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

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someone unwanted is still nearby - as indicated by Zica's behavior: she observes sharply, retracts her neck, fluffs her feathers - the enemy cannot be seen (approx. 9.25-9.28)

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10.04.31 NATALIO arrived, calling, very excited (slipped again in another place on the edge of the nest) - 10.04.58 Natalio out - Zica back to the eggs

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ZICA care of the eggs and the nest

- 10.05.07 - 10.06.28
- 10.15.33 - 10.22.00 (preening: 10.17.52 - 10.21.14; they often preens themselves, but mostly only very shortly - less than 30 sec)



- 11.00.58 - 11.04.47
- 11.27.10 - 11.29.46
(Zica take a nap)
- 12.07.20 - 12.09.34
- 12.19.13 - 12.21.43
- 12.49.18 - 12.54.25 (preening 10.52.05 - 10.53.16)

(it blows a little)


- 13.26.48 - 13.32.50 (13.29.10 - 13.30.58 preening + shadowing to 13.32.02)

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1:51 PM Maria Lewandowska
​​Natalio ➡🪺 13:44:56, Natalio ⬆ 13:45:48, Natalio ➡🪺 13:48:21, Natalio ⬆ 13:48:55

NATALIO landed at 13.44.56, again both are calling



is it this stork who is bothering them?


13.45.48 Natalio out again, Zica is shortly preening herself (https://i.postimg.cc/MKtF6DYw/2025-04-24-t-13-45-54.jpg) and back to her eggs
- 13.46.12 - ... 13.47.29 the strange stork must be nearby again, Z. noticed the bird and she is in "big bird" posture and is clapping with the bill repeatedly ... 13.48.04 she covers her eggs

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13.48.21 NATALIO is back again loudly calling, Zica stand up after very short while (13.48.30) too and both are defending their clutch (and the nest), now Zica seems to be more excited (she also moves the nest material)
13.48.54 Natalio out, Zica is observing the area

or it is Eurasian crag martin/(Ptyonoprogne rupestris) (last season info by "nolik vega") who is disturbing them? probably not - it is a small passerine bird in the swallow family
but another observer (Happy Reintier) in last season thought that it is lesser kestrel (Cernícalo primilla) - a small falcon

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Zica is observing the area and clapping whit the bill



it this Natalio? or the strange stork?


there is too much white - is it one white stork?

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from 13.49.33 Zica preens herself and than care of the eggs and the nest continues

- 13.50.12 - 13.52.07
- 14.27.28 - 14.30.05
- 15.10.18 - 15.14.03



- 15.19.57 - 15.24.32 (preening 15.20.43-15.23.25)
- 16.00.20 - 16.06.30 (immediately long preening started - to 16.05.29)

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ZICA: care of the eggs and the nest bowl

- 16.22.10 - 16.25.13
continuation:
- 17.33.08 - 17.35.17
- 17.59.45 - 18.03.26 (preening: 18.00.41 - 18.01.22)



- 18.19.50 - 18.24.18
- 19.33.49 - 19.38.13



- 20.03.04 - 20.05.49
- 20.24.22 - 20.26.52
- 20.34.29 - 20.35.37
- 21.36.51 - 21.39.58
- 21.54.04 - 21.57.27

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April 25
Hello everyone

laying: 27.03/29 days, 29.03/27 days + 03.04 (!) /22 days

hatching: after 30 - 38 days depending on the conditions - baby bird chirps from inside the egg usually on the last 2 days
(2024: the 1st chick hatched 32 days after laying the first egg)

female - male on the nest/changes


deliveries (d)


mating


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thread Spain-videos: https://www.ciconianigra.sk/viewtopic.php?f=161&t=287
enjoy the videos by our Maria Lewandovska - thank you

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ZICA (care of the eggs and the nest)

- 07.07.00 - 07.09.21
- 07.47.55 - 07.49.18
- 08.16.48 - 08.19.05
- 08.45.25 - 08.47.17
- 09.05.13 - 09.06.30