Jõgeva County (Jan and Janika)

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

08.27 male is back, arrived from left site
(it seems to me not like a simply greetings, they were upset)

very long preening
09.12 female - 09.42 male is still preening


preening again (very important for birds)

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

10.00 time for tenderness (male is sitting, female is preening his feathers on his head and neck)
preening and resting

10.06 resting


10.16 mating

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

resting (11.13 the end - next the male is popping, female preening)

11.13 (her leg is well hidden in the warm)


11.15 dancing and the next mating

preening, resting

11.31 rain, only short

short nest restoration (male), preening

11.48 mating

11.51 male , 11.53 back with twig

11.53 they work together - 11.56 preening (they are very nice)

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

12.04 female out
male starts whistling (is one other stork nearby?) - he settled down (12.05)



continuation most probably only in the (late) evening

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

Whether these are the same birds that nested here last year still needs some research.

(source: https://www.looduskalender.ee/n/node/6527 - GT translation)

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

12.35 male stand up, whistling and female arrived (12.36)
greetings ritual, preening
12.40 female again out

male stayed on the nest: preening, observing the surrounding (birds flew above the nest) and resting

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

14.04 female arrived with moss
male did not recognize her, took a defensive posture (she was masked by huge branch of moss)



14.06 mating

she is often working with nest material, mostly with moss
preening, preening

is is windy, they stay at home (shot 14.48)

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

15.14 male out, 15.16 female too
15.40 she is back - preening, preening and some nest work

15.15 pretty female


(16.54) she noticed his arrival


16.57 male is here, nice singing
16.58 mating and preening, preening

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

17.31 female out
after very long preening, he is doing some nest work - again this blue fiber has come to the surface and resting, resting

handsome male (18.37)

[marika.solo]

Must-toonekurg2::Ciconia nigra https://youtu.be/Do5wJsjJGgU

19.35 female arrived, nice greetings ritual (I like it)



female is working with moss, male stand up

19.36 (very) short dancing - no mating (maybe second time today)
19.46 mating (most probably not successfully)

maybe because she coughs and/or sneezes (every day, but now not in the good time )

edit:
night resting side by side (22:55:55)