Author | Message |
---|
oddball Moderator
Posts : 7312 Join date : 2009-10-20 Age : 65
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Fri Mar 21, 2014 5:28 pm | |
| |
|
| |
sallyann Super user
Posts : 821 Join date : 2010-02-15
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Fri Mar 28, 2014 3:09 pm | |
| Yes we have got 5 that have been here for about 3 weeks now but I'm sure we will get more? we usually get about 15 plus so fingers crossed. |
|
| |
paddybg Junior user
Posts : 51 Join date : 2014-04-29
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Tue May 06, 2014 4:10 pm | |
| Outside my house on the electric pole the last week in March - and the small birds were already rebuilding their nests underneath. |
|
| |
Trev62 Junior user
Posts : 38 Join date : 2012-02-19
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Sat Mar 14, 2015 8:47 pm | |
| Our first stork was spotted today, it was seen on our dog walk taking off from the lake that has formed from a puddle due to all the wet weather that has been a constant factor here since last year. So red and white bands are now hanging from our vines as per our neighbours instructions. Summer must be on its way.................. |
|
| |
itchyfeet Mega user
Posts : 2268 Join date : 2010-09-10 Age : 68 Location : Paskalevets
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:08 pm | |
| |
|
| |
Trev62 Junior user
Posts : 38 Join date : 2012-02-19
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:22 pm | |
| I agree with that, we have had rain this morning, sleet and rain this afternoon and now the sleet has returned, maybe this stork was on a stopover when heading to the warmer climate in Spain!! |
|
| |
LisA Super user
Posts : 391 Join date : 2010-10-17
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Sat Mar 14, 2015 9:26 pm | |
| - Trev62 wrote:
- I agree with that, we have had rain this morning, sleet and rain this afternoon and now the sleet has returned, maybe this stork was on a stopover when heading to the warmer climate in Spain!!
Agreed they won't hang around in the cold. |
|
| |
oddball Moderator
Posts : 7312 Join date : 2009-10-20 Age : 65
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Sat Mar 14, 2015 10:30 pm | |
| Well I am well happy now I SPOTTED my first stork today [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.] |
|
| |
Daisy Super user
Posts : 1121 Join date : 2010-02-11
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Sun Mar 15, 2015 3:24 pm | |
| Spotted our first sighting today, in torrential rain, looked a bit sorry for itself we can take down the mertenitsi now. |
|
| |
varnagirl Super user
Posts : 1196 Join date : 2009-10-24
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Fri Mar 20, 2015 5:24 pm | |
| got back to bg last night from UK and about 11.35 this morn about 20 storks flew over the house.. a welcome commitie for me i specs !! |
|
| |
oddball Moderator
Posts : 7312 Join date : 2009-10-20 Age : 65
| |
| |
itchyfeet Mega user
Posts : 2268 Join date : 2010-09-10 Age : 68 Location : Paskalevets
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:26 pm | |
| |
|
| |
buzzard Registered user
Posts : 8 Join date : 2010-07-21
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Fri Mar 20, 2015 10:34 pm | |
| Ours arrived today too which got me wondering if it was the same stork family so I did a bit of research and found this
Storks are Bulgaria’s favorite bird. For me they’re the symbol of Bulgaria. The airborne equivalent of dolphins, storks are almost human. Each spring over 5,000 pairs return from their winter migration not just to the same village, but to the very same nest in the very same village. The male comes first to ensure everything is in shape and do running repairs. Then the boss follows, just as in human life. There are strictly two to a nest –no stork swingers – until they multiply into four. No village should be without them. They’re so elegant and decorative. And if you see them walking behind a tractor in the fields, they’re just having a small feast of tasty crickets.
In the autumn some 200,000 storks from all over Eastern Europe congregate by the Black Sea for military man-oeuvres, before migrating south again to the winter sun. It must be a spectacular sight, if you’re lucky enough to catch it. They fly in changing formations all the way to the Middle East & Africa. |
|
| |
varnagirl Super user
Posts : 1196 Join date : 2009-10-24
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? Sat Mar 21, 2015 12:47 pm | |
| - buzzard wrote:
In the autumn some 200,000 storks from all over Eastern Europe congregate by the Black Sea for military man-oeuvres, before migrating south again to the winter sun. It must be a spectacular sight, if you’re lucky enough to catch it. They fly in changing formations all the way to the Middle East & Africa. It is a fantastic and spectacular sight |
|
| |
Sponsored content
| Subject: Re: Spotted any Storks yet ??? | |
| |
|
| |
| Spotted any Storks yet ??? | |
|