Eva

http://www.bociany.ec.pl  

Hello!

We want to invite you for the Polish White Stork nest observation by Internet, on www.bociany.ec.pl or streaming option - www.bociany.ittv.pl. We  hope you will found it interesting to see our Storks family.
Now is 4th year with the monitoring by camera Internet with our "Close to Storks" project.

About our project you can read by pdf article from the book "White Stork in Poland". The author of the text is Paweł T. Dolata - "Close to Storks" project coordinator:  http://www.pwg.otop.org.pl/pdf/stork_dolata1.pdf

Dolata P. T. 2006. “Close to Storks” – a project of on-line monitoring of the White Stork Ciconia ciconia nest and potential use of on-line monitoring in education and research. In: Tryjanowski P., Sparks T. H., Jerzak L. (red.). The White Stork in Poland: studies in biology, ecology and conservation. Bogucki Wyd. Nauk., Poznań: 437-448.

Also you can read more news about uor White Storks at polish forum where now is a small english part:
http://bocianyzprzygodzic.pun.pl/viewtopic.php?pid=13288#p13288

http://bocianyzprzygodzic.pun.pl/viewtopic.php?id=394

I hope you will have nice time and nice observations. How is interest in your country about this project, you can see on the map and flags in the down part of www.bociany.ec.pl main page.

More about us you can read also in the text down from our project coordinator - Mr Paweł T. Dolata
Best regards
Eva Stets
South Wielkopolska Group of Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (PwG OTOP)


White Stork nest in Poland in Internet – “Close to Storks” project

The „Close to Storks” project, based on the White Stork’s nest observation by Internet, is conducted since March 2006 by the South Wielkopolska Group of Polish Society for the Protection of Birds – BirdLife International partner in Poland. Monitored nest is located in Przygodzice village (51.35 N, 17.49 E) in Wielkopolska region, near the border of „Barycz Valley” Landscape Park and Special Protected Area of Natura 2000 European ecological network.
The aim of the project is show to the public the nesting period of the White Stork - species which is a non-formal sign of Poland (Polish population - about 40.000 breeding pairs - represents 20% of the total world population). The project’s title means not only technical possibility of non-stop, close monitoring of the nest, but also establishing the emotional relation of the observers with the storks.
The camera has absolutely no influence for the stork’s behaviour and does not interrupt their life. In 2006-2009 seasons the storks laid 5 eggs, in 2006-2008 - 3, 2 and 4 nestlings left the nest.
Online transmission is realized in several options to choose from according to observers’ needs and technical possibilities. Transmission with the view refreshed every 7 seconds is available on www.bociany.ec.pl, on www.bociany.ittv.pl – the streaming view (25 frames per second), and also the streaming view for mobile phones (20 frames per second) is accessible.
The number of transmission viewers was estimated for 1.5, 3 and 5 millions in 2006-2008, coming from more than 100 countries each year. Besides Poland, the biggest numbers were from: United Kingdom, Germany and France from Europe; USA, China and from the rest of the world.
On 2nd June 2008 the www.bociany.ec.pl site came first in worldwide www.birdingtop500.com ranking, now is on fifth position. Media also show their great interest in the project. Since 2006 summer „Close to Storks” Meeting is organized, and since 2007 the discussion forum site www.bocianyzprzygodzic.pun.pl is active, with a part in English also.
Now everybody can observe five freshly hatched (between 15th and 20th May) nestlings and their feeding by earthworms by the parents.

Paweł T. Dolata
„Close to Storks” project co-ordinator
PwG OTOP; p.dolata@op.pl

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[ 本帖最后由 Eva 于 2010-4-25 00:57 编辑 ]

Eva

http://www.bociany.ec.pl  


In text up We was writing about our White Storks in Poland, in Przygodzice village. May be you see it on from our nest cam Anyway

I must to tell you that from Friday, 29 May 2009 change the number of or chicks. We lost one from our storks (the small, last one).
You can see more here:  http://www.bocianyzprzygodzic.pu ... hp?pid=15769#p15769

Another our small stork died at 31 V 2009. That is Nature...We hope for the tree to be good.

Best regards to all
Eva Stets
PwG OTOP

在波兰Przygodzice village里所发现的白鹳有最新消息, 其中一只自29/5/09便失踪了; 而另外一只则于31/5/09 去世了。毕竟这是大自然的规律, 实在是无可避免的。大家可以在此网站浏览详情:    http://www.bocianyzprzygodzic.pu ... hp?pid=15769#p15769

[ Last edited by Eva at 2009-6-1 15:03 ]

Eva

http://www.bociany.ec.pl

As I write up - the last days was difficult for our nest. If somebody from you was looking live www.bociany.ec.pl  at Monday (1 VI 2009), you can know how it was.
On the 1st June, was very close to happen next big problem in our nest, which, fortunately, had been avoided. Late afternoon, at 17:25, mum brought to the nest a long, thin patch of skin. Two chicks tried to eat the skin strip, each from the other end. None of them could take the remaining part from the other, or to cough up the part that was stuck in his throat. In this way, the chicks were joined together for more than two and a half hours and there existed a serious threat of suffocation.

