SPAIN - Tajo

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CHANGE: 12.52 male Natalio arrived
defending behaviour by both
- 12.54 Natalio covered the chicks (and the eggs); Zica is preening herself;
- 13.02 Natalio up and Zica flies away
- some birds (probably geese) are probably very close, Zica has immediately returned, defending behaviour (not very strong) - storklets are awake
- 13.05 Zica out, Nataliou settled and immediately up (he seems to find the proximity of geese unacceptable), settled down (new position)
- 13.06 up, preening, good pooping, aerating, 13.08 down
- 13.10 up, preening (storklets are sleeping); 13.12 aerating the nest bowl, 13.14 settled down

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- storklets are chirping a lot, 13.32 he stand up, moves some moss and feeding is starting

so this is not suitable food for little storklets in this state


the smaller storklet tried to swallow one "thing", the male took the others back


- Natalio carefully collected everything and sat down again at 13.39

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- 14.40 Natalio up, storklets are chirping, he poops and is aerating the nest bowl, moves the nest material, 14.44 self-preening (now the storklets are sillent), 14.46 he settled down
- 14.50 storklets are loudly chirping, Natalio stand up at 14.53, 14.55 feeding started
- both storklets ate something, but it wasn't too much now
-14.57 Natialo ate back the rest and is aerating the nest bowl and at 14.59 covered the chicks and the eggs

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there is nice progress in one egg

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- 15.14 Natalio up, he is aerating the nest bowl, 15.17 settled down - when he rolled the eggs we see next progress in the third egg
- 15.19 again up, down and up - moved one branch and at 15.20 settled down - new position

- 15.31 up, the egg is loudly talking, male is moving the nest material, pooped few and at 15.33 settled back
- 15.56 up, pooping, aerating, storklets are chirping, 15.59 Natalio covered the chicks and the eggs

- 16.02 up, he moves the nest material, storklets are active and Natalio regurgitated the food for them a little far away, but both ate good and the rest Nataliou ate back (the egg is loudly talking, the crack is big)



Natalio moved the "talking egg" and settled down at 16.06

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- 16.17 up. aerating the nest bowl (egg is loudly talking) , he is again moving the same bigger branch, moves the moss and at 16.19 settled down
- 16.47 up, Natalio pooped, moves the nest material, aerates and at 16.49 covered the chicks and the eggs

the shell separates (moves) and we see the storklets inside

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- 16.52.58 up,

16.54.38 is the whole storklet Nr3 out of the egg shell and male https://i.postimg.cc/qvJvn3hP/settled down

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- 16.57.33 Natalio stand up, is moving some nest material and at 16.58.12 settled down
- up and after shot while (aerating) again down at 17.00
- 17.03 next standing, aerating, and back incubating at 17.04
- 17.15 Natalio is standing, aerating, pooping, 17.17 down

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- 17.49 up, aerating, he is observing the youngest one , aerating, moving the moss and down at 17.55



- 18.08 aerating, 18.11 down (he observed if Zica is comming - it seems so)

rewind is not cooperating and it is really to late (it is not complete documentation for 20.04)

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reserved (more in the late afternoon)

- 20.18


FEEDING 20.19 (2)

- 20.12
- 22.31

(and dark)