Foggydew, the picture is made by my Dad. Where they live they have lots of storks and every year there are few falling out of the nest and needing human care and attention. They are sometimes better than dogs :) not only you get the help in your garden but nobody enters your yard if the stork doesn't like it!
and if they cannot fly anymore, they end up as residents not only in the help centers but lots of people take them into their care :)
Marijke, I should have told my Dad to take this one with him... :) he eats mice, frogs and grasshoppers in the summer but needs meat in the winter :) you can train your cats to bring him mice :)
By the way, if this one come to your garden, as Riet say, you may be in danger! she come in your garden! Your mom has come there, then she is a visitor..:):):)
Do these birds (stork?) really get this close to people? We do not have storks where I live, so I don't know about them. I grew up in a time (40's & 50's)....I thought Storks did bring babies...until I was thirteen (13) years of age, when I had the 'Eureka moment" of realizing otherwise!!!
Larry, the storks don't usually come that close to people. That one fell out of the nest and got "adopted" by the foresters (my brother is one) or special wild life center. Those get use to people and trust them to get that close :)
Most of them get better and fly in the winter, some, if they cannot fly, they stay among people who then feed them in the winter. in exchange, they catch mice and grasshoppers, and they can be great, changing ornament in your garden ;)
I have never seen any storks here in England or for that matter in Ireland - what a great bird to have round the garden and, as you say, a changing ornament is a lovely description. Although its also good if they can fly away in a natural manner :)
Foggydew, I fully agree with you. If they cannot fly away they are being attacked by other wild animals. That's why people let them stay in their yards. Most of them can fly at the end of the season with the group fortunately.
I remember one as permanent resident at my brother's, it could never fly because of the broken wing. It would live in a shed that was insulated with straw specialy for the bird and they fed it 1/2 kilo of raw meat with bones every day in the winter (the winters go to -40C there) It was the best guardian, nobody dared to go past the gate if not given permission by the owners ;) I've seen it once - somebody running away chased by the huge red beak :)
This picture brings lots of good memories. We grew up in an environment where people learnt to live with the wildlife in mutual respect.
They introduced the european bison into the wild some years ago and I know that there are more than 40 walking around now.
that's such a pity!
they may still return... sometimes adjusting a bit and putting high poles for the nests or even building nests on those poles brings them back.
There were little breeding where my parents live some years ago and now, with the help of people living there, the numbers is growing.
Kaska, how wonderful of your people to take such care of the storks. Here we are starting to value wetland etc now. But there are still unscrupulous builders who will try and destroy it so they can build!!
very interesting what you said about storks being so common and so friendly! great pic bu yor dad and hat's off to your mom for having the strength and determination for digging up so much earth....i too love gardening and know how tough that is!
thank you John. My dad is still here... he is the one who helps with the floor - actually that's the only reason I can get him over here... if I can find something I really cannot do without him ;)
to z puszczy knyszynskiej...
one tam czesto z gniazda wypadaja i lesniczy sie nimi opiekuja... a jak skrzydlo zlamane to zostaje kilka lat u kogos przy gospodarstwie, lapie myszy, zaby i koniki polne a w zimie sie ich dokarmia..
a lepsz niz pies na pilnowanie podworka ;)
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