Wings grow - Summary from mid-May to mid-June

What has happened in recent weeks in White Storks nests around Europe? Here is a brief summary of some of the nests from mid-May to mid-June.

What did the storks do in their nests in January?

What? If they were at home, mainly stood in the nest and didn't do anything else.
Of course this was just a joke. Or not? :)

#WSWW2019 in January:

• Total number of nests observed: 112
• Total number of observations: 756

When White Storks were observed in one of the nests, they stood in 89.1 percent of the cases. In addition, they often were sitting (12.6%) or preening (10.9%). Rarely observed when the Storks arrived or fly away. For more details look at the graph below.

As most of the working webcams are in Germany, of course, the observations were mostly in german nests.

In January, 88 observation forms were uploaded from Höchstadt's webcam nest! 

The only time that 3 adult Storks were observed in a nest was also here. :)

You can see below how frequent the observations were in  hours of the day, and the Storks presence / absence in the nest.

Summary of the first two months

The blog started 2 months ago, so it's time for a brief summary.

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Already 177 webcams available on the Map, from 14 countries.

White Stork Webcams on the Map
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In January we started collecting the monitoring data and after 20 days we have 534 data in the database. Up to now 101 different webcams have been observed.
Of course, most of the nests are still empty, so the observations are not frequent, but from March this activity will certainly be more interesting.

Some graphs of observations

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New Year, new tool

Just 4 days ago, I wrote about the new map, and as the New Year came, a new tool arrived as well.

If you occasionally or regularly watch one or more webcams, you can upload your observations here. >>

Save at least one snapshot of that webcam (use the PrtSc key and cut the webcam image) and upload it with the data.

Data collection works on voluntary, if you prefer, do not hesitate and join. ;-)

This data collection is already linked to 2nd Goal:

• " Involvement of the community in the observation of White Stork populations. #study #volunteer #CitizenScience "

The header of the data collection form
Clicking will open the form

Saved and properly cut snapshot from Cărpiniș
Clicking will open webcam page

Saved and properly cut snapshot from Höchstadt
Clicking will open webcam page

The Stork presence in the nest, one of the most important questions. 

Observed behaviors and events - You can choose from many options.

You can also view graphs of results.

This table shows data uploaded on the last days.
Click here to view the table in full size.