Black Stork - Ciconia Nigra

Hello.

Info from Raivo: Nurme has stayed near his nest for the last 2 days. Perhaps there is a female?

Hello.
I received info from Raivo that on 20.04 Kuremari reached the Madona area in Latvia and on 21.04 flying around 6 km area. It seems that she hasn't visited any certain nests yet.

Have a nice day!

Hello.
I think she layed the egg at 00.06. And was very tired after the event Such lovely news and I hope that everything goes well!

Although I noticed that after Kerli stood up, they didn't warm the egg at all. They are probably delaying incubation.

15 April

No change

15 April

Nurme arrived to his nesting area today! He also visited other nests in the area!

18.46 Kerli repeatedly attacks Kergu's transmitter again. Does it reflect light somehow or storks see it as a foreign object.. hope she doesn't break it.

18.38 Kerli flew away.
18.39 Kergu flies after her and returns after a moment. He calls her back.
18.40 Kergu flies away to follow Kerli.
18.41 Kergu is back, calling.
18.42 Kerli answers Kergu's call and returns to the nest.

I'm very happy for these news! :D Kerli is looking very beautiful compared to last year. She has matured a lot. It will be interesting to see how will she behave on her first breeding year. So far I have noticed that there is no such "romance" as we saw in Karula nest when Karl II and Kaia...

Kergu is roosting about 30 m away from the nest tonight. Hope he doesn't get too cold

Also our Timmu has moved to one LSE nest on a spruce tree and stayed there for 3-4 years. Although this nest remained emty for some time and last year it was re-inhabited by a LSE. Usually these cross usages happen on deserted nests, they do not take it by force.