SPAIN Tajo Internacional (Natalio/M and Zica/F)

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again this strange behaviour by Zica
(see experts opinion https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=126&t=222 - previous year)

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black storks are brown (!)

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little one is yawning

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11:20 AM Maria Lewandowska​​ Natalio ➡🪺 10:07:10, Zica ⬆10:08:26

CHANGE
NATALIO in 10.07 - ZICA out 10.08 (Zica is preening him)

11:21 AM Maria Lewandowska​​
Zica ➡🪺 10:12:36, Zica ⬆10:13:52

ZICA delivery dry straw

Zica arrived with big bunch of dry straw, little one is in "welcome mum" posture (Natalio did not noticed Zica in time)

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1:24 PM Maria Lewandowska​​ Zica ➡🪺 12:11:35, Natalio ⬆12:11:52

- it seems at 12.10.45 N. already noticed Zica (?) and he started calling at 12.10.55 to 12.11.06 very loudly (good microphone ) , short observing and again calling from 12.11.10 to 12.11.24 (fanned tail feathers); little one is helping him calling
- 12.11.30 next calling, 12.11.35 ZICA is landing and both are calling - is there someone unwanted nearby?
- 12.11.52 NATALIO out

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next strange behaviour by Zica

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1:45 PM Maria Lewandowska Natalio ➡🪺 13:40:13, Natalio ⬆13:44:52

Zica preens him again (hormones are still / again working?)

1:50 PM Maria Lewandowska ​​Zica13:51:23

2/ FEEDING by Zica

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6:12 PM Maria Lewandowska​​
Natalio ➡🪺 14:50:19, Zica ⬆14:50:40

6:12 PM Maria Lewandowska​​
Natalio14:52:02

6:21 PM Maria Lewandowska​​
Natalio ⬆18:03:38, Zica➡🪺 18:03:58

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Storks (Ciconiidae) frequently excrete onto their legs to prevent overheating, a phenomenon known as urohidrosis.
more e.g. Cabello-Vergel, J., Soriano-Redondo, A., Villegas, A. et al. Urohidrosis as an overlooked cooling mechanism in long-legged birds. Sci Rep 11, 20018 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-99296-8

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14.47.42 again this strange behaviour by Zica