Black stork on LSE nest LATVIA

[marika.solo]

- today repoting and documentation in dabasdati forum:
https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 43#p418243

VIDEO by our forum member Trīne - thank you

[marika.solo]

and the next visit from 15:06

Black stork carries nesting materials to the nest of a lesser spotted eagle Anna
thank you Baiba



- at 20.55 our black stork is still standing on the nest rim (in this very dark already)

[UrszulaMN]

I'm afraid of this decision... The film is from yesterday, but this morning he's been working on the nest.

Video: Bocian Czarny Łotwa - Budowanie gniazda i spędzenie nocy w gnieździe orlików 08.04.2025

[marika.solo]

I'm afraid of this decision...

Me too
not only because it is the LSE, but there is very nearby the goshawk nest (!) .... and this nest is not the best for one BS - it seems not big enough and the access to the nest is not the best (entry width)

[marika.solo]

previous day 08.04 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 200#p43200
next day 10.04 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 413#p43413

April 09
Hello everyone

our stork is busy from the early morning - the nest renovation is continuing





dabasdati forum 09.04 https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 74#p418374

[marika.solo]

previous day 09.04 https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 291#p43291
next day 11.04

April 10
Hello everyone

- as I already wrote this nest is not very suitable for him in terms of size or trouble-free arrival
- It's especially good to see when our stork arrives with longer or branched branches
(btw. Dr. Strazds said, black stork needs 2 storks' height of space in the nest to mate)

- our stork is busy from the early morning - the nest renovation is continuing, the nest seems more and more like a black storks nest

like at home

[marika.solo]

dabasdati forum https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 65#p418508

Jānis Ķuze comments on the situation in a few words:

The nest is certainly not optimal for the Black Stork, but the impression of landing space and distance to the first branches is deceptive. The problem is rather that the nest is relatively narrow and the bird will try to "stretch" it longer and wider outside the central part.

How this will turn out cannot be predicted with certainty. Lesser Spotted Eagles may still nest here, while it is unlikely (although not impossible) that Black Storks will nest here.

More to the same point: what can be predicted with relative certainty is that if the stork is here for a long time, there is a very good chance that we will see a white picture at some point. The camera is placed close to the nest and from that point of view at a very precarious/unsafe angle.

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I am very much sorry for this black stork

[marika.solo]

April 11
Hello everyone

https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 22#p418622
(reporting, photos, videos)

- at 09.24.09 our stork landed on a branch outside then nest and than comes into the nest and is singing

[marika.solo]

Hawk scares the black stork LDF Lesser spotted eagle in spruce Latvia
video by Baiba - thank you



"19:22 it's over. They now know about each other. And his chicks would have no chance of surviving here. It's the worst place for him.
Anna was able to defend her chick against the Goshawk. Anna & Andris were also able to defend themselves well. Although it often sounded terrible. " (Liz)

[marika.solo]

Our stork spent the night in the nest. He has been arranging/cleaning the “apartment” since dawn.
vidoe by our memeber BozenaIsia - thank you