Anna, a female Lesser Spotted Eagle, tries to chase a Black Stork away from her nest, as seen in the livestream by the Latvian Fund for Nature (LDF).
The Black Stork has been in the nest since 1 April. He was actively carrying moss and twigs, roosting and waiting for the female, but on Sunday afternoon the nest was visited by its owner Anna, a female Lesser Spotted Eagle. Despite this, the Black Stork spent another night in the nest.
Early on Monday morning, Anna chased the Black Stork out of the nest and started to bring branches to the nest according to her needs, but the Black Stork does not intend to leave the nest and continues to bring moss and stay there. The Black Stork also hit the camera this morning, distorting the image.
LDF’s Live Streaming Project Manager Jānis Ķuze explained that the Lesser Spotted Eagle’s nest is definitely not so suitable for the Black Stork – the nest is relatively narrow, the bird will try to “stretch” it longer and wider outside the central part.
Ķuze admitted that it is not possible to predict with certainty how the life of the Black Stork in the Lesser Spotted Eagle nest will turn out. “Lesser Spotted Eagles may still nest here, but it is unlikely, although not impossible, that Black Storks will nest here,” the ornithologist said four days ago.
The nest seen in the live broadcast is located in the western part of Zemgale. The nest is built in a spruce tree at a height of 17 metres. Its location is typical of a Lesser Spotted Eagle nest – about half of all Lesser Spotted Eagle nests in Latvia are in spruce trees. Judging by the size of the nest and the condition of the material, the nest is at least five years old, according to the LDF.
The live camera at the Lesser Spotted Eagle nest is provided by the LDF within the project “Ensuring the conservation of the Lesser Spotted Eagle in Latvia”, which is financially supported by the LIFE programme of the European Commission and co-financed by the Latvian Environmental Protection Fund administration.
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