ESTONIA Jõgeva County NEW NEST

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- 12.07.42 male: short call and he is observing something (female too) and again calls, fanned tail feathers and is flying away





she is observing around constantly

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I need break - the situation there is difficult

- 12.10.39 one male BS to the nest again, both are defending the nest because one (silent) ringed! stork is landing on the parent branch

- female up and defending posture


- like greetings by female (male: no gaps)




zooming
first number is most probably 7
White ring with a black four alpha-numeric code, starting number '7' - ESTONIA

- 12.19.50 both storks (on the nest - out of camera view) are calling to 12.21

most probably 718A

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- the two are again calling loudly - pretty visitor decided flying away (12.41.12)

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- 12.53 the couple flew out (12.53.05 female, 12.53.33 male too - he noticed and observed someone)

- 12.54 male (without gaps in the wing) is back in the nest, he is calling and moving the nest material
- ​​12.58 stork left the nest



- 12.59 someone almost dropped from above (no gap), calling landed
- 13.00.24 stork left

"intruder" (?) - new male stork (?)


- 13.00.20 again back calling, moving the nest material (no gap), he is observing around
- 13.03.56 (?) out again

RINGED BIRD

YT
12:09 PM Kätlin Luht​​
Urmas told:
Bird is from 2022 nest, from harjumaa, Voose village ... he thinks that it's a female bird.
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Bird ringed as pullus in 2022. in Harjumaa, Estonia (ringing centre answered)

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- stork is calling out of the camera view
- 13.42 (?) stork calling landed on the nest and is moving the nest material; it is the male with gap in the wing
time stamp is most of the day unreadable

he is calling,moving the nest material, but its bill only points downwards


- stork is doing some nest-work /nest restoration
- and he is noticing someone (time stamp is unreadable - 13.44. ?)
- 13.45.39 he shortly calls and is moving the nest material

13.47.42 he is noticing someone and starts calling

the strange stork (the intruder?) is jumping down from above


- 13.48 fight in the nest again
- male with the missing feathers was pushed out
- the winner flew out too

hard fight (I don't want to give more illustrations) ... male with gap in the wing could grab the neck from the intruder and the stranger bit his wing ... they pushed each other, the intruder was more successful in the end

https://i.postimg.cc/5yQhWK7b/2025-05-13-j-13-49-17.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/8C9g5rF1/2025-05-1 ... -31-F1.jpg

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- 14.06 silent arrival (but it seems stork has a little injury near his bill or it is our "nesting" female?)
- stork worked with the nest rim / moved the twigs, preening, observing the area
- stork moved to the parent branch
- 14.28.10 away

yes, this is the "nesting" female maybe

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thx to Liz for help for confirming my views on the event (using her software )

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- male stork arrived to the nest (singing)
- a new one? he is very busy (nest restoration)





it may be another young stork, which at this time are returning from Africa and looking for a future nest (and mate)

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resting time





​​17.55 short calling - is there around one female? (he hope maybe)
and he is again busy (nest restoration continues) - not long