POLAND Nests in Świętokrzyskie Province (monitoring with MMS)

[marika.solo]

Happy Ester for All!

Thank you!

Wesołych Świąt Wielkanocnych!
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[karolparkitny]

Fast report from terrain

First eggs on nests:

• Ruszcza 2024/04/09 night - first time visible 2 psc.

• Kaczka 2024/04/10 night - first time visible 1 egg

End waiting for rest pairs...

[karolparkitny]

OK, I catch now some time to update whoooole data after few weeks outside house and typical workflow.
Let's start from Babski Las nest. This point wasn't occupied by Black stork family in current sezon, but other visitors take also my attention:

• Eurasian nuthatch - Sitta europaea
  

• Common blackbird - Turdus merula
  

• Great tit - Parus major
  

• Great spotted woodpecker - Dendrocopos major
  

• Eurasian blue tit - Cyanistes caeruleus
  

• European robin - Erithacus rubecula
  

• Red squirrel - Sciurus vulgaris
  

Those are only "emergency" data we received via review MMS messages from device installed on this point. I suppose in RAW data on SD card will be much more recorded interesting visits on this nest. By the way it's good to remember than such kind of "natural habitat points" aren't belong to only one kind. After this kind introduction back to focus on black storks!

[karolparkitny]

On the Chrustowice nest point situation looks different then in Babski Las, but not as we would like to see:

• sezon start from pigeons visiting...
  

• right after that proper nest owner ocurre (mentioned in elier post)
  

• this is marked bird, it will be possible to proper check from RAW data recorded on SD card
  

• few days later probably there was a struggle on nest
  

• it's impossible to tell now which bird stay for next night on nest, RAW data will reveal does it has ring mark on leg
  

• next pictures shows only single stork, sometimes ring is clearly visible, soemetimes not...
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  But there aren't any signs of egs or even incubation. For me is hard to say what happen exact on this portion of data.

[karolparkitny]

On the Kaczka nest all's go well:

• on 2024/03/28 present one bird at day
  

• at next night recorded pair of storks
  

• situation without changes from 2024/03/29
  

• 1st egg on 2024/04/10 (+/- one day according to delay with MMS sending - this applies to all this kind data)
  

• 2nd egg on 2024/04/12*
  

• 3rd egg on 2024/04/13*
  

• 4th egg on 2024/04/16*
  

• no more eggs fro this pair - last pic showing full nest bowl id from 2024/04/19
  

• incubation in way...
  

On 2024/04/21 we received last picture according to empty prepay account on SIM card of this device. We will fill it up probably closer to June before ringing time.

[karolparkitny]

On Pawęzów nest all is going probably well according to recieved pics:

• pair present on 2024/04/02
  

• on 2024/04/09 probably preparation to eggs lying
  
  
  

• and on 2024/04/14 incubation start
  

For this nest we meet similar situation like on Kaczka, prepaid SIM card is empty and next data we will try to obtain at end of May and first days of June.

[karolparkitny]

On Ruszcza nest... nice and with "ordnung"

• nest still occupied by single bird
  

• pair of birds first time noticed on 2024/03/28
  

• both birds present at night on nest
  
  
  

• 2 eggs in nest (no direct data with fist and second received via MMS review
  

• ~3 eggs in nest
  

• start of incubation from 2024/04/13
  

End of data transfer at 2024/04/14.

[karolparkitny]

On Rzemienowice situation at sezon start looks also quite strange. Till 2024/03/29 nest probably wasn't visited by black storks and suddenly:

• first MMS message from 2024/03/29 with fight recorded
  

• after that over long time on nest was present single bird
  
  
  
  
  

• on 2024/04/11 message with 2 eggs
  

• from 2024/01/12 incubation...
  

• on 2024/04/13 small surprise - 3 eggs
  

• on 2024/04/16 BIG surprise - 5 eggs!
  

Probably according to camera view setup MMS review don't catch second bird at once. Overall it's looks very promising.

[karolparkitny]

According to data received from Szczeka nest, I could only say it's just model example:

• first visit
  

• pair on nest
  

• nest preparation for sezon
  
  
  
  
  

• egg laying and incubation
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• 4 eggs reveal
  

• full incubation
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

This nest point was chosen by Krzysztof for observation base. Probably we will sustain MMS review from Szczeka till young birds leave nest. I will try to publish all data we receive from this point in MMS reviews.