Ogres County (Vidzeme)

[marika.solo]

May 30
Hello everyone

our lonely male spent this last night in the nest (arrived at 21.34)
flew away in the early morning at 05.26

as others stork, this male preened himself, worked with nest material too and ... when he flapped his wings he jumped a little (and the under white was "snowing" lightly)

[marika.solo]

[marika.solo]

May 31

- only one blue tit visited the nest repeatedly
- tit collected fine feathers from the end of the fallen stork's feather

[marika.solo]

the male stork/the nest owner visited the nest

14.16 arrived/jumped in from the right branch





than back and after while again to the branch

15.49 is a shadow over the nest - stork flew away

[marika.solo]

June 1
Hello everyone

- also here the male stork arrived in the morning - at 08.29 (sillent)
- stork is resting long time, than he preens him self and started working with nest material for a short while (09.10)



- again preening and than resting

[marika.solo]

he pooped and changed his position (male is still here)



(10.19)

[marika.solo]

stork stayed today on the nest to 15.01

[marika.solo]

June 02
Hello everyone

8.31 in - 10.17 out, but 10.23 he is again back
14.17 to the branch and maybe (later) away

(13.32)


stork is back for night on his nest at 22.03

[marika.solo]

June 03

our male flew away in the early morning at 05.10

youtube chat info by Svetlana (8.90 am): today there is no wind and you can hear the flapping of wings

21.55 stork arrived to his nest

[marika.solo]

June 24

female arrived to the nest and she stayed

M arrives at 9.38 (M himself finally showed up, he hadn't been in the nest since June 15, when he flew away at 13.57)
F arrives at 12.32

both look familiar
mating, mating, mating ....
....

F out at 15.13, M at 15.14 - back at 15.18 and 15.20 definitely out

nest is empty for night