Dear You,
Here in Bavaria we have many many storks.
They go south in late autumn, and return in spring to their old stork's nests.
So yesterday I was surprised to hear very loud clatter (if that word is right):
one pair of storks has decided to remain here, sent back their tickets for a ride to Africa and thus thankfully reduced their carbon footprint.
Though, sitting on the best place of town - the church tower - maybe they only were afraid that if they leave others would squatter their nest?
Do you know about the connection between a stork and a newborn human baby, usually shown flying in the sky with a cloth bundle dangling from the stork's beak. It seems strange to me.
ReplyDeleteDear Helen, yes, in Germany we do have the same lore. When I was two years old, my parents convinced me to put sugar cubes on the window sill to decoy a stork. So when I was three my sister arrived. :-)
DeleteI often ask myself if the many storks here bear a relation with the triplets?
Until I was adult I thought storks were imaginary, fairytale birds in books! Amazed to find they were real and landing on real roofs!
ReplyDeleteDear Boud, I was a teenager when I saw the first stork. But here in Bavaria I was flabbergasted when I HEARD them the first time: they are really loud and make a hard sound like wood clapping together, many many times in a row. I would not like to live in their nearest neighbourhood!
DeleteThe storks are a power couple. I hope the winter is not too hard on them.
ReplyDeleteDear Mimmylynn, the last years we had some snow here and yesterday and the day before it was chilly (-4° C), so I put the oleander indoors.
DeleteThe younger storks are gone - but I think this pair knows what they do, hopefully.