Latvian black storks - 2025

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Latvian black storks - 2025

welcome to the new topic for the new year 2025!


Liz will make an introduction for the topic.

please wait till she has finished and then the topic will be free.

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ame, thank you so much

Happy season 2025

Information about the nest

The nest is located in Vizdeme, Ogre Municipality. Vizdeme comes from the words "Vidus" and "zeme" hat means middle country. From a current point of view, when Livonia is spoken of, it usually means the current Vidzeme region.


Ogre Municipality

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According to the information available to Māris Strazds , the black stork nesting area here has been known since at least 2003, however, this nest was only found in January 2021.

The nest may have been built in 2010 after the previous nest was abandoned.
- In the previous nest in this area, one of the adult birds was ringed.

2021 there were no chicks, in nest
2022 three young birds were successfully hatched.
2022 both nesting adult birds were ring less.
2023 there were no chicks. Adults were ring less
2024 Urga and Ogris raised 4 healthy chicks. All were ringed. The parents are without rings

All Latvian Camera at once 2025:
https://uldissakne0.wixsite.com/putni-online-2025

Camera Live stream:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUB7rvets7o

The address of the Youtube may sometimes change. If this should happen the new address can be found by making a search Melnais stārķis' in the Youtube. The link to the Camera, as well as the other the live cameras of Latvia's Nature Fund LDF (Latvijas dabas fonds), can also be found here:
Latvijas Dabas fonds on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/@LatvijasDabasfondsOnline

Link to Dabasdati forum for further information (in Latvian language):
https://forums.dabasdati.lv/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=4403


The live stream shows nature to viewers as it is. With beautiful moments and with the harshness of nature.
The organizers of the live broadcast do not interfere with natural processes, except when birds are harmed as a result of human activity.

Age determination of black stork
https://www.looduskalender.ee/forum/vie ... 70#p936670

Mr. Black Stork [English subtitles] - Melnā stārķa kungs
Mr. Black Stork or Maris Strazds has been studying these beautiful birds and their behavior for forty years. It’s interesting to note that his love and relationship with these beautiful birds is longer than his relationship with his wife.
More than half of his life following black storks, Māris is aware that due to deforestation, the number of these birds in Latvia is rapidly approaching zero.

Melnā stārķa kungs jeb Māris Strazds šos skaistos putnus un to uzvedību pēta jau četrdesmit gadus. Interesanti piebilst, ka viņa mīlestība un attiecības ar šiem skaistajiem putniem ir senākas nekā attiecības ar viņa sievu.
Vairāk kā pusi no savas dzīves sekojot melnajiem stārķiem, Māris apzinas, ka mežu izciršanas rezultātā, šo putnu skaits Latvijā strauji sāk tuvoties nullei.




𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗡𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 ~ 𝗖𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗻𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮


𝗕𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀: 𝗔 𝗦𝘂𝗿𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 | 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗗𝗼𝗰𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲

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Inhabitants

The couple is named Ogris & Urga


Male: Ogris


Ogris was on the nest last 2023 too


viewtopic.php?p=902247#p902247

Female: Urga


May 12th. 2023 Ogris returned to his nest
viewtopic.php?p=899794#p899794

Comparison Male /Female last in 2023. 2024 Female is a different one
posting.php?mode=edit&p=921524#preview

How to distinguish male and female
viewtopic.php?p=716955#p716955

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Moulting of black storks
viewtopic.php?p=716956#p716956


Size difference female,male & aging
viewtopic.php?p=716957#p716957

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Chronology of events in 2025:

Arrival
Male: 15.04.2025 at 15:28
viewtopic.php?p=951417#p951417

Female: 22.05.2025 at 13:46
viewtopic.php?p=957857#p957857
Egg laying date

Hatch day:

Disturbances caused by human activity near or under the nest

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Ringing

Maiden flight

Leaving the nest for good

Storklets

Urga

Ogris

names are changed, if other storks comes to this nest! I hope for a successful return of Urga and Orgis.

[Liz01]

Info by Māris Strazds
"1. You CANNOT determine the age of black storks by plumage, including the color of the head, beak and red legs. It is as wise as judging that, say, a person with a crooked nose is older than a person with a short and pointed nose. birds are distinguishable in appearance up to 2 years of age, but then they do not nest.

