Black Stork Nest 3 (Kergu) 2023

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Black Stork Nest 3

Youtube channel of Kotkaklubi
https://www.youtube.com/@Kotkaklubi

Camera link on YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2dK41t-nJE



Kergu Black Stork nest was found last year (2022), but it has been there for longer. Probably even fallen down, and rebuilt again on the branches of the same aspen tree. During installation of camera I noticed that nest is only partly supported by the branches, so added some kind well visible exoskeleton to keep it more stabile (perhaps).

Nest site is situated in Pärnu county, near wind farm development area. That was the reason to track Kergu, male stork who nested here last year, as well as reason to install webcam. There are proposed some mitigation measures, like preparing better feeding conditions in other sectors of home range. Hopefully results of those measures will be visible also through webcam in time. The measures are at the moment in planning stage, yet. So if somebody has ideas for mitigation measures in that situation, those would be valuable to analyse in current situation.

Kergu has rings (incl. left leg 7047) since childhood, he has been ringed in 2011 as one of three chicks in nest situated about 10 km of current Kergu nest. Three chicks fledged in Kergu nest last year (2022) and they were in good condition during ringing. Female in this nest we do not know, most probably she is without of rings.

Before Kergu arrives, the nest was visited in April 16th by Nurme, the neighbouring tracked Black Stork male. According former tracking data Nurme checked this nest also in last two years.

Hereby one image of the nest and cam there as it looks from a side (drone photo, 4.4.2023)


Text and picture by ©Urmas Sellis, Kotkaklubi

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Valuable informations about Black Storks here in our LKF topic "What we know about Black Storks"
viewtopic.php?t=989

Kergu and Nurme on birdmap
https://birdmap.5dvision.ee/EN/

Pärnu county
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A4rnu_County
https://pol.parnumaa.ee/defaulten
https://parnu.ee/en/

Windpark
https://tuuleenergia.ee/?lang=en
https://view.news.eu.nasdaq.com/view?id ... cb&lang=en
https://www.windindustry.com/news/world ... om-estonia

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Main events 2023

17. April --- Camera starts streaming public

17. April --- Male Black Stork Nurme (ring 7153) visits the nest viewtopic.php?p=895469#p895469

19. April --- Male nestowner Kergu (7047) returns from wintering grounds viewtopic.php?p=895870#p895870

19. May --- A female with no rings on the nest viewtopic.php?p=900677#p900677

10. June --- Unringed Black Stork on the nest viewtopic.php?p=903514#p903514

28. June --- Three Black Storks on/close to the nest viewtopic.php?p=905652#p905652

21. July --- Unknown BS visitor close to the nest viewtopic.php?p=907655#p907655

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Welcome to a brand new streamed Black Stork nest

We hope that we can follow the family life of male BS Kergu and his mate this season.

The topic is still locked, but as soon as the camera is available on YouTube for public, the topic will be opened.

See you soon!

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Here we are

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxPRvKIiWz4

14:26
Nest looks still untouched, now we are in waiting modus ..... with patience .... ???? puhhhh!!!!

[Liz01]

Thank you for the thread

15:50:51 a black stork is flying in the forest
15:52:57 landing on the left corner on a branch


7153 ring number has arrived at 15:53 (is it Nurme? )


15:57


the timestamp is
now a transmitter is visible

[Francesca_V]

Yes, it is Nurme.
Great that you could take some pictures, Liz!

[Liz01]

Yes, it is Nurme.
Great that you could take some pictures, Liz!

thank you very much

I will do a video

[Liz01]

Singing for a female


15:57 he flew to the left


I zoomed to Nurme - he flew in from the left to the right. then he lands on a branch in the lower left corner. you see his head

[Hulbi Lorm]

Liz, that is one amazing picture!

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Between 21:02 and 21:07 Nurme (7153) came for a short evening visit

[Liz01]

April 18

good morning all

5:37 - 5:44 Nurme visit the nest. He was preening himself, moved a few branches
He was on a tree. so he was resting there

[Liz01]

12:50 a treecreeper visit the nest.

12:51 a greater spotted woodpecker comes to the nest too
12:52 both are still in the nest. the treecreeper is collecting small feathers

the treecreeper is perfectly camouflaged.


the woodpecker found a oak or nut? and flew away with it

[tsang6482]

This nest will require some serious renovations to be livable. I look forward to see a new owner work some magic.

[Francesca_V]

Yes, Kergu will have a lot to do when he arrives today! He has about 150 km to fly.

[Liz01]

April 19

Askja and all

12:35 Nurme visit the nest today again


12:52 he flies off


Video of the visit (a cut)

[Askja]

Liz and All!

Nurme does not make a very determined impression... He just looks around, takes a twig here and there, sings a bit... rather like on the move.

It says about Nurme in the Bird-Map description:

"[His] territory is situated in west-central Estonia. He used artificial nest, refreshed it in spring, but did not find female to produce brood in 2021. ... In breeding season 2022 Nurme visited several nests in a fairly large territory. In one of such Nurme was captured by the trail camera together with a ringed female (V702) from Lithuania (ringed in 2020)."

So, Nurme does not have a nest of his own yet. It will be interesting to see where he'll finally settle if he finds a female this year. (Hopefully not here if Kergu has serious intentions )

[Francesca_V]

No news from Kergu yet? I thought he would arrive today.