Parco Gallipoli - Oliveto Lucano

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ready to fly

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there is our way out - already soon

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July 10 viewtopic.php?p=20091#p20091

July 11
Hello everyone

Chicks will be today 71/71 days old
(hatching: 01.05, 01.05, 03.05 - perished 18 days old, 04.05 - died 5 days old: parental infanticide/brood reduction)
The chicks become capable of flight at the age of 68–72 days (maiden flight). Starting a flight depend on more factors.

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feeding time

(maybe) at 10.59 FEMALE arrived with food for the chicks

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stream jumped and FEMALE is away

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- it seems the legs of one of them is white as we know it by white storks

Storks (Ciconiidae) frequently excrete onto their legs to prevent overheating, a phenomenon known as urohidrosis. Species that typically forage in open landscapes exhibit a more pronounced use of urohidrosis than those mainly foraging in waterbodies.