SPAIN - Tajo

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youtube chat info by VIDA - thank you so much!

10:22:27 Natalio is in the nest and the eggs: discovered / 10:46:00 he continues with the same posture, he only moves his head slightly from time to time and opens and closes his eyes
11:54:11 it finally lies down to incubate, it's all very strange / 11:56:46 Zica arrives and Natalio leaves, there is no copulation / 11:58:27 she begins to incubate.

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female Zica is tired (long duty - from 11.56 - and there is warm day today)

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and again carrying of the eggs and the nest-bowl

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the "preen gland"
Basically, the uropygial gland produces oils that a bird squeezes from it in order to apply to its feathers, thereby waterproofing them. Uropygial comes from Greek words meaning “rump” and pygostyle from the Greek meaning “rump pillar.” The uropygial gland, also called the preen gland or oil gland, is a bilobed structure on the dorsal base of a bird’s tail between the fourth caudal vertebra and the pygostyle, the structure formed by the fusion of the final caudal vertebrae. (https://ornithology.com/the-preen-gland/)

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it is time for change (and evening meal)



continuation:
still the female is nesting

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19:38:25 relief - male Natalio arrives and female Zica leaves

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March 25
Hello everyone

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youtube chat - reporting by Vida - thank you
10:10 AM Vida

00:51:29 Natalio is incubating in the nest / 02:47:48 I think it's raining / 05:36:09, 29 and following, there are sounds of the night, it's a shame not to know how to identify them / 05:38:16 could it be imperial eagle?

07:43:21 he is alert / 07:45:50 he seems to be protesting something he is seeing / 07:45:57 I don't know if what he sees is the shadow of a predator

Below the nest you can see a bird, I don't know if it's its reflection in the water / 08:26:03 what a surprise! The sound of another stork is heard, I suppose it is Zica who is next to the nest and cannot be seen

​​08:26:10 surprising Natalio / 08:50:03 whistling again / 10:01:12 except for error on my part Natalio has been incubating for more than 14 hours

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0:30 AM TOM S.​​
Bienos días , hoy en el parque Tajo Internacional , 15°C y nublado
- Good morning, today in the Tajo Internacional park, 15°C and cloudy

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change Natalio out, Zica is incubating (she is wet - after fishing/eating)