ESTONIA Jõgeva County NEW NEST

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2:35 PM liznm
15:31 there was a stranger again! defending calls
I wish they could breed in peace. But this stranger is probably a former mate of one of them? Then he/she will stay. We saw it at other nests.
Of course, it could also be that it's just a non-breeder. They like to disturb breeding pairs. But this one is very persistent.

9:18 PM if
21.33 A stranger. Fight!
21.36 The second parent helps.
19.14 Attack by a stranger, fight, both storks fell down from the nest 19.57 Attack

10:03 PM Ell M
21:35/36 it was a terrible fight, thank you for the TS @if
10:05 PM if
@Ell M It looked threatening
10:08 PM Ell M
yes, thank God the other BS came home

10:23 PM Анжелика Иванова
If, чего случилось-то?..нитиво не понятно, для не знающих другого языка
If, what happened? ... it's completely incomprehensible for those who don't know another language
10:27 PM if
@Анжелика Иванова Вечером чужой аист несколько раз нападал на гнездо.
In the evening, a strange stork attacked the nest several times.

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after attack everything seems calm again

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The whole incident on the video below:

Ula,
thank you very much (I was hoping you would make a video. )

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May 04
Hello everyone

The male has this "hole"/missing feathers on his right wing.

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change - female in, male out

this bill pointing upwards corresponds to "aggression - anger" and is used in defending the nest
(in this case it is complaining? against whom? against what?)

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May 05
Hello everyone

eggs: 05.04/30 days - 07.04/28d - 09.04/26d - 11.04/24d - 13.04/22d

hatching: after 30 - 38 days depending on the conditions - baby bird chirps from inside the egg usually on the last 2 days
info to PIP watch and hatching (+ videos): https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 474#p44474

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- still there is one intruder around
- from approx. 9.32 again and again we see defending behaviour (calling, bill up, moving the nest twigs on the nest rim, ... while sitting, later up and so on)
- male is incubating this time

- 09.38 fly by very close to the nest


- 09.43 again (stork on the nest is sitting)

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how many eggs you see

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the danger is again nearby


still allert - stork carefully monitors the area around the nest


10.27.56 out - 10.28.15 calling back to the nest, male seems to be very upset still/again

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wide sitting (nest defending behaviour too)