet to sit on the eggs

[Olga]

He had just returned on the nest for a short visit at 16:09



He went to arrange the branches around the nest, carefully.


He left soon, at 16:10:41

[Olga]

Good evening

Today from the morning till early afternoon, about till 12:50 the male BS was alone on the nest. Then later it was her turn, she was alone on the nest the whole afternoon, and it seemed to me me that the evening too, most of the time.

During afternoon tha male BS visited a couple of time the nest, brought moss and mated for one time (as far what I saw!.. my FRAPs stopped sometimes and I didn't notice it always..).

Both arranged the moss and sticks better, knocked holes on the bottom of the nest, made it softer and safetier, and turned eggs, and were sitting patiently on the eggs. She also drowe moss tufts more tight and closer to her body when she was lying and hatching.

Between these arrangement-operations were about 15-30 minutes pause, mostly no more than some 20-25 minutes.

Now it's dark, at 20:19, and I can see the female is still moving on the nest, and the two eggs are shining like a double moon.

About 19:03 - 19:09 there was an interesting visit by male BS. He moved exited his beak, they seemed to greet heartly, then after about 3 minutes he walked out of the nest..but it was perhaps something else what I imagined. I didn't see mating. My PC threw me out at 19:10!

[Olga]

i'm sorry, that the previous post of was here two times! deleted it.

[Olga]

Some pics of the 'interesting' meeting at 19:03-19:09 (i was thrown out at 19:10 )

[Olga]

at 20:13 - the last picture from the evening, she on the nest, propably making what is necessary, required for the eggs' welfare.. and who knows - making room for a new egg - (the male BS I didn't saw after 19:09):

[NancyM]

renandeli. thank you for all the wonderful pictures and narrative! a wonderful documentation of this nest

[Olga]

Three!

[Olga]

She left the nest at 7:17. Before it the male BS had flied a couple of time back and forth returned with new branches.

[Olga]

It's 8:19. The male has been incubating without rising up for one hour. While sitting on eggs he arranged branches and moss, he put the moss closer to his sides.

at 7:39


at 7:47



at 8:22

[Olga]

At 8:36, after 1h17min incubating he stood up and made the moss better under the eggs, turned them and sat back down on the eggs.

at 8:36




at 8:37

[Olga]

at 9:35 it was time to turn the eggs and to make in order other duties too

[Olga]

at 9:54 he stood up and rolled eggs, repaired moss and after two minutes is going on sitting on eggs

[Olga]

at 10:17 he turned eggs again - i missed the pic

some minutes before he is incubating:



some minutes after turning eggs he is incubating at 10:23