LITHUANIA

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(pooped near the trunk)

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female probably already noticed someone

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and immediately out (I think the stork basically didn't touch the nest)


photo by Ausra Zilinskiene (here: viewtopic.php?p=28168#p28168)

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long neck - what she see?


(she pooped - stress)

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she was longer and more forceful in scaring off (is Dr. Strazds's assumption that the females are the owners of the nest valid?)



is this already our pair on this nest?


dancing and mating

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- time for preening

(the right wing of the female)


- the female avoids the next mating attempt; she seems to me to be even bigger than the male and during the previous mating she did not stand, but moved with the male on her back (probably it was not a successful mating); after mating she raised her bill high - I've never seen that before (he bowed like male storks do after mating)

after this attempt (male in foreground)


no preening, nibbling only walking around the male

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- 12.56 - she started nibbling him, male immediately stand up and next mating attempt - no succes
- preening follows

who is there


they watch something carefully

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- 13.04 he started dancing, she walked away (male pooped)
- she is resting, he often preens his feathers
- 13.08 next attempt to mating



- preening (both)

- and next attempt, she again walked quickly away

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something dont work between them now (the female does not behave typically)





13.17 he stand up and again settled down


13.19 again up a flew away

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13.21 he was back singing, after short while flew out again
13.23 he is back and is singing loudly, again out
13.24 singing back, out not the right, but in opposite direction to our view


13.33.55 male is singing back
- he is waiting, observing the surrounding
13.36 out, 13.38 in
13.42 out, 13.43.36 back - again loudly singing with fanned tail feathers - 13.43.50 female arrived




- she is preening herself staying very close to him, he is sitting to 13.47 than he is preening himself