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Dave Hall Stop Huffin & Puffin! Dave Hall's bird photographs. 16-Jul-2013
Igal Kerbes Stop! Documents 18-Jun-2006
Hans Gerlich STOP! H Gerlich 28-Nov-2006
Rina Kupfer Store Rina's 26-Jun-2008
Fonzy - Stork

Some stay behind although it is winter and very cold...

My Birds 2006 01-Feb-2006
Sergey Green Stork sngreen 08-Jul-2006
Hans Gerlich Stork H Gerlich 06-Nov-2008
Carlos Armas stork

"portuguese" stork at Comporta

casa_e-5 15-Sep-2011
Olav Agnar Frogner Stork

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae. They are the only family in the biological order Ciconiiformes, which was once much larger and held a number of families.

Storks occur in many regions of the world and tend to live in drier habitats than the related herons, spoonbills and ibises; they also lack the powder down that those groups use to clean off fish slime. Storks have no syrinx and are mute, giving no call; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest. Many species are migratory. Most storks eat frogs, fish, insects, earthworms, small birds and small mammals. There are 19 living species of storks in six genera.

Various terms are used to refer to groups of storks, two frequently used ones being a muster of storks and a phalanx of storks.

Storks tend to use soaring, gliding flight, which conserves energy. Soaring requires thermal air currents. Ottomar Anschütz's famous 1884 album of photographs of storks inspired the design of Otto Lilienthal's experimental gliders of the late 19th century. Storks are heavy, with wide wingspans: the Marabou Stork, with a wingspan of 3.2 m (10.5 ft), joins the Andean Condor in having the widest wingspan of all living land birds.

Their nests are often very large and may be used for many years. Some nests have been known to grow to over 2 m (6 ft) in diameter and about 3 m (10 ft) in depth. Storks were once thought to be monogamous, but this is only partially true. They may change mates after migrations, and may migrate without a mate. They tend to be attached to nests as much as partners.

Storks' size, serial monogamy, and faithfulness to an established nesting site contribute to their prominence in mythology and culture. (Wikipedia)

Danube Delta 25-Sep-2011
Waldemar Ozminkowski Stork at lunch

One more stork.

Natrure 15-Jul-2012