Jõgeva County (Jan and Janika)

[Adria]

10.23.14 - Male is back


Preening, adjustment of the nest
10.46 - male lies


10.48 - he got up and calls

10.50 - male flew away
11.17 - male is back


11.18 - male calling
11.23 - male calling

11.24 - male flew away

[Adria]

11.27 - male is back and calling


11.28 - male calling
11.29 - male calling
11.30 - again calling
11.34 - again calling


11.57 - male lies
12.02 -he got up and calls
He was preparing the nest and calling before flying away.

12.19 - male flew away

[Adria]

12.44 - male is back and calling


12.49.50 - sees someone and takes a threatening position


12.54 - PS outside the nest
12.54.45 - male flew away

[Adria]

13.16.21 - male is back and calling


13.18.27 - he laid down
13.18.46 - male stood up
13.21.32 - he laid down
13.25.10 - male stood up
13.45 - male flew away

[Madli]

I get the feeling that something is not right with this nest. Very often we see the visiting storks take threatening positions and acting like something disturbs them...

[Adria]

I get the feeling that something is not right with this nest. Very often we see the visiting storks take threatening positions and acting like something disturbs them...

It would like , field survey. Maybe a predator has a nest nearby .

[Adria]

21.21 - night vision, empty nest

[Madli]

30 April

Hello

The nest was emty at night

10.02 A stork lands on the nest and is immediately attacked by a raptor- Goshawk? The stork immediately flies away.
It all happens so fast that I can only get these blurry images.






Now we probably know what caused all this stress in the visiting storks.
Unfortunately, this is not a safe nest

Video

[marika.solo]

- in breeding season all birds are very, very territorial (I saw in one RS how white stork male killed another white stork in rescue station in the breeding time because this stork walked "near" their nest)
- this time they don't want potential predators around them: raven - eggs, goshawk - chicks, marten - eggs and chicks, WTE is the most dangerous for eggs, chicks and some times also for adults (but black storks are excellent fliers, they manoeuvrer well even in forests due to their wing structure)

[marika.solo]

10.02.15 out in hurry


12.17.02 back singing


12.18.55 who is flying there?


it is very windy day - the camera is shaking