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

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it is raining there right now

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- 12.45.36 NATALIO in: bough + straw - moved it around, observed the surroundings
- 12.46.23 he is strengthening the nest rim and is moving the nest material and around 12.48 he started observing the surrounding
- 12.49 NATALIO out

- 12.52.28 NATALIO is back ("empty hands") he is calling and has fanned tail-feathers
- 12.52.38 ZICA arrived (again very nice greeting)



- 12.54 Natalio up, he is clapping the bill and is preening himself
- 12.55.03 ZICA out and Natalio is again doing some nest-restoration

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- 12.59 it starts raining again, seems to be light rain
- 12.59.46 NATALIO out - 13.03.53 NATALIO in with bunch of moss



- 13.08.33 NATALIO out

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- 13.50.19 NATALIO calling in (fanned tail-feathers),
- 13.52.29 ZICA arrived again (and nice greetings again - Natalio settled down)

- 13.52.03 ZICA out again
- 13.52.25 Natalio up and 13.52.51 NATALIO out (it is still raining)

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- ​​18.46.52 male NATALIO arrived singing
- very short preening and surprisingly away
- 18.52.49 NATALIO out again (there is still light rain)

[marika.solo]

starlings are there time to time (and mostly we see sparrowhawks)

are these spotless starlings (Sturnus unicolor)? (wiki: It is closely related to the common starling (S. vulgaris), but has a much more restricted range, confined to the Iberian Peninsula ...)




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotless_ ... inging.jpg
By Peterwchen - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.p ... d=93602019

[marika.solo]

the nest remains empty this night (no eggs, no chicks)

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previous day (03.03) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 439#p41439
next day (05.03) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 508#p41508

March 04
Hello everyone

streaming started at 9.28 (new link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp6dqkpe9E)

female on the nest
- 19.05.36

male on the nest
- 13.10.11(d)-14.09.05; 16.52.30-17.31.26; 17.46.12-17.47.49; 19.44.30 -

deliveries (d)
1x (dry grass)

mating
0

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videos (04.03): https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 507#p41507

[marika.solo]

streaming today morning approx. to 7h (all is dark that time) and it is down

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NEW LINK started at 9.28
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gp6dqkpe9E

- the nest is empty (only the song birds we see and hear)



Spotless Starlings (Sturnus unicolor) - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotless_starling


Spanish sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis) - see e.g. the info here https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 636#p35636