Black Stork Nest 2 2025

[Anne7]

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10:00 The male lies down again.

The female preens him for a long time.


It’s raining.
10:34/35 The male briefly gets up, does a PS and lies down again.


10:56 The male gets up again. Mating attempt

[Anne7]

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11:11


11:11 Another mating attempt


They preen themselves.

[Anne7]

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11:25 The male lies down again.

The female stands by his side.
She preens him and also herself. She rests.
It’s raining.


12:43 The male gets up and wants to mate once more.
The female doesn’t agree.

12:46 He insists so the female escapes onto the branch.

[Anne7]

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13:18 They rest, look around and preen


15:31 The female flies out

[Anne7]

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The male is alone at home. He looks quite wet.


15:53 He steps onto the branch.

[Anne7]

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The male preens, oils his feathers and rests


16:21 He observes.


His large eye patches keep confusing me. Is this male #2?

16:21 He flies away.


Empty nest.

The camera constantly goes off and on.

[Anne7]

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18:55 The male is back.
https://up.picr.de/49682824lf.jpeg

He sings


He goes onto the branch…


… and then back on the nest.
He preens.

19:15:40 The male hears or sees something or someone, and flies out in a rush.

[Anne7]

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19:16 A BS is on the nest. I didn’t hear him/her singing, and couldn’t see the landing, so I couldn’t see the wings. (streaming was interrupted)
Raised feathers.






This male(?) looks like Male #2? The eye patch matches.
Male #2 (?) has currently a big loose feather on his right side.
Maybe it's just normal molting.
Or maybe this happened during fights (with Male #1 or Male #3) ?




The key question is:
Is the female currently bonding with a third, completely new male???

Male #2 (?) noticed something on the left and flew off at …? Approximately shortly after 19:27:55 (again, the transmission was interrupted)

[Anne7]

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19:29:02 A male (#3?) arrives on the nest and calls loudly. No gap in the wing and no dangling feather.


19:29:14 The male (with the larger eye patches) looks nervous. Who’s there? What’s going on?


19:29:49 The male flies out again, 47 seconds after his arrival.



Is there again a dispute between 2 males going on?

[Anne7]

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22:26 Night vision switches on. Empty nest.


Good night, everyone.

[Anne7]

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June 3rd

Good morning.
The camera constantly goes off and on.

Nobody was on the nest during the night.

07:42 Male #2 arrives and sings.




The loose feather is gone.

[Anne7]

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07:46 The male steps onto the branch.
He observes, preens, rests

[Anne7]

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08:08 He hops back into the nest


08:09 A good PS

[Anne7]

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Back on the branch

Yes, we see you.




10:50 And off he goes

[Anne7]

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12:16:01 A male flies in and sings


He calls


12:16:11 The female joins him on the nest


Nice greeting

[Anne7]

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Is this male #3??? I think it is.


12:19 He lies down and she preens him.


They bond, rest and preen.

No high resolution images available

[Anne7]

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12:33 There seems to be an unwanted visitor near the nest

Both black storks call and scold.

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It looks like the intruder is gone for now

12:34 The female flies out.


The male observed her departure


12:35 He flies away as well.


Empty nest.
The camera still stutters constantly.

Sorry, no high resolution images available.

[Anne7]

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12:52 A male arrives and sings


He observes the surroundings and preens a bit.
I think this is male #2.
What happened to your plumage?


13:00 He seems to see something, goes onto the branch and flies out.


Empty nest

[Anne7]

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The bad streaming makes it almost impossible to observe and document.
This constant on and off flickering of the camera makes it very tiring to watch

15:18 A black stork is on the nest. I think it might be Male #2 (I can’t rewind any further)


He leaves at 16:16

Pics soon, but it will be a poor quality