2. Technically, a bird that has reached nesting age (what are all the ones seen on the cameras) CAN nest. The youngest age at which a young M is known to have laid an egg is a full 2 years (third calendar year). No nesting M dressed as an adult bird is too young to lay an egg.

3. A fertilized egg is not enough for M to lay an egg. Most of the weight and volume of the egg is made up of nutrients, which M must "provide" in a very short time. The egg is formed within 48 hours. If there is not a sufficient amount of high-quality food available at this time, it is possible that the eggs are not formed simply because there is nothing to create them from (but it is known that birds can not nest because they "don't want to", just like people, not all of them have children ). A good indication of how good M's condition is is the length of her dung stream (and settling frequency) – for a well-fed bird, the stream is much longer than 1m (estimation is approximate, based on photo traps and webcam pictures), i.e. taller than his own height. If everything seems fine with that, then there are probably other reasons for not nesting, which cannot be seen in the cameras."

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𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗢𝗙 𝗕𝗟𝗔𝗖𝗞 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗥𝗞𝗦 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗡𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗘 𝗡𝗘𝗦𝗧

First, some comments on bird anatomy and some terms used. The rings are placed above the joint so that they are visible when the bird is feeding while paddling through the water, only the joint is not a "knee" as several commentators wrongly write it. Birds, of course, have a knee like all vertebrates, only it is in the body and not visible. The visible joint is analogous to the mammalian (including human) heel. So, rings for storks are put on the lower leg. The part of the leg that is below the joint is called the stump. So much for anatomy.

Māris Strazds
2024-06-20

Black storks are ringed on the ground so that it is possible to measure them, to determine their age based on measurements (in this nest the age is determined by what is seen live, but in all other nests there is no such possibility) and condition, which is the most important prerequisite for success. The number of chicks in the nest in itself does not mean anything (good) - four weak young birds that can die immediately after leaving the nest or even die in the nest is much worse than one well-fed young bird.

It is the repeated controls of the ringed birds after years that allow the actual success to be established. In this regard, a note about what could be called the "deadly sin" of trying to figure out the parts of the ring number that are not clearly visible (which at least "flooded" in the Youtube chat next to the live screen). Just one such "attempt" discredits the particular observer forever, because one who poems once can never be trusted again. Ring readings are only valid if they are 100% certain - usually if there is a photo where the ring number is clearly legible, or if the ring itself has been removed from the dead bird. If the ring as such is visible, but not readable to the end, then it must be "reported" as such. Clunky ring numbers are not something you should try to "stand out in company".

Secondly, the age of the chicks is counted from the moment when the chick is completely out of the egg until the moment of ringing "for a minute". The condition of the chicks is determined by relating the weight of the specific bird to the average weight curve of the corresponding age for those birds that have successfully grown and reached the age of at least one full year (are alive in the second half of the second calendar year). Since females are about one-tenth lighter, any weight value for females greater than 90% of this control curve is very good. For males, the weight should be 100% or more, but for small babies, it is not always possible to determine the gender by measurements alone. Also, instantaneous weight (what each bird is at the time of ringing) is greatly influenced by how recently and how much he or she has eaten. Therefore, any of these numbers is only a rough indication of the bird's current condition. These numbers are a very strong indication of the impending end if they are well below "normal", but if they are at or above normal, they say essentially nothing. The decryption text could be: Everything is fine FOR NOW.

It should only be remembered that chicks of this age should normally spend at least another 50 days in the nest (preferably more) and during this time a lot can change. Furthermore, even exceptionally good condition throughout the nesting period (if available for a bird) is absolutely no guarantee for it after leaving the nest. What a very good condition gives is a longer reserve of time to find a good feeding place and restore resources. However, if the bird is not successful when it comes to taking care of itself, then he or she may not have enough of any reserves provided by the parents.

https://dabasdati.lv/lv/article/par-mel ... es-ligzda/


Age of departure from the nest without return

Māris Strazds
2024-08-01
I received a message from Māris Stradzs regarding the age of the juveniles' departure from the nest. Average age of successful juveniles whose age is known at departure from nest (without returning there) is 85.1 days (n=15, 77.5-91.6). Only three of those 15 birds have been younger than 80 days, so likely the later juveniles leave the better. The youngest successful bird was Mare, she was 77.5 days at departure (NOT 72!)

