SPAIN - Tajo

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- Zica is sitting/covering the chicks and the egg, relaxing
- 19.40 she stand up, pooping, she ruffled the feathers, aerated and is ready for feeding

FEEDING at 19.42 she is regurgitating the food - all 3 chicks ate, little one too, but not enough
- Zica is aerating the nest bowl
- 19.45 she again settled down

- 19.54 up, preening, 19.56 extra FEEDING for Nr 3



after this feeding


- 19.59 all are sleeping, Zica is aerating to 21h (settled down)

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a dog can be heard barking
- 20.29 Zica stand up, she aerates the nest bowl, egg is talking and storklets are chirping
- 20.49 and next she is preening herself to 21h
a dog can be heard barking

- 21.04 up, 21.07 feeding attempt,
FEEDING: later she regurgitated something little -only one ate few pieces, little one is sleeping, egg is still talking
- 21.10 Zica again covered the chicks and the egg

- 21.22 Zica stand up, she is moving the branches on the nest rim, aerating and at 21.23 she again covered the chicks and the egg (egg is still talking)
- 21.58 Zica up, she aerates the nest bowl (egg is talking, storklets moved a little) and sits down at 22.07

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April 22
Hello everyone

EGG is 33 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 20.04 - 16.54

FEEDINGs:
Zica 4x, Natalio 9x (3x very few)

male NATALIO:
feeding: (unsucesfully feeding attempts at 7.45 and next)

change: 08:12:14
female ZICA:
feeding: 08:12:49 (all 3 ate) - 09.08 (all ate good) - 10.28 (2 elder, little one some morsels)

change: 11.39
male NATALIO
feeding: 11.40 (all ate frogs, fish) - 12.02 (seems like extra feeding for the little one, but they ate also the elder chicks) - 13.38 (all ate the previous menu - frogs, fishes, the two younger storklets ate more this time) - 14.53 (few fishes) - 17.23 (2 ate something) - 18.40 (2 ate something)

change: 20.58
female ZICA
feeding: 20.59 (3 pile of food)

MATING: 0

MATERIAL: 0

EVENT:
- Zica arrived after 9h 14 min.

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reserved (early morning - change)

- around 07.33 Natalio moved some nest material, collected the soft material to his body and aerated the nest bowl while sitting
- 07.45 he stand up, unsuccessful more feeding attempts (storklets are chirping a lot) - only once I saw really very, very few regurgitated food (one of them ate it)



- aerating and at 07.49 he again covered the chicks and the remaining egg
- 07.54 up for a very short while - 7.55 again down

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CHANGE at 08.12.08 female ZICA in, male Natalio out

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(1) FEEDING by Zica at 08.12.49 - all three ate (I don't know what it was)





- she moves the nest material, rolls the eggs and covered the chicks at 08.16

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- 08.26 Zica up, aerating, she removes excrements - 08.27 again down
- resting, some times she is moving the nest material, preens herself or is aerating the nest bowl (sitting)
- 09.07 Zica stand up, pooping and is starting feeding

(2) FEEDING by Zica: 09.08.27 the pille of food - 09.10.27 the feeding is over
- little one the first on the table, all ate good





- Zica moved some nest material and at 09.11 she covered her chicks and the (unhatched) egg

little nap

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- 09.48.42 up, Zica is pooping, aerating the nest bowl, storklets wake up - they are yawning
- Zica is preening herself (her feathers shine beautifully in their typical colours), storklets chirps



- 09.53 and next she is aerating the nest bowl and rolls the egg




- 09.56.17 Zica covers the storklets and the egg

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- 09.57.45 she is again up and is aerating the nest, moving the moss, ... 10.01.28 Zica again settled down
-Zica is "incubating" and some times observing the surrounding

- 10.25.28 up, pooping, chicks are shirping a lot

(3) FEEDING by Zica: ​10.28.12 she regurgitates something, 2 elder chicks ate it, little one ate some morsels too





- 10.29.40 female Zica is hissing on some one unwanted and also spreads her wings a little; than continued with aerating
and and we also see the effect of shading by outstretched wings ( umbrella - "mombrella")