Black stork on LSE nest LATVIA

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reporting, documentation in dabasdati forum 06.04.2025:
https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 01#p418001

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youtube chat info:

10:21 AM A.Trifolium​​
Vistu vanags var noplēst arī lidojošu jauno melno stārķi. Ja ligzda tik tuvu, tad nogaidīs tikai īsto brīdi.
Goshawk can also snatch a young black stork in flight. If the nest is so close, it will just wait for the right moment.

​​In Estonia, a hawk pushed a large chick named Stefie out of the nest of Tuuli and Remo

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VIDEO by our Urszula - thank you!

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April 07
Hello everyone

FIFTH DAY our BS is there again
1/ arrival 11.08 departure 12.34
2/ arrival 16.48 departure 18.09



he is calling


short nest reparation - strengthening the nest rim

handsome stork with little handicap

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- our stork (most probably) flew near the nest "Vistu vanags (Accipiter gentilis) Zemgalē" of female Mona (first egg is there)
- the nest from the Lesser spotted eagle is 200 meters far from this Goshawk nest
- our BS flew past the goshawk nest (these birds empty the nests of black storks! it would end bad for the storklets if he really will nesting here - I remember e.g. the situation on the Poland Dab-nest 1)
- it seems this nest is approx. just six flight minutes far from the LSE nest



video by our Ula (UrszulaNM) - thank you very much

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Two visits of a black stork to Anna's nest LDF

thank you Baiba

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April 08
Hello everyone

SIXTH DAY:
arrival: 08.37 - departure: 11.59


- our BS arrived today already at 08.37 (singing - calling)
- things get worse (?) - our BS started renovating the nest today (first delivery at 09.02 and he continues)
- stork repeatedly arrived with branches, moss ... and is singing a lot

- I am really very sorry for this situation here on the nest; fingers crossed for BS and the LSE pair as well - time will tell ...
youtube chat:

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so handsome ... probably bad choice this nest

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9:48AM Feja​​
Anna has successfully returned for 6 years. Or will the 7th be an exception. I think the stork will retreat. The white-tailed eagle wins in this situation.