2010/11/10

Vit stork - Ciconia ciconia - The White Stork

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Vit stork - Ciconia ciconia - The White Stork
NF Photo 100505 in Camargue

White Stork on wiki

The white Stork was earlier a common spieces in southern Sweden. But then it dissapeared for different reasons. Now it is reintroduced. They breed them and let the birds free when it is appropriate. And now we have a small population of them in the southern part of Sweden.

Videon visar ringmärkning av storkungar. Från en kran! :)
Ringing White Stork chicks on youtube. They go to great lenght to do it. :)

BPW 116                       Camera Critters

10 comments:

  1. Jag har nog inte sett en sån i verkligheten .. jag tror inte ens jag har sett en stork inte ens när jag bodde i Danmark :)

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  2. That White Stork looks like a beautiful bird and it is so good that it is being re-introduced.

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  3. Oh, vilken enkel och vacker bild. Vi har sett stork någon gång i Skåne.

    Erika B

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  4. What a beautiful bird. I'm glad to hear that they are being reintroduced and it's working. Thanks for the video too. Very cool!

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  5. Your photo is incredible! Very nice indeed!

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  6. ...glad they have reintroduced the storks and you get to see them fly once again. You've captured a wonderful flight photo. Watched the video...interesting (and noisy...not a lot of peace for those babies!)

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  7. I agree about the stork chicks. Really noisy surroudings. :)

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  8. This does my heart good. Love the effort and love for the birds. Amazing that the storks can adapt to such urban surroundings.

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