Hello to everyone, hello to Eva and Pawel,

I am glad that there is also this part about black storks now. They differ even more from the white storks than one believes at first and it is nice to have a comparison.

Last year I have observed the BS-Cam in Estonia, but, unfortunately, this year the female has  remained  from, so that there will be there no nesting activities.

Ostatnio edytowany przez Su (2009-05-09 07:28:03)

Hi Everybody!

On Czech website, but with English summary, you can find very interesting article by Dr Frantisek Pojer from “Ochrana prirody” No 4/2009 magazine:

“Do Our Black Storks Nest in Our Country? Black Stork Monitoring in the Czech Republic: the Most Recent Findings“

In the Czech Republic, 2,084 Black Storks (Ciconia nigra) were banded with colour rings in 1994–2008. Some hundreds of recoveries and findings have been obtained, particularly from migration, far less from the breeding season. 28 birds with rings were found on their nests, other six adults were observed in suitable habitats during the breeding season.

The average distance from place of birth to residence sites is 104 km (n=32). One third (34%) of birds nested within 30 km from their places of birth, more than half of them, namely 56 %, settled within 60 km, while sharply three quarters of the birds studied dispersed for nesting within 120 km. The map No. 2 shows sites where storks were ringed and where they nested as well as the direction of their dispersal from places of birth. It is clear that birds move in all directions, with any relation hardly to be found. From five birds which have settled at the longest distance from their places of birth, four moved to west and one to south. Therefore, the effect of sex in Back Storks on the distance of settling from the place of birth is debated. Six males nested maximally some dozens of kilometres from their places of birth, while on the contrary the only female breed at a distance of 245 km. It would suggest, that similarly to some other raptors and also to the White Stork (Ciconia ciconia), Black Stork males display stronger relations to their places of birth and settle more closely to them. The average age in a nesting individual was calculated at 4.8 years at the first reporting of the breeding bird. Some storks nested repeatedly, in up to seven consequent years. When including all such nestings, the average age is, of course, higher, reaching 5.6 years. The youngest bird bred exceptionally as two-year-old, while the oldest was 12 years old. Three and six-year old Black Storks were the most common as breeders (Fig. 4).”

For mentioned figures, very good photos and original text in Czech see: http://www.casopis.ochranaprirody.cz/Vy … cerni.html

best regards
PaweÂł T. Dolata
PwG OTOP
www.pwg.otop.org.pl
www.bociany.ec.pl

From the  Estonian forum Looduskalender I would like to post  the link to the Migration map there, where you will get informations (about others) about seven tagged (with a GPS sender) Black Storks  which are breeding in Estonia and now are on their way, or even arrived at their winter habitat. Please go and look yourself, where are they now these seven Black Storks:

Raivo
Priidu
Tomas
Valdur
Oss
Pirsui
Leida

October 5 2010

Our Black Stork Valdur arrived to fish ponds in Jordan Valley. There he usually stops for couple of weeks, before further trip to Ethiopia.

Also Black Storks Leida, Pirsu and Priidu have left stop over sites and fly southward.

Ostatnio edytowany przez Brit (2010-10-13 13:11:50)

Hello!

A review of all projects of Black Stork Ciconia nigra colour ringing in Europe, summarized by Belgian ornithologist Dirk Raes under auspicia of EURING union, you can find on www.cr-birding.be - you must choose Ciconiidae Storks in the second line of first, big table, and then Black Stork of course.

Colour ringing projects of this species are running now in at least such European countries: Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia and Spain.

best regards
PaweÂł T. Dolata
South Wielkopolska Group of Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (Bird Life International partner in Poland) www.pwg.otop.org.pl
www.bociany.ec.pl - "Close to Storks" nest camera of White Storks in Przygodzice

Hello!

Here is an original English abstract from my article about Black Stork ringing in our part od Poland, published in the Czech Republic and in Czech language as a part of proceedings of the same, last month (22-24 October 2010) international conference, organised by the East-Czech Branch of Czech Ornithological Society (VÈP ÈSO):

Dolata P.T. 2010. Výsledky kroužkovåní èåpÚ èerných Ciconia nigra v jižní èåsti Velkopolska (zåpadní Polsko) v letech 2001-2010. (Results of Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) ringing in south part of Wielkopolska (W Poland) in 2001-2010). In: Vrånovå S. (ed.). Metody a výsledky výzkumu ptaèích populací V. Sborník abstraktÚ z celoståtní ornitologickÊ konference k 35. výroèí založení VýchodoèeskÊ poboèky ÈeskÊ spoleènosti ornitologickÊ 22.-24.10.2010. VÈP ÈSO, Pardubice: 12-13.

