Yesterday I saw by accident our last stork flying off to his long journey to the South. There were two storks flying very high in the thermal lift- they were only small dashes up in the sky above. I saw how our stork took off from his nest and how he got up amd up in wider circles to join the other birds. It was the last time I saw a stork yesterday and today there is none. I wasn’t sure if there was one on the nest last night- I could not say for sure that there was none lying there flat on his belly. So I guess what I observed yesterday was the first time ever that I saw one taking of for the big journey. This is very special to me. Right now I feel happy and a bit sad at the same time. Happy that everything went so well this year with the birds- no fights, no dead youngsters and sad because we will have to wait for months now until they come back. May they be safe and not get roasted on conductions of electricity (is this the right term for the things over land?) in the South, Balkan and the like. Or on the waste dumps in Spain.
Yesterday I saw by accident our last stork flying off to his long journey to the South. There were two storks flying very high in the thermal lift- they were only small dashes up in the sky above. I saw how our stork took off from his nest and how he got up amd up in wider circles to join the other birds. It was the last time I saw a stork yesterday and today there is none. I wasn’t sure if there was one on the nest last night- I could not say for sure that there was none lying there flat on his belly. So I guess what I observed yesterday was the first time ever that I saw one taking of for the big journey. This is very special to me. Right now I feel happy and a bit sad at the same time. Happy that everything went so well this year with the birds- no fights, no dead youngsters and sad because we will have to wait for months now until they come back. May they be safe and not get roasted on conductions of electricity (is this the right term for the things over land?) in the South, Balkan and the like. Or on the waste dumps in Spain.