LITHUANIA

[marika.solo]

- again both are preening

- she walked on the parent (?) branch


- he is singing, settled down , again up and is working with nest material with fanned tail feathers to 09.56.54
- male is resting, preening

- 10.00 male is singing and settled down
- 10.01.03 female is back (it seems she hopped in from the branch), greetings, male settled down and "mating attempt" by female (we see this behaviour also on other nest already more times)
- she immediately stand up and pooped



- female preens him, male stand up and both are preening now (10.02)
- 10.04 very short dancing, no mating - preening follows again

- she flew out,male is singing


- 10.08 male alone, preening, resting, preening - now very,very consequently (it is nice to observing this behaviour)

[marika.solo]

- 10.46 he is sings, settled down - resting? no body flew in
- 10.53 up and he is working with nest material again
- 10.59 male is observing the surrounding and next preening

- 10.59.34 singing, very loudly, female arrives:



- he settled down, she is walking around him, is pooping, observing the surrounding and preens herself
-11.02.46 male up, very short dancing - no mating, preening (both)11.04
- 11.04.20 dancing and it seems successful mating



and again this bill

[marika.solo]

- 11.05 she ruffled the feathers and flew out (it seems up, to the branch maybe)- he like always in this situation: short singing, sitting down and waiting for her - resting
- 11.09 up, preening
- 11.39 pooing, singing and he at 11.40 flies out of the nest

[marika.solo]

in the evening I saw the male on the nest

[marika.solo]

April 07
hello everyone

- approx. at 9.20 male arrived to the nest, 9.35 he is singing shortly, some nest-work and resting, 09.46 again is he shortly singing and at 09.48 he flew out

- 11.22 he is back singing loudly, 11.23 again and at 11.24 female flew in
- male settled down, she is preening herself (!) and is eating moss from the tree trunk and is waiting
- 11.26 she preens him on his head, 11.27 both are waiting (male still sitting), she shortly sings and picks (?) the male with her bill, male immediately stand up - and both are preening

[marika.solo]

- preening (male more consequently), she is waiting and than went on the tree trunk male settled down



- male is collecting the soft nest material (female is out of view)


- 11.33 he is resting, still sitting
- 11.34 male stand up and short preening follows, he moves the nest material and 11.36 again down (opposite position)
- 11.37 very short singing and back to the original position (head to the right)

[marika.solo]

- 11.39 up, he is singing and moving the nest material (the tail feathers are fanned)
- 11.40 preening
- 11.45 male again sat down (head to the left) and is resting

[marika.solo]

-11.53 up, he is singing, moving the nest material and 11.54 again sat down
- 11.57 - 58 the same (is she still nearby?)
- 12.02 male is still sitting and he is moving the twigs on the nest rim
- 12.04 up, singing, moving the nest material and again dowm
- 12.05-12.06 the same
- 12.07 up, singing, .. . and out

12.08 is back singing, fanned tail feathers - 12.09 out again

rewind works strangely, I didn't see storks on the nest any more today (but I could have missed it)

[marika.solo]

April 08
Hello everyone

- stork arrived loudly singing to the nest at 11.40
- he is singing very loudly again and again to 11.49 a than he is waiting



very handsome in the sunshine

[marika.solo]

- 11.52 stork is again singing (not so long this time)
- stays on the nest and is observing the surrounding
- 11.56 our male ruffled his feathers and flew out