Pawel Dolata, the project coordinator  and Wojtek Kaźmierczak, helped by the firefighters with their fire engine equipped with lift, carried out very rapid rescue action at 20:00. Pawel and Wojtek entered into the nest and two chicks got relief from the unfortunate food. They also have removed the dead chick from the nest.

You can read (and see) more about here at link:  http://www.bocianyzprzygodzic.pu ... hp?pid=16244#p16244

Down is some photos from that evening (photos by Eva Stets).

在1/6/09下午17:25, 白鹳妈妈把一条皮带回鸟巢里, 其中两只幼鸟尝试把它吃掉, 各自从两端开始吃。结果牠们 都无法吃到最后一部分, 还卡住了喉咙接近两个小时, 面对窒息的危险。于是Pawel Dolata寻找消防员的协助, 于晚上20:00拯救了这两只小白鹳。大家可以在此网站浏览详情: http://www.bocianyzprzygodzic.pu ... hp?pid=16244#p16244

  

   

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[ Last edited by Eva at 2009-6-27 11:00 ]

Eva

http://www.bociany.ec.pl

Hi!

The last days the weather in Poland is not so nice for our  Storks, with rein and cold is difficult time...but the  tree small going well and it is good.
They are now very bigger than 10 days ago, stay on the legs (sometime not so good), but they try to do it very well. You can see big differences in the photo - and this what is good that now they will change day by day as well you can see at:  http://www.bociany.ec.pl

Best regards
Eva Stets

虽然最近的天气很冷和下雨, 但三只小白鹳都很健康, 现在牠们已经比十日前大, 可以尝试自己用脚站起来, 从照片中可看到牠们的成长过程。大家亦可以在此网站浏览详情: http://www.bociany.ec.pl

  

  

Eva

www.bociany.ec.pl

Hi!

The time is going so quickly and now our storks change so much from the small storks one moth ago.
Few days before our Naming Contest was ended and we choose the names for them.
Three names that have received the largest number of votes, from among ten names selected by the project team, are:

Zosia,  Barycz,  Czwartak

- Zosia (Zofia) is traditional Polish name for girl, Zofia's day is 15th May, when first two small was hatched.

- Barycz is the name of the river (tributary to Oder) near Przygodzice, their wet meadows are feeding our stork. Barycz Valley is important Bird Area and Special Protected Area of Natura2000 ecological network.

- Czwartak means the fourth nestling (according to the time of birth from all 5 hatched), but it was also the name for very brave and famous soldiers of 4th Infantry Regiment during November Uprising against tsar's Russia in 1830-1831.


We hope at Saturday 27 VI 2009, about 12.00 (time in Poland) to ring and measure our storks (depend the weather may be on Sunday).

So we invite you to see it on-line in : http://www.bociany.ec.pl page.


With best regards from
Paweł T. Dolata
South Wielkopolska Group of the Polish Society for the Protection of Birds (PwG OTOP)
coordinator of „Close to Storks” PwG OTOP project




[ Last edited by Eva at 2009-6-27 11:01 ]

Eva

www.bociany.ec.pl

Hi, everyone, once more!
  
Our three young storks: Zosia, Barycz, and Czwartak, were ringed on 27 VI 2009. The ringing action started shortly after 12 AM (CET). It could be carried thanks to the help of local volunteer fire-fighting unit, which agreed to share their car (together with the crew) with the special “crane”. However, there was a danger that the fire engine may be mired down in the wet meadow ground, because for many days there were heavy rains in Poland. But, fortunately, everything went smoothly.

The project coordinator, Pawel T. Dolata, who is also the professional bird ringer, approached to the nest on the crane and took down all storklets. Just before that, the parent gone on the nearby roof and from there watched the event.

On the ground storks were weighed, measured (beaks and wings), and then black-white rings, ELSA type, were attached to their legs over knees. Ringing has been done on the ground under the nest, because it is safer for young storks, and it is much easier to check if any dangerous things there are in the nest - strings, fishing line, etc. When all these operations were completed, storklets had been taken to the nest again, and for some time they still played to be "dead". The action lasted 31 minutes and after next 25 minutes adult stork joined her children.

More photos you can see here (page 1 and 2): http://www.bocianyzprzygodzic.pu ... hp?pid=17632#p17632
  
To see a short videos from the how it was you can click:  here


From several days all three storklets actively exercise their wings preparing for their first flights. Time passes quickly and soon they begin to fly, and in the first decade of August they leave the nest to fly to Africa.

Welcome to watch them with us on http://www.bociany.ec.pl/ !

Best regards
Eva Stets & Lucyna Ciesielska



[ 本帖最后由 Eva 于 2009-6-28 05:43 编辑 ]

[ Last edited by Eva at 2009-6-28 21:36 ]

Eva

Strange White stork in our nest   www.bociany.ec.pl

Hi!

