Parco Gallipoli - Oliveto Lucano

[marika.solo]

what next? stork is standing up, resting while staying (bill in "chin") and he is moving some twigs

our stork "settled" down (they are on their knees - kneeling)


position changing


and up, calling for her (other female?) - nobody arrived

stork is still standing (resting)

[marika.solo]

11.05 our stork flew away
11.56 someone is back (probably the male - stork is working with twigs)

edit:
how our male is building the nest - the chane
(to the left: yesterday in the evening, to the right: today at 11.05 after the busy morning)




12.33 stork settled down, 12.37 up, 12.44 nest is empty

[marika.solo]

our member Judit asked me on another forum if there was an change of males

you remember on the attack (09.03): video by Judit - long allert https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=11498#p11498 and screenshot by Adriána - the attack https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=11496#p11496
(I wasn't at home at the time and unfortunately there is no rewind)

this possibility is likely and would also explain why we haven't seen mating yet
we see weak courtship behaviour, he didn't start renovating/building the nest structure right away (it can be a young male)

edit:
Adriána, have you see more?

(Adriána will continue in the afternoon or someone else? It will be great!)

[Adria]

I will continue .

Unfortunately, I didn't see any more either, if it had any identifying mark, it would have been possible to recognize it, but to me they were the same. I didn't even know if it was a male or a female that attacked .

But the fact that there has been no mating so far could explain Judit's theory...

[Adria]

14.36 - female flew away

[marika.solo]

both on the nest (14.07)

[marika.solo]

I am again back for a while and one stork is at home too (still or again?)

[marika.solo]

... Unfortunately, I didn't see any more either, ...

You saw only what is on the shot - one stork is attacking the pair on the nest?
Adriána you don't know if all three storks flew out of the nest? Nest left empty? When did the stork come back? Only one?

long alert 12.51 and both out (video - Judit) https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=11498#p11498
attack 15.46 (Adriána) https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=11496#p11496
next shot 17.29 (Marika) https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=11500#p11500 (I wasn't home all afternoon)

[marika.solo]

16.07 both on the nest



And I'm leaving again (and for hours)

[Adria]

... Unfortunately, I didn't see any more either, ...

You saw only what is on the shot - one stork is attacking the pair on the nest?
Adriána you don't know if all three storks flew out of the nest? Nest left empty? When did the stork come back? Only one?

long alert 12.51 and both out (video - Judit) https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=11498#p11498
attack 15.46 (Adriána) https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=11496#p11496
next shot 17.29 (Marika) https://ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?p=11500#p11500 (I wasn't home all afternoon)

During the attack (15.46), one remained on the nest and after a while the nest was already empty. It's hard to say what happened, since anything can happen in 4 to 5 seconds. .