SPAIN - Tajo

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April 21
Hello everyone

EGG is 30 days old today
- eggs laying: night 16./17.03, 18./19.03, 20./21.03, 22./23.03
HATCHING: 1st chick 18.04 - 22.35, 2nd chick 19.04 13.16 , 3rd chick 20.04 at 16.54

(I am away to late afternoon)

FEEDING:
Zica , Natalio

male NATALIO:
feeding:

female ZICA:
feeding:

change:
male NATALIO:
feeding:

change:
female ZICA:
feeding:


MATING:

MATERIAL:

EVENT:

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- 07.37 (feeding attempt too - empty stomach) - 07.40.50 back

CHANGE: 08.20.25 ZICA in, Nataliou out (immediately)

FEEDING - (Zica) - 08.21 (only 2 - nice full)

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- 08.23 moss delivery by Natalio and out (Zica is arranging the moss),
- 08.24 Zica collects the last bits of food - the youngest most probably didn't eat anything, the food was far away and the egg was an obstacle to reach it
- egg is talking, storklets are chirping our trio is still awake
- 08.26 Zica covers the chicks and the loudly talking egg
- she is aerating the nest bowl while sitting
- 08.40 Zica preens herself and is resting

(shots in the late afternoon - I need time to upload photos, today only reporting)

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- 09.13 Zica up, pooping and at 09.13.51 she is regurgitating food
- I'm not sure if the youngest storklet ate anything - because of its size, it couldn't swallow the pieces of food, and its older, bigger siblings took it (also from its bill)
- Zica is aerating the nest bow and at 9.18 she settled down (the egg is talking, I see only the hole in which there is movement)

- 09.49 Zica up, she moves the nest material, 09.51 she regurgitated the food and clacked her bill menacingly (a bird flew over the edge of the nest)
- at that time the youngest was far from food but moved gradually; I don't know if little one managed to eat something more this feeding; I saw a minimum of movements that indicated the swallowing of food (the neck of Nr 3 is again not full)
- Nr 2 is pecking with bill at Nr 1; Zica is aerating and rolls the egg (I noticed several different sized holes)
- 09.54 Zica settled down again

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- 10.00 again up,10.03 preening, 10.07 short aerating and Zica settled down (egg is talking, storklets are chirping)
- 10.10 again up, caring of the nest bowl, 10.17 she settled down

- 11.00 she stand up, pooping (few), storklets are chirping, Zica is aerating the nest bowl (egg is talking)

FEEDING 11.02 all chicks ate, Nr3 swallowed something bigger, his neck looked like he had swallowed a ruler

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CHANGE 12.02 NATALIO arrived, they talked and at 12.04 Zica flew away

- the egg is talking very loudly, Natalio aerates the nest bowl and at 12.05 settled down
- 12.18 he stand up and is aerating the nest bowl, 12.20 again down
- 12.34 Natalio stand up, short aerating, pooping and feeding takes place

FEEDING 12.36 - both ate very good (Nr 3 sleeps)
- care of the nest hole, shading, preening and at 13.06 Natalio sat
- 13.08 up, pooping, (egg is talking, storklets are chirping)

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- 14.01. settled down and quickly again up - preening and shading; at 14.06 Natalio covered the chicks and the egg
- 14.07 up, aerating - 14.08 Natalio is covering the chicks and the egg

- 14.43 Natalio is upset about something, he screams repeatedly
- he has been looking out of the nest more often - is there someone unwanted or he is already waiting for the change?
- storklets are chirping, Natalio ruffled his feathers and at 14.47 short aerating and at 14.48 settled down
- 14.53 up, pooping, short aerating (storklets are awake and they are chirping), 14.54 he is again covering the chicks
- 14.58 Natalio is upset for a short while, 14.59 calmed down and covered the chicks again

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reserved for documenting of the nest life (15 - 17h)

CHANGE 15.33 ZICA arrives, her arrival looks to me as if it's about defending the nest, but I am not sure - Natalio immediately flew out

- for a long time she stood with her back to us, probably now she was not feeding
- 15.40 Zica covered her chicks and the egg


- 16.07 Zica stand up and is ready for feeding

FEEDING she stood with her back to us, probably now there was feeding

- aerating, egg rolling and at 16.14 Zica settled down

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reserved for documenting of the nest life (17 - 18h)

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18 - 19h

CHANGE 18.48 ZICA in - Natalio immediately out

18.49 FEEDING




little one seems to be satisfied


the egg is still talking (this hatching takes already long time)