Sigulda Municipality (Grāfs and Grāfiene)

[Madli]

12.51 A black stork lands in the nest. A stranger? It doesn't look like Grafs or Grafiene. The stork seems very nervous- it knows that it is a strange nest. It flies away in less than a minute after the arrival.


12.52 A shadow flies over the nest from right to left.

[Madli]

13.11 Grafs arrives. He looks up to the sky a lot.
13.16 Grafs out.

16.27 Grafs arrives.
20.53 Still waiting for Grafiene..

[Madli]

21.38 Grafiene arrives.


21.42 Mating
21.55 Mating

Good night G+G

[marika.solo]

As in the Dabasti forum, the female is referred as Grafiene, I will also call her so. ...

Madli,
there is more streamed nest where the pair every year have the same name (if there isn't identification). And also nests, where the chicks have only number. To me is good the example in Lodz - the name is still Fer (Fermina), but the actually is Fer 3 - so it is clear, it is a new female.

[Madli]

As in the Dabasti forum, the female is referred as Grafiene, I will also call her so. ...

Madli,
there is more streamed nest where the pair every year have the same name (if there isn't identification). And also nests, where the chicks have only number. To me is good the example in Lodz - the name is still Fer (Fermina), but the actually is Fer 3 - so it is clear, it is a new female.

Yes, Marika, there are nests where the names remain the same. We also have Karl II ...but to keep it simple, we say Karl although we all know that it is actually Karl II. And same should be in Jõgeva- although there is no identification, the storks still own the last year's names ( because no one is not going to make a new poll to change the names).

Grafiene should probably also be Grafiene 2...but who knows

[Madli]

May 19

Hello all!

Both storks spent the night together in the nest

04.39 Grafiene flies out.
04.41 Grafs follows.

08.06 Grafiene returns to the nest. Her neck feathers are wet


08.32 Grafs also returns.
08.34 Mating.

08.53 Relaxing morning together

[Madli]

I'm very sorry, I didn't have the time to fully document today..

But here's a lovely video by Amanda:

Black Stork ROMANTIC evening Melnais stārķis Siguldas novadā - LDF tiešraide 19.05.2022
https://youtu.be/EmW1DfGJ2zY

Thanks

[Madli]

May 20

Both storks spent the night in the nest together.

04.45 Grafiene flies out.
Grafs follows a moment later.

07.21 Grafs arrives with a twig.
Then he waits.



09.20 It is now raining.


10.47 Grafs leaves.

[Madli]

There are small interruptions in the stream today..

Around at 16.16 the screen suddenly turns black for a minute..and then the loading screen..

[Madli]

The nest was emty all day..

20.48 Grafs returns.
21.13 Grafiene joined.