Tajo Internacional (Natalio/M and Zica/F)

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- NATALIO singing in at 16:31:10



- resting - guarding
- and preening
- resting -guarding and preening



- walking in the nest, 17:03 rearranging

- 17:04:13 NATALIO out again

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- starlings and sparrows take turns on the nest - they take the lining into their nests

- we see there mostly Spanish sparrows or willow sparrow (Passer hispaniolensis)
- the starlings are Spotless starlings (Sturnus unicolor)

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youtube chat:

8:18 PM @Vida-LI​​
20:04:10 vuelve Natalio al nido / 20:06:39 se marcha / 20:09:20 vuelve Natalio y se ha quedado muy quieto

20:04:10 Natalio returns to the nest / 20:06:39 he leaves / 20:09:20 Natalio returns and has remained very still

at 20:04 NATALIO returned to his nest calling, singing

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March 25
Hello everyone

instructions by Tajo Interantional: viewtopic.php?p=53697#p53697

EGGS
- 1st: night 18./19.03, 2nd: 20.03 at 15:38
- both eggs destroyed by intruder on 23.03


female Zica
- (night roost out)

male Natalio
- (20:09:20)
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mating
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material delivery
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events
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WHO IS WHO
- Natalio: on his right wing is a protruding feather (near the belly / down)
click https://i.postimg.cc/8ktxnrrM/2026-03-04-t-14-43-09.jpg
- Intruder: three white dots on his neck
click https://i.postimg.cc/fb4xvvm3/2026-03-23-t-08-14-56.jpg


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VIDEOS 25.03
thx to our Maria Lewandovska

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some rearranging



resting, guarding - waiting

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Natalio worked a lot in the morning



- around 07:33 he notice someone and at 07:34:23 calling - 07:37:47 NATALIO out
- 07:35:09 NATALIO in, calling (seems to be very excited)
- 07:36:04 down
- 07:36:59 up, calling, inviting female - 07:37:28 again down
- 07:37:56 up, calling, 07:38:28 down again
- 07:39:50 up, calling, 07:40:34 down
(N. is really very excited - he is moving the branches and the other nest material, bill still down again and again)
- 07:41:29 up, 07:41:48 calling, 07:42:34 down
- 07:44:25 up, calling, 07:44:52 down
- 07:45:51 up, calling, 07:46:10 down,



- 07:50:15 up, calling again and again - observing, 07:51:21 NATALIO out
- confusing situation - what is going on

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- 07:59:55 NATALIO in - delivery - moss



- arranging, resting/observing, guarding - arranging and so on



- 09:19:14 calling,

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- 09:20:04 ZICA arrives
- again very nice greeting ritual

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It is beautiful to watch the stork preening. Natalio carefully zips each flight feather through his bill to keep the wings waterproof and clean.



Natalio is pulling the soft material close around his body.

- 09:24:18 N. up, approached Zica, Z. "no" (walked away)

continuation

- 09:25 next attempt, MATING - N. bad position (slipped down)
- N. preening

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our pretty Zica



continuation later

- 09:34 next approaching - Z. aerating the nest cup
- preening, like every time N. longer
- Z. resting and later both preening Z. to 09:42, N. 09:45



- 09:45 Zica again "run" away - no mating, N. settled down, Z.preens him (this bonding ritual works)

btw: However, there is also a second meaning to this activity, namely the hygienic aspect, which involves cleaning parts of the body that are inaccessible to birds, such as the head and neck, from parasites.