SPAIN - Tajo

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calling for food ended

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- are they searching for some insects?


- yes, it seem so they ate (btw. the white "crown" is quickly disappearing from their heads)

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- the younger is resting, the elder is observing the area (wing stretching at 14.42.45, 14.48.14,14.59.13, 15.03.37)
- we hear the breath and see the rapid movement of the chest (one of the cooling mechanism)

you see where is my head?


still tired little one (I can't get rid of the impression that before the onset of heat, the younger stork was the more active)


-15.06 preening (the elder chick) - the younger yawns repeatedly
- 15.13.24 this chick continued and preens his sibling (shortly) and again itself
- 15.17.23 wing flapping, shor this time
- 15.17.39 the sparrow makes noises near the microphone (we see the bird under the nest)

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- 15.18.09 the younger nestling also gets up, stretching (heavy) wing and loses a little balance as we sometimes see
- 15.18.34 short very intensive wing flapping (the elder chick), the legs are already lifting
- the younger chick continues now with wing flapping (this one stand firmly on the nest floor now)
- 15.19.34 intensive wing flapping (the elder chick) - there are already clear small hops (up and/or forward)
- 15.20.10 next (very short) bill duel, 15.21 again - everything has to be trained (even fights); 15.22.10 again
- the younger is working with nest material (on the rim) or is he searching for some food?
- 15.26.15 long preening, very consequently (the younger) to 15.28.54

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- 15.29.00 they start chirping/begging/nodding

- 15.29.26 stork landed, NATALIO
FEEDING one pile of food
- 15.29.40 out

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- they searched for leftovers enough long time (maybe to 15.37)
- if I didn't miss something, this was only the third feeding today (all three male Natalio if I correctly identified the stork with food delivery); btw. Zica flew in once but did not feed and was on the nest only for a very short time

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trying to scratch the neck while standing on one leg has not yet succeeded (younger chick)


time for resting

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- 16.17 -18 both stand up
- 16.19.29 stretching and
- 16.21.25 wing flapping (the younger chick), 16.23 only wing stretching
- 16.24 preening (the younger - the elder sat down

- younger: more white feathers (the down), elder: less white especially on the head

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I wanted to record today's day in detail, but rewind doesn't cooperate - very often it gets stuck and then just twists the ring (this prolongs the process a lot)

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- 16.51.59 chirping started

- 16.52.03 NATALIO arrived
FEEDING
- 16.52.22 Natalio out