Latvian black storks - Nest 2- 2024

[ame]

a new BS nest in Latvia!

the stream address:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koWpvVxiJQg

Liz will tell about details, please!

[Liz01]

ame, thank you so much

Information about the nest:

A long-term nesting area of black storks in the territory of SIA "Rīgas meži". The nest is located on a platform that was built in 2020 in place of the broken branch of the natural nest. The live broadcast system was installed on 29.03.2024. in cooperation with SIA "Rewind" and SIA "Rīgas meži".

Below the nest is a small forest ditch


On April 28, 2004, Statistical region of Pieriga was established: Aloja county, Adazi county, Babite county, Baldone county, Carnikava county, Engure county, Garkalne county, Ikšķile county, Inčukalns county, Jaunpils county, Jurmala, Kandava novads, Krimulda novads, Ķegums novads, Ķekavas novads, Lielvarde novads, Limbažu novads, Mālpils novads, Marupes novads, Ogre novads, Olaines novads, Ropazu novads, Salacgrīvas novads, Salaspils novads, Saulkrastu novads, Stopinu municipality, Tukums municipality
©https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pier%C4%ABga

All Latvian Camera at one:
https://dabasdati.lv/lv/cameras/all

Live stream started on April 9th
Camera Live stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koWpvVxiJQg

The address of the Youtube may sometimes change. If this should happen the new address can be found by making a search Melnais stārķis' in the Youtube. The link to the Camera, as well as the other the live cameras of Latvia's Nature Fund LDF (Latvijas dabas fonds), can also be found here:
Latvijas Dabas fonds on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@LatvijasDabasfondsOnline

Link to Dabasdati forum for further information (in Latvian language):
https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4380

The live stream shows nature to viewers as it is. With beautiful moments and with the harshness of nature.
The organizers of the live broadcast do not interfere with natural processes, except when birds are harmed as a result of human activity.

[Liz01]

Inhabitants

[Liz01]

Chronology of the nest events 2024

[Liz01]

Reserved

[Liz01]

From the YT chat:
Edmund Rachinskis

Hello! The Black stork was in this nest a few times this year, but for a very short time and relatively lazily - whistled, turned around, but did not start to collect cones and did not bring moss to the nest.
The pine tree is green, the platform under the nest was built by Jānis Ķuze.
The fir cones were already scattered during the winter by a speckled woodpecker for forging.

​Also on April 7th, were two Black Storks at the nest - one in the nest, the other on the platform near the edge of the nest at the bottom of the frame, but did not climb inside and soon flew away.

This nest is in Pieriga. Since there will be no bears in the frame this time, they live in the farthest part of the "Riga forests", in Katrína forestry near Viċkenes.
I don't know the height of the nest to the top. in my memory it's about 10 meters

We are still waiting for the population history from Maris Strazds, but chicks have been here in recent two years (in the platform nest) and in the past in the natural nest on the side branch.

[Liz01]

Two black Storks have arrived

16:47

[Liz01]

preening


16:54 healthy ps




video of their arrival

[Liz01]

17:18 mating

[Liz01]

𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝟏𝟎𝐭𝐡

Good Morning

5:53 he settles down, she is preening him
6:22 a successfully mating

[Liz01]

6:25 male starts removing the pine cones from the nest
6:26 he settles down

[Liz01]

6:58 he settles down in the pine cone nest

She is preening him
7:00 he stands up with white fanned tail

7:02 he? flew away
7:04 is flying around 2 times. Is it the same?

7:05 settles down.. defending the nest? No! Male comes in with a bunch moss

[Liz01]

7:10 he is preening her. She is sitting in the nest
7:13 both are singing, whistling with fanned white tail. they look to the right
7:14 he? flew away
7:16 the other flew away too

[Liz01]

7:20 he returns
8:36 a fight!

[Liz01]

back into the nest , but who?

[Liz01]

8:51 he is still defending. It would be better if the other one was here too. When they are together, an intruder has little chance

If it becomes a very labor intensive nest, I won't be able to keep track of it. I've decided on Urga and Ogres

9:05 I think it is over.. he sings after he was resting quite a while
9:06 he is singing again

[Liz01]

9:27 female came to the nest
9:22 they are singing a lot
9:23 he settles down

[jersi]

Hello!

The second battle between the three storks took place at 9.34
The third fight between the two storks started on 9.35.14

[Liz01]

....

thank you very much!

I will do videos pics soon as possible

[Liz01]

second fight.. OMG! that looks bad!

Now I see it! That has to be a female she attacks the female in the nest . and yes, she is absolutely brutal
Then it becomes confusing, like Jan and Janika's nest. The partner is also attacked.
What I mean by this is that either the male attacks his mate, or the female attacks her mate

She flies in and directly grabs the female's neck. I know this because the nest owners interacted shortly before




she won't let go of her neck. Luckily I've seen this before, but it's always shocking. I'm worried about everyone