Ogres County (Vidzeme)

[Madli]

23 April

Hello

Our male is still without a partner
He flew in and out in the morning, working on the nest and resting.

09.40 He walks up to an upper branch, out from the camera view.
I don't know what time he flies away.

13.29 Male arrives, calling


There are some very big gusts of wind today.

14.21 Stork flies away.

[Madli]

18.15 Male arrives, quite excited. He is singing and pecking nest material. Is the female nearby?

[Madli]

No, he calms down.

18.24 He flies away again.

20.14 He arrives from a different direction this time.

[Madli]

24 April

Hello

Nothing new to report today.

Male is working on the nest. He is still alone without a partner.

[marika.solo]

in the dabasdati forum I saw this video by Dii Dii

busy morning 23.04

[Madli]

02.05

Sadly, the male in this nest is still without a partner.

[marika.solo]

May 05
Hello everyone

pair is on the nest for a while

Pie melnā stārķa atlido meitene.Vai paliks?/A girl flies to the black stork's nest. Will she stay?



video by Trīne - thank you

Triine wrote to this video in dabasdati forum (GT):

A girl flies to the stork. She didn't enter the nest, she sat on a branch, then jumped to a branch invisible to the camera. At the end of the video, you can see the shadow of the girl flying away. The boy goes after her.
(https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 8b#p367514)

[marika.solo]

May 06
Hello everyone

I never seen so much excited black stork male

First some kind of shadow in the upper right corner moved, than at 14.12 the male arrived to the nest. Sings all the time, very loudly and is moving the branches a the most. Settled down and again up, .... Flew out at 15.22 - I saw the stork (female most probably first flying there). At 15.24 he is back - alone , immediately again out.

I don't have time to choose the best - the most typical shots.

[marika.solo]

super good gif by Trīne in dabasdati forum - thank you very much!

you can see the female stork flying around



source: https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.p ... 04#p367604


edit: in the dabasdati forum are more clips by Trīne

[marika.solo]

stork arrived back - alone, resp. he jumps in from above