"Results of Black Stork Ciconia nigra ringing in south Wielkopolska (W Poland) in years 2010-2010
In 2001-2010 182 Black Stork nestlings were marked by metal rings (20 mm high): till 2007 on tarsus, since 2008 on tibia. Moreover, 170 birds received plastic rings (33 mm high): on the second leg, on tibia always: 7 green in 2001-2002, 163 white ones in 2003-2010. Till 01.09.2010 I received 53 recoveries about 31 birds (plastic rings resightings, except one electrocuted bird from Slovakia), from: Poland (5 about 4 birds), Germany (2), Hungary (3), Switzerland (1), Slovakia (1), and Israel (41 about 13 birds). One female in 7 cy were observed on 26.03.2010 on the nest in northern Hungary, and one bird in 5 cy with a family on 15.08.2009, 420 km SE and 189 km NE from the natal places, respectively.”

best regards
PaweÂł T. Dolata
South Wielkopolska Group of Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (Bird Life International partner in Poland) www.pwg.otop.org.pl
www.bociany.ec.pl - "Close to Storks" nest camera of White Storks in Przygodzice

Pawe³ T. Dolata napisał:

Hello!

Here is a short, but very interesting abstract of the article by František Pojer and Monika Jindrovå about Black Stork numbers in the Czech Republic, from just ended VÈP ÈSO conference:

Pojer F., JindrovĂĄ M. 2010. Poèetnost èåpa èernĂŠho v ÈR – odhady a model. [The Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) numbers in the Czech Republic – estimation and modeling]. In: VrĂĄnovĂĄ S. (ed.). Metody a vĂ˝sledky vĂ˝zkumu ptaèích populacĂ­ V. SbornĂ­k abstraktĂš z celostĂĄtnĂ­ ornitologickĂŠ konference k 35. vĂ˝roèí založenĂ­ VĂ˝chodoèeskĂŠ poboèky ÈeskĂŠ spoleènosti ornitologickĂŠ 22.-24.10.2010. VÈP ÈSO, Pardubice: 39.

Abstract – oral presentations
Based on outputs of national-wide counts, inventories and mappings as well as on analysis of ringing data, the Black Stork ([i]Ciconia nigra) numbers in the Czech Republic were estimated at 319 breeding pairs in 1994, 375 in 2004 respectively. The carrying capacity of the landscape in the country was modelled using various parameters: it is suggested that 524 Black Stork breeding pairs can inhabit the whole Czech Republic's territory.[/i]

All papers from the conference, in Czech with English abstracts, you can take from: http://www.vcpcso.cz/archiv/konference/ … e_2010.pdf

best regards
PaweÂł T. Dolata
South Wielkopolska Group of Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (Bird Life International partner in Poland) www.pwg.otop.org.pl
www.bociany.ec.pl - "Close to Storks" nest camera of White Storks in Przygodzice

Research and ringing of the Black Stork nestlings in Germany 2011

I have a great pleasure to invite You on the very interesting webpage of Carsten Rohde, German specialist in the Black Stork, when he described very good season of this species research and ringing in Germany. Carsten travelled 5500 km across Germany and ringed 187 young Black Storks from 52 nests. Further 21 youngs were ringed by the other German ornithologist. This is yearly record for Germany!

Very nice pictures of adults and youngs are also included:

http://blackstorknotes.blogspot.com/201 … rmany.html

best regards
PaweÂł T. Dolata
South Wielkopolska Group of Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (Bird Life International partner in Poland) www.pwg.otop.org.pl
www.bociany.ec.pl - "Close to Storks" nest camera of White Storks in Przygodzice

Interesting, scientific-popular article about Black Stork in Poland:

http://www.nauka.gov.pl/scientific-rese … ack-stork/

Click on blue words on the end of article Ornithologist with a black stork chick. Photo: PAP/Tomasz Wojtasik
to see me measuring young Black Stork’s bill during ringing them by the team of PwG OTOP and foresters in South Wielkopolska

Best regards,
PaweÂł T. Dolata
PoÂłudniowowielkopolska Grupa OgĂłlnopolskiego Towarzystwa Ochrony PtakĂłw
South Wielkopolska Group of the Polish Society for the Protection of Birds – BirdLife International partner in Poland www.pwg.otop.org.pl
„Close to Storks“ project from the nest in Przygodzice www.bociany.ec.pl