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Image of newly arrived storks captured by  Olga, LK forum April 5th
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Black stork    Must-toonekurg       Ciconia nigra

The camera was installed on the Karula lands on April 4th. This nest was discovered only last year. Favourable southerly winds brought the black storks there the next day. Things have developed at lightning speed. The forum members made a quick round of name-giving: the female is called Kati and the male, Karl.

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Black stork    Must-toonekurg        Ciconia nigra

A little before sunrise at the nest of the Latvian black storks. Total romance – first egg in the nest, birds singing all around, proud adults…

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White-tailed eagle, Sea eagle       Merikotkas      Haliaeëtus albicilla

For recapitulation, WTE pair  Anna and Uku had their first egg on Women’s day, the second on March 11 and the third on March 14th. Incubation time for the large and powerful birds is calculated to be 38 days, thus we may see WTE chicks hatching already this week.

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Photo Arne Ader

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Goshawk nest in Riga city

Goshawk, Northern goshawk    Kanakull     Accipiter gentilis

Goshawk numbers have declined significantly as compared to a couple of decades ago. This year nesters are less than half a thousand pairs. Reasons differ of course but goshawks do not tolerate intensive forest managing, their habitats have always been held to be the oldest and largest mixed forest areas. In recent years, a few individuals have been active in cities, even  Tallinn. Our “birds of prey men” have promised to write about this soon.

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