Our storks are back! (very sad update #26 + tribute pic)

[Kirsten]

With much sadness I have to give you the lastest update: One of the storks has died, and under these circumstances, it looks like the babies are also gone. The remaining stork stopped caring for them and barely stays in the nest, so I guess there are no longer any babies to care for. They usually die with only one parent.

I was missing one of the adult storks for a couple of days now and already started fearing the worst. Today, a newpaper article unfortunately confirmed what I feared. One of the storks hit a car and died immediately.

I'm very very sad, sitting here at work, and I'm about to cry. Right now, I can't even look at the photos I took of them. They break my heart.

Kirsten