Well, well, well - NOT the best photo ever taken...one can't even see their long red beaks - but I had (as often) only my cell-phone with me. The storks are back - the little Bavarian town has many of them, building their heavy nests - if possible - on the same place every year.
People tell that they are very faithful not only to their home but to their partners too - though sadly :-) I discovered a scientific article which hummed "Needles and Pins" and diminished this soothing myth - ah, the world is such a tough place!
And the storks become a bit lazy (shall I draw a parallel there to us Europeans - no, "Cobbler, stick to your trade!"), - many of them stayed here all winter long, deciding that the grass is not always greener on the other side - a very rare insight.
Sometimes a herons visits, or, seldom, the oh so beautiful Chinese egret.
Now follows an early morning photo through my window, just before the sun rises - lots of mists, and when they rise it reveals a beautiful white hoar frosted valley.
When I tried to find a better photo of storks I found a screenshot from myself, 2016 - staring into the mists of the future after my personal tsunami.
9 years are long time to test the limits of my resilience -
well, till now I put up a good fight I believe.
Storks maintain faithfulness for their first partner, I am assuming for the rest of their lives. This is not only great for both stork partners and babies.. it is likely to bring peace into the whole stork community. No jealous battles.
ReplyDeleteHumans should do as well !
Dear Helen, that is what we believe here too.
ReplyDeleteBut ornithological articles speak of "saisonal fidelity" (at least...), so they are both raising their bird hatching time together.
There are pairs who remain together a longer time - the reason is interesting: they both want to share their old nest! (How the explorers found out that I cannot imagine :-)