Our storks are back!!!

[Kirsten]

The storks that I can see from my office window every summer came back last week, which is always so exciting! :) They are the only couple here in this area, and it looks like they already started hatching. Last year, they had one baby stork, and the before, there were 4 little ones.

I took a photo of the couple in the nest today; can't take better ones as my camera is really coming to its limits at such a distance.

http://www.catmom.de/pix/storch_filtered.jpg

Kirsten

[ramanth]

Stunning photo Kirsten! Looks like it came from a magazine. :D

[Karen]

Wow! What a great photo! Are you able to see the little ones when they hatch?

[Kirsten]

Thanks! :)


Are you able to see the little ones when they hatch?

Yes, I can see them; as soon as they are able to lift their little heads. They're growing fast btw. By the end of August, they'll have the size and the look of their parents, and leave for their long journey to South Africa.

Kirsten

[jackie]

Very cool!

I have only seen storks once, when I was in Morocco, they were much bigger then I expected!

[Reachoutrescue]

I love the picture. You got a great shot! Can't wait to see the babies when they are hatched! What a treat that must be every summer for you!

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

can't take better ones as my camera is really coming to its limits at such a distance.



Kirsten

Are you serious?? This is a fantastic and sharp picture!!

[lizbud]

Very cool :cool: I love these pictures. Will you please try to get the babies too when you can?

[gini]

What a wonderful photo. Is the nest new each year or do they refurbish one left from the year before?

[lvpets2002]

;) WoW what a great pic.. Such a Adorable Couple.. Cant wait till we can see the wittle babies..

[Freedom]

Great photo! What have they built their nest on top of? (bad grammar, sorry)

[Barbara]

What a great shot! And how I envy you for bing able to see them. In two villages nearby there are storks, so I see them from time to time on a wet meadow and on a horse pasture.
They are so beautiful.
Make sure you update us often :)---

[Kirsten]

Okay, I'll try to take more pictures of them, and of their babies in case they really hatch.


Is the nest new each year or do they refurbish one left from the year before?

They always use the same nest! :)


What have they built their nest on top of?

It's a chimney of an old factory, very high above the ground. :)

Kirsten

[gini]

And you were able to take that great photograph from such a distance?

Wow!

[phesina]

Breathtakingly beautiful, Kirsten! I'm looking forward to seeing the babies too.

Thank you!