SPAIN - Tajo

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and PS the youngest chick

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5 FEEDING - 15.25.28 - Natalio - 2 pile (one too on the outer edge, the other slipped under the storklets)

little one is the most interested

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our storklet pecked here and there, but there didn't seem to be much to eat of it

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6 FEEDING - Natalio - 16.01 - attempt (it seems he regurgitated nothing edible any more)







btw. all three chicks are pooping out of the nest bowl

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CHANGE 17.05 - Zica in, Natalio immediately out

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something is bothering Zica - she observed very carefully the nearby area

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here is the enemy
- upper left corner - Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca)




and back to loudly chirping chickens

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7 FEEDING - Zica - 17.11 (all ate very well, little fish maybe)

most of the time they were shaded by Zica, but then you can see that they are again (like last night) well stuffed (I saw little fish)

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it seems they all are very well-stuffed

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8 FEEDING - Zica - 19.22 -
we had a blocked view, but they are full again

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- something was bothering Zica, she repeatedly stepped lightly on the chicks, while intently observing something
- then she walked to the camera, clapped her bill and started to preening herself