Human disturbances & impact on the nest area when the juveniles are already able to fly

Māris Strazds
2024-08-04
Adults do not care humans next to nest tree or near bye while approaching nest with (large) juveniles – most of them seem to approach nest „on autopilot” mode. About once in 10 cases during ringing adults approach nest and feed youngs while we are under nest or even on the tree straight under the nest. A few times adult bird has almost landed on back of my colleague who is IN the nest.

All that said, it is not „innocent” if people frighten birds to the point when they all leave the nest and never return – see my previous email about departure ages. Mean age of birds that leave the nest because of (human; precise cause not known in most cases) disturbance is 76,8 days (67.4-82,6, n=25). Age of this company at the time of my writing is 73,6 (F3), 73,8 (F4), 73,0 (F5) 71,7 (F6). Two of those frightened 25 are younger than the youngest of these four. An important addition to that is – none of those 25 have appeared anywhere afterwards. Some still might (we do have the 1st records of some ringed birds be registered just 10 years after their ringing) but for now they are likely among those that have failed. So I consider significant disturbance this time of year be worse than any other time of breeding season. (Disturbance in early spring may mean there might be no breeding at all, however adults in that case are free and can „enjoy summer” on their own, if it happens now it may mean waste of season, no success plus both adults are exhausted and may have reduced capacity to make it to the next year).

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[Liz01]

𝐃𝐨 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝𝐬' 𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐬 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫?
𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒅𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒈𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒔𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒕𝒐 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒈𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒂𝒍𝒔𝒐 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎-𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒖𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒏𝒐𝒓𝒎𝒂𝒍 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 40 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒔. 𝑰𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒎𝒂𝒄𝒉 𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 35 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔, 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒆𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈 3-5 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒍𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒃𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘 1 𝒅𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒆! 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒊𝒔 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒂𝒔 𝒂 "𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌" 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒔, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒔 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒚 𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒄𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒔 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅. 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒆𝒙𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒕𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 "𝒎𝒊𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒌" 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒗𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒐𝒍𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒇𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒅𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒎𝒔 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏. 𝑺𝒐 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒃𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔. 𝑩𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒅𝒐 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒍𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆𝒂𝒕 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒌𝒆 𝒘𝒆 𝒉𝒖𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒅𝒐. 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒈𝒆𝒕 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒑𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒂𝒓𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒚 𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆, 𝒃𝒆𝒄𝒂𝒖𝒔𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒘𝒂𝒍𝒌 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒓 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒕, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒎𝒆𝒍𝒕. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒂𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒂 𝒔𝒆𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒄𝒆 𝒊𝒏 𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓. 𝑰𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈, 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒅𝒐 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒊𝒓 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒅, 𝒃𝒖𝒕 𝒊𝒕 𝒔𝒆𝒆𝒎𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒆 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒇𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒅, 𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒑 𝒐𝒓 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒑 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈, 𝒂𝒔 𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒚 𝒘𝒂𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒔 𝒅𝒐.

Ringing of black stork chicks in the nest, seen live on the internet, as well as the latest findings in research on increased mortality in black storks.
Video includes part of Ozol's & Zille nest. WTE on the BS nest!

[ame]

thank you Liz!

now all we can do is to wait for the spring!

[Liz01]

January 2nd.

Good Morning Ogres

Winter wonderland

[Liz01]

January 3rd.

Good morning Ogres
Snow and cold are the best prerequisite for the development of new life in spring

[Liz01]

January 13th.

update: lot of snow

This is just wonderful. Enough snow to ensure that the ground is sufficiently wet and the ditches and brooks are full water in the spring. I am delighted

[Liz01]

January 25

the stream is working every now and then -
I can hardly wait. Hopefully everyone will come back healthy

18. January


28.January


Māris Stradzs is processing data on road proximity impact on BS breeding. I have provided the data for 2024.
I will pay close attention to this in 2025

[Liz01]

February 7th.

Hi Ogres

much snow there


Thanks to my Swiss friend for the hint. I actually look every day. But this time I didn't think about it

February 8th.

the camera was still working till 2:26 am

15:31 still snow

[Liz01]

February 12th.

Good Morning Ogres

the camera now is working parts of night and day
The arrival of the Black Beauties is slowly approaching

[Liz01]

February 16th.

Good Morning Ogres

[Liz01]

February 19


Good Morning Ogres

two jays visit the snowy nest

[Polly]

Great pictures Liz!
I keep all fingers crossed for a beautiful and successful season.

[Liz01]

February 20

Good Morning Ogres

Polly thank you! I hope it very much too! The world is becoming increasingly dangerous for our wildlife

it's snowing

[Liz01]

February 22

11:06 a jay visit the nest tree






11:07 he leaves.