Black Stork - Ciconia Nigra

- this way it really dont work


- Zica moves and Natalio slips

- some tenderness / helping with preening


-11:37 next approaching - Zica is not ready yet
- Zica is resting, later preening (both)

- Zica starts preening herself
- 11:11:30 Natalio up
- both are preening their feathers

- 11:13:30 mating (I am not sure if successful)

- Zica is resting in the sunshine, Natalio continues preening himself

continuation

- 11:23:20 next mating - maybe successful this time
- preening (both)

- 11:07:11 male NATALIO is back, calling, fanned tail feathers
- he seems to be very upset
- 11:08:21 female ZICA is landing

and the greetings ritual continues

- 10:52:48 male Nataliou flew away

- 10:05:20 Natalio up again - 10:06:19 he starts preening, only shortly - observing the surrounding and resting, preening - using the uropygial gland, informally known as the preen gland or the oil gland (The uropygial gland secretes a thick, transparent, complex oil (preening oil) that consists of ...

- Zica still no present on the nest

- 09:56:10 Natalio is working a little



- 09:57:09 settled down

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- NATALIO arrived at 09:12:20