Latvian black storks - 2023- 2024

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August 18

Selfie by an nuthatch

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August 19

Lesser spotted eagle family can be heard on the the nest area. They are quiet close to the nest

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Mushrooms grow in the moss on the right branch

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VOTE THE BLACK STORK AS BIRD OF THE YEAR 2025!
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Sweet memories
Ogris


Ogris


Urga & Ogris

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and their four healthy storklets


november


snow

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November 15th.

thank you my friend! Interesting link by an old friend:

𝐁𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐩𝐨𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐯𝐢𝐚

Authors: Eng.LSM.lv (Latvian Public Broadcasting)


©Novadu Ziņas LTV

The Baltic States and Poland have been observed to have the fastest declining black stork populations compared to other Western European countries. As ornithologist Māris Strazds assessed, the situation in Latvia with the conservation of the black stork population is poor, Latgale Regional Television reported on November 14.
One of the newest black stork micro-reserves is located in the forest of Kastuļina parish in the Krāslava municipality. This spring, a nest with four chicks was found in a 70-year-old stand of aspen near an abandoned farmstead.

Gaidis Grandāns, an environmental expert at Latvian State Forests, said: "Currently, the breeding population of black storks in Latvia is estimated at around 100 pairs, but it should be taken into account that of these 100 pairs, far from all are successful, so those nests with young birds should be protected as a priority."

The black stork is a specially protected species in Latvia, most common in South Latgale and South Kurzeme, but populations elsewhere have been declining in recent years.

"Globally, the species is not endangered and the population of black storks in Western Europe is even increasing, but in the Baltic States and Poland we are now seeing a long-term decline," Grandāns said.

Ornithologist Māris Strazds is blunt: it is almost impossible to maintain the population of black storks in Latvia. When asked how the black stork is doing in Latvia, he said: "Terrible, and there is no chance that something will seriously change for the better."

Latvia currently has about 330 micro-reserves for the black stork, covering more than 6,000 hectares.

"There are more micro-reserves than actual nests, but you also have to understand that any place where there has not been long-term forestry activity, there will inevitably be other natural values," Grandāns explained.

Micro-reserves on private land are currently compensated at €196 per hectare. The State Forest Service (VMD) has said that it plans to increase compensation in the near future.

Environmental experts recommend keeping an eye on the microreserve areas marked "Birds" on the "LVM GEO" website and avoiding visiting them in April-September, as black storks are sensitive to noise.

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November 17th.
camera was working short



video to the report above Nov. 15th.:
Baltijas valstīs samazinās melno stārķu populācija
Black stork population declining in the Baltic States


Video description:
Latvijā mikroliegumus veido visiem ligzdojošajiem ērgļiem, ūpjiem, melnajiem stārķiem, medņiem, kā arī atsevišķu sugu pūcēm un dzeņiem. Šobrīd gan novērots, ka tieši Baltijas valstīs un Polijā melno stārķu populācija salīdzinoši ar citām Rietumeiropas valstīm samazinās visstraujāk. Valstī pašlaik ir aptuveni 330 melnā stārķa mikroliegumi 6,6 tūkstošu hektāru platībā, tomēr speciāli uzskata, ka reālais ligzdotāju skaits ir vismaz trīs reizes mazāks.

GT:
In Latvia, micro-reserves are created for all nesting eagles, ospreys, black storks, capercaillies, as well as certain species of owls and woodpeckers. It has been observed that the black stork population is decreasing the fastest in the Baltic States and Poland compared to other Western European countries. There are currently approximately 330 black stork micro-reserves in the country, covering an area of ​​6.6 thousand hectares, however, it is believed that the real number of nesting birds is at least three times smaller.

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November 23rd





it looks just great. someone was in the nest and on the parent branch.


The flight altitudes of migratory birds are being investigated in connection with predator avoidance. Until now, it was hardly known to what height predators fly to in order to catch prey. Now there is evidence, with the discovery of a transmitter near a peregrine falcon nest.
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the snow is gone


2.December


4.December

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𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟑𝐭𝐡.

still online. and a bit snow again. It's a beautiful dry weather autumn-winter. Couldn't be better for nature and in spring our Black Storks


𝐃𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬' 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫?
𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎-𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 40 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 35 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈 3-5 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘 1 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆! 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 "𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌" 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅. 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 "𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌" 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑺𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔. 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒐. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈, 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈, 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒐.

I am writing this because there is a lot of speculation about whether their legs are cold or not.

December 5th.


BTW: did you know that butterflies have membranes in their wings. That's how they hear. When their wings are raised, they listen to see if there's any danger. It must be cruel when people rip off their wings. On purpose, or on bike paths, where they absorb minerals.

December 17th.

Snow again

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𝖂𝖎𝖘𝖍𝖎𝖓𝖌 𝕬𝕷𝕷 𝖔𝖋 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖆 𝕸𝖊𝖗𝖗𝖞 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖘𝖙𝖒𝖆𝖘, 𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖈ī𝖌𝖚𝖘 𝖅𝖎𝖊𝖒𝖆𝖘𝖘𝖛ē𝖙𝖐𝖚𝖘, З Різдвом Христовим,𝕳𝖆𝖕𝖕𝖞 𝕳𝖆𝖓𝖚𝖐𝖐𝖆𝖍, 𝕱𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖟 𝕹𝖆𝖛𝖎𝖉𝖆𝖉, 𝖍𝖔𝖜 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗 𝖞𝖔𝖚 𝖈𝖊𝖑𝖊𝖇𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖊, 𝖕𝖑𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖊 𝖍𝖆𝖛𝖊 𝖆 𝕲𝖗𝖊𝖆𝖙 𝖍𝖔𝖑𝖎𝖉𝖆𝖞 𝖆𝖓𝖉 𝖇𝖊 𝖘𝖆𝖋𝖊.

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Happy New Year everyone




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