The last two nights (14/15 and 15/16 July) we have very strange and interesting situation – one adult, alien stork spent these nights on the monitored nest in Przygodzice, together with 3 our nestlings, when both their adults stayed all the nights on the neighbouring chimney, their normal summer roosting place. In both mornings alien stork flow away from the nest in early morning, polish time (15.7 on 4.12 am, 16.7 on 4.40 am), after attacks of young and adult storks.

According to the ELSA type ornithological ring number (resighted by the telescope this morning by Janina Bartuzi, Wojtek Kaźmierczak and me), we know that alien stork is an adult stork called „Aggressor” with interesting story – it unsuccessfully attacked our nest in April, after the beatting by one of our adults  and falling on the roof under the nest was injured in the breast and wing. After veterinary consultation by Vet. Dr Stanisław Kempa and a first trying of releasing, „Aggressor” spend two weeks of rehabilitation on the garden od Dr Kempa in Ostrów Wielkopolski town (ca 8 km N from Przygodzice), with two other storks unable to fly. Dr Kempa is delivering them the food, but they are free in the garden. „Aggressor” flow away itself from the garden on 15th May.

As we see, he return to Przygodzice nest as the „Guest” more than „Aggressor” now

Let's observe our nest this and the next nights, maybe Guest/Aggressor will come to the nest too!

Best regards
Paweł T. Dolata
Coordinator of „Close to Storks” PwG OTOP project


Few more words to last post up:

The Aggressor don't come the last two nights to our nest, so as you can see - the storks are quite. We cannot to know if the strange stork will come back again (but it is possible).

Down is some photos how they try to throw the strange, adult stork. It was at 16 VII early morning.
You can see also the action in short video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccBWnqEJaCw

By the way - our youngs is ready to fly. They are now in 10 week from the day when first was hatched. So is good to try to see them, may be you will have the luck to see the first fly of them.

Best regards
Eva Stets

   

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[ Last edited by Eva at 2009-7-19 10:35 ]

Eva

http://www.bociany.ec.pl

Hi one more time!

19 July 2009, after 12.00 PM we note our storks to fly for first time. It was really a short time flight, but the bird was out from the nest more than 2 minutes.
For longer time flights we are waiting day by day to see slowly all the storks to fly and after...empty nest.
Enjoy them in: http://www.bociany.ec.pl  as they are stil in the nest.

Best regards
Eva Stets  

P.S.
1 - Some photos from the initial flights you can see here: http://bocianyzprzygodzic.pun.pl/viewtopic.php?pid=18422#p18422
2 - On 19 July the Aggressor came at the evening but one from the parents throw him out quickly immediately.
3 - Down are photos taken on 20 July, when the youngs try to test their wings strenth.
  
       

Eva

www.bociany.ec.pl

Hi!

To finish our strork story from Przygodzice for 2009.

Here are a few infos about some significant events of the end of the 2009 season.

19th July – the first flight of one of the young storks.

25th July – all the storklets were flying (the nest was empty for a longer time).

1st and 2nd August – the meeting (rally) of enthusiasts of storks was held in Przygodzice, in which, in addition to the organizers and speakers, many storks’ fans from different parts of  Poland participated. Below, a link to the gallery PWG OTOP, where one can see photos from the rally: http://www.pwg.otop.org.pl/galer ... bum=100&start=0

9th August – early morning two young storks were seen in the nest for the last time. Then, they probably joined other youngsters from    various local nests gathering somewhere on the meadow in a large group before leaving for Africa.

25th August – at 7:51 - the last (adult) stork, flew away

Down one photo, from Poland, from our meeting in Przygodzice.

Best regards to all from our team



[ Last edited by Eva at 2009-9-27 01:53 ]

[ 本帖最后由 Eva 于 2010-4-25 00:56 编辑 ]

Eva

Welcome to the new season 2010 of the "Close-to-Storks" Project.   www.bociany.ec.pl


In the evening, on March 24, a couple of storks came to our nest - some days earlier than in previous seasons.

One of the storks has a black ring above the right knee. At the first mating, which occured very quickly, it turned out that the ringed stork is a male. This is certainly not a male from the previous year, who had no ring.

It is possible that the new male is an “Aggressor”, who last year tried to take over the nest (unsuccessfully). In the struggle he was injured (fortunately not too seriously), and he could not fly. Local vet cured and released him after several days. During convalescence of the stork coordinator of the project, mr Pawel T. Dolata  ringed him above the right knee with a black ring "ELSA"-type (as distinct from the young storks, which are was ringed above the left knees). Two times more the same intruder appeared in the nest to spend the night together with the frightened young storks; in that time they were almost ready to fly. For some reason, he delighted this nest especially.

But as long as the ring is not read, we can not be absolutely sure that this is the same stork.

Pictures of our two storks as well as short videos can be seen here and here


It seems that the new couple decided to stay in our nest for the present breeding season.

We invite everyone to observe events in our stork-nest on our website: www.bociany.ec.pl .

Best regards from the team of the "Close to Storks" project



[ Last edited by Eva at 2010-3-29 20:28 ]