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

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12:02 PM Maria Lewandowska
​​Natalio 2x ➡🪺, ⬆ 11:57:48

1/ 11.57.07 - 11.57.49 stick
2/

[marika.solo]

Zica moved the cracked shell (with the dried embryo?) to the edge of the nest - dry grass later got on the shell

[marika.solo]

I repeatedly see behavior that is consistent with asking (begging) for food

where is Natalio with food?


- 15.59.39 Zica covered the chick and the egg

4:51 PM Maria Lewandowska​​
Zica 16:48:42

FEEDING (?) by Zica at 16.48.42
Zica first time regurgitated something (pelet? - little one ate )

[marika.solo]

17.15.20 Zica again moved to the nest rim (most probably she is waiting for Natalio)
17.16.14 back to the chick and she covered the little one

5:27 PM Maria Lewandowska​​
Natalio ➡🪺 17:23:39, Zica ⬆ 17:23:56



5:27 PMMaria Lewandowska​​
Natalio 17:24:42

FEEDING by Natalio at 17.24.42
- not good view on the "plate" but the crop is not more empty (17.25.20 feeding is over)


- care of the nest and at 17.28.10 N. covers the chick and the egg

6:25 PM Maria Lewandowska​​
Natalio 18:13:07-11

FEEDING by Natalio at
- nice two big pille of food - crop is now nice full (18.15 feeding is over)


- care of the nest and N. covered the chick at 18.21.18

[marika.solo]

- 18.46.31 N. up, care of the nest, 19.00 self-preening starts
- chick is mostly sleeping (after the big meal - full crop)
- 19.18.33 N. covers the chick



- 19.46.35 N. up, care of the nest (still very good PS)
- chick is still mostly sleepy

[marika.solo]

- 20.13.39 self-preening, 20.15 resting, (next good PS), little one pooped good too - 20.27.40 N. covered his offspring

[marika.solo]

9:07 PM Maria Lewandowska​
​Natalio ⬆ 20:42:43, Zica ➡🪺20:42:54

- 20.42.36 up, 20.42.44 NATALIO out, 20.42.55 ZICA landed (N. flew out to the right, Z. flew in from left)

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9:08 PM Maria Lewandowska​
​Zica 20:46:20


FEEDING by Zica at 20.46.20
- nice pile of good sizes fishes (20.47.20 feeding is over)






- Zica: care of the nest, long self-preening near the camera,

[marika.solo]

- Zica is staying like "mumbrella" above the chick one minute, again care, at 21.07.30 she covered the chick



nice colours - golden hour, photographers say

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- 21.43.02 Z. up, PS, care of the nest, ... 22.41.28 (!) she covers the chick

when there were no clouds, the nest was clearly visible


- 23.45.57 up again, 00.14.22 Zica covers the chick