2024-04-15 12:27:16
Now you can watch the care of the first egg live – one of the pair is always in the nest, and the egg is hatched alternately. One by one, the storks go in search of nest material and food.
From time to time, a third stork visits the nest, whose attacks Tuck responsibly repels. The pair of storks continues to mate and the number of eggs in the nest is expected to increase soon.
White storks have been spotted in Latvia this year already at the end of March, the pair settled in the particular nest at the beginning of April.
The natural nesting place of the plovers is trees whose branches or the tops of broken trunks are able to support the weight of the nest (its weight can be even more than 500 kg). Considering the fact that it is not so easy to find trees with suitable branches for nest building, white storks choose electric poles as a man-made and suitable alternative living place. Currently, almost 80% of the white stork population in Latvia nests on power poles.
In order to make nesting safer for both birds and the surrounding residents, as well as to reduce the risks of power outages, “Sadales tīkls” installs metal nest bases in the low-voltage power grid, where safety reasons allow. On the other hand, when dangerous situations are detected, the nests can be removed from the supports for safety reasons. This is done with the permission of the Nature Conservancy and mostly outside the stork nesting season.
If you have the desire and the opportunity to house storks on your property, recommendations for creating an artificial nest base can be found in the brochure “White stork nest bases”, which is available on the website of the Latvian Ornithology Society (LOB) at www.lob.lv. On the other hand, residents can inquire about the purchase and placement of supports or ready-made metal bases at local electrical installation companies.
LDF’s live broadcast can be viewed on the homepage of “Sadales nettas” and on the LDF YouTube channel, as well as on the portal Dabasdati.lv and on the LDF website (in the Live broadcasts section). LDF has been providing live broadcasts of natural events on the Internet for more than 10 years, but this is the first camera whose technical system is installed on an active overhead power line support. In the last decade, live bird watching has gained wide popularity all over the world, and this live broadcast of white storks is also followed by interested people not only from Latvia, but also from other countries.
2024-04-15 12:27:16