Black Stork nest in Portugal

[Olga]

Yes, alice44, they are. Here are some pictures from yesterday.

Yesterday at 19:46 the father stork was on the nest wich the chicks. Soon he walked out of the nest to the clip, and was standing there..










at 20:14

[Olga]

Today early in the morning the other chick was nodding the beak up and down for quite a long time.. I watched about for ten minutes..The parents are not far away..

at 7:07

[Olga]

The other day I saw this beautiful bird on the cliff.. the 25th May at 9:29. It is a Ruppell's Vulture or Griffon Vulture.. garina do mar knows better this rare bird, I have forgotten what was the difference.

Or is it Ruppell's Griffon Vulture?

[Olga]

Hello garina do mar, when you look here, look at this question..

viewtopic.php?p=39613#p39613

Urmas: Do you know, when Carlos will ring these two?
Is that nesting pair somehow early this year or as common?
Any sightings before about ringed adult in nest?

Of course if someone else knows something about the banding of these two storklets..

[alice44]

Yes, alice44, they are. Here are some pictures from yesterday.

Yesterday at 19:46 the father stork was on the nest wich the chicks. Soon he walked out of the nest to the clip, and was standing there..
...

...

at 20:14

That is some view!

[Olga]

Tuesday the 2th Jun
:peek:

at about 13:00

It's a hot day..




at 20:36 Father Black stork coming with fish




Four pictures when the other chick was swallowing a big fish

at 20:37






After feeding at 20:37. The big fish is there inside this white ball.



Sleeping..

[asteria]

Funny storklets with white legs.

[garina do mar]

Do you know, when Carlos will ring these two?
Is that nesting pair somehow early this year or as common?
Any sightings before about ringed adult in nest?

Hi Urmas!
I don't now. I tried to contact him but didn't manage. Then I asked Vítor Encarnação (from the ringers association) a few days ago because they usually ring them between 30 and 38 days and they are already 38 and 37 but he didn't know so I don't believe they will do it.

The ringed adult was known. He was born in 1999 some 11 km from here and makes nest here since 2003. The female is not its first female, the other was ringed too. Now there are at least two more BS here but we don't know if they are a couple or only young BS.

[garina do mar]

The other day I saw this beautiful bird on the cliff.. the 25th May at 9:29. It is a Ruppell's Vulture or Griffon Vulture.. garina do mar knows better this rare bird, I have forgotten what was the difference.

Or is it Ruppell's Griffon Vulture?

It's a Griffon Vulture.
The Ruppell's Vulture is more dark with some white feathers doing a sort of drawings:
http://static.publico.clix.pt/grifosnaw ... touVer.htm

[asteria]

This BS family is the kindest one: the egg is still in the nest and they don't do anything with it.

[garina do mar]

This BS family is the kindest one: the egg is still in the nest and they don't do anything with it.

We call the egg Calimero
Do you remember the children film "it's an injustice, it is..."

[Olga]

We call the egg Calimero
Do you remember the children film "it's an injustice, it is..."

I didn't know the history of Calimero, be cause I'm too old! I googled!



I tried to create a slideshow in flickr. There are here 45 pictures from the Portuguese Black storks and their nest and the two chicks. The chicks have now begun their flying excercises.

The pictures are from the 4th to 9th Jun. I didn't add dates on pictures I had short of time

http://www.flickr.com/photos/39286451@N ... 612106506/

[asteria]

The same bird is seen in the cam now!

[garina do mar]

The same bird is seen in the cam now!

Yes, you are right
Well, not the same bird. The one from Renandeli pic was an adult and today what we saw were some images of the young griffon vulture that was born this year on the nest underneath. We just manage to see his head.

[Olga]

Yesterday the 11th Jun on the nest.



at 10:09



at 12:15



at 19:03

[garina do mar]

The little BS were ringed today
Before being ringed:

Being ringed



First meal after:

[juta]

Garina do mar, did you see that? How did young storks behave? Did they protest and try to attack ringer?

[garina do mar]

Garina do mar, did you see that? How did young storks behave? Did they protest and try to attack ringer?

Hi Juta!
Not at all. They were so frightened that they stayed very quiet. He placed a piece of cloth over their heads, did the work very quickly and even when he was puting his things together they stood there very quiet

[Jo UK]

Thank you. garina. Good pictures of an interesting time.

They behaved differently from the Estonian BS, last year.

[garina do mar]

Thank you. garina. Good pictures of an interesting time.

They behaved differently from the Estonian BS, last year.

You're right Jo. Very differently