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

[marika.solo]

- 18.14.10 NATALIO arrived (short singing) and started rearranging the nest material (he moved the griffon feathers to the nest rim, etc.)
- it is raining
- 18.15.35 N. is resting
- 18.20.35 some steps and N. is again resting (and waiting on her Zica)
- time to time he shakes his head
- 18.22.50 N. is noticing someone in the air, 18.23.26 N. ruffled his plumage and observed for a while the area
- again is he resting, 18.24.30 he moved to the nest rim, some steps and resting continues
- here and there N. turns his head to the river
- 19.35.52 N. is preening herself

[marika.solo]

- 19.36.04 he starts calling and turns to the river
- 19.36.33 ZICA is landing on the nest
- nice greetings, 19.36.40 N. settled down
- Zica "yawns" repeatedly and is resting
- 19.39.52 N. up, Z. is scratching her neck

- 19.40.42 dancing started, but no mating - Zica returned to the very nest edge/nest-rim
- 19.41.08 N. is doing some "nest work"
- 19.41.30 both are resting

- 19.55.40 Z. is preening herself standing on one leg
- 19.56 she is resting too

19.57.42 camera switched to black and white

[marika.solo]

previous day (17.03) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 865#p41865
next day (19.03) https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 913#p41913

March 18
Hello everyone

female on the nest
- to ;

male on the nest
- to ;

deliveries (d)


mating



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videos (18.03): https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 892#p41892
4 videos by our Maria Lewandovska- thank you!

[marika.solo]

- around 6.50 the first moving (N.?) is visible
- since 07h they are good visible
- 07.04.25 N. stretches his right leg and wing and is doing some nest work
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- 07.05.19 1/ mating
- 07.06.18 Natalio settled down, Zica preens him shortly and than herself (07.06.42 - 07.07.07)
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- 07.08.57 N. up and is preening himself shortly; both are resting
- 07.12.34 Zica is preening herself, 07.13.40 she preens very shortly N.
- 07.15.17 N. is rearranging the nest material, he is cleaning the nest and is strengthening the nest rim

07.16.52 camera switches to colour

[marika.solo]

- 07.20.48 NATALIO out
- Zica moves some nest material too
- 07.21.54 ZICA out

[marika.solo]

the first today VIDEO by our Maria Lewandovska - thank you
here: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.p ... 892#p41892

[marika.solo]

- 10.48.52 NATALIO singing arrived, he moved the nest material
- 10.56 he starts to rearranging
- 10.57.45 N. is observing the surrounding
- 11.01 long preening - 11.07.25 (I like observing it)
- 11.12.12 again preening
- 11.17 N. is resting, observing the area (he is very handsome in the sunshine)
- 11.24 next preening
- preening, resting, rearranging, resting and so on
- PS, stretching the right leg and wing and resting, observing the area

[marika.solo]

- 12.00.57 N. starts calling, fanned tail feathers
- 12.02.59 he is calling again
- Natalio is upset long minutes



continuation
- 12.05.18 he sat down
- 12.07.37 N. up, 12.08.31 he ruffles his feathers,
- 12.08.35 NATALIO out



some time we see our storks and their shadow in the water

[marika.solo]

- 14.06.12 NATALIO arrives in hurry, calling
- 14.06.30 he is on the nest rim, bill in the chin - it is very windy



- 14.15.44 short preening and again is he resting, observing the area

[marika.solo]

- 14.33.33 Natalio is noticing someone and starts calling, fanned tail feathers ... (we see nest defending behaviour)
- repeatedly he calls, ... he is observing very carefully the surrounding
- 14.37.03 N. settled down (it is my nest!)



- 14.37.12 again up, and calling, ... he is very upset

here she is (in my opinion it is female - maybe the same who visited the nest already some time ago)