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A little graphite sketch of a white stork that I did while waiting for my tea :)

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Ciconia ciconia | White Stork

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The white storks in Portugal loved nesting on high-voltage poles.

[shittybirdart]

I love your birds!!! What if you could draw scenes from The Bird Song?

Daily bird 6: White Stork, Pfeilstorch

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White Stork

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White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

© Kevin Hughes

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Hausstorch, Ciconia alba | Die Vogel (1913) | Alfred Edmund Brehm (1829-1884) | Biodiversity Heritage Library

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It’s time to fly

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A stork flies to its nest in the cliffs high above the Atlantic Ocean in Cabo Sardão, Portugal - Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

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White Stork - Memphis Zoo, Prentiss Place, Memphis, TN, USA

Joshua J. Cotten

Scientific name: Ciconia ciconia

Conservation status: Least Concern (Population increasing)

Mass: 7.4 lbs (Adult) 

Family: Ciconiidae

Class: Aves

Kingdom: Animalia

Order: Ciconiiformes

The white stork is a large bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on the bird's wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100–115 cm from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155–215 cm wingspan.

White storks prefer a habitat with low or shallow standing water, such as ponds or permanent pools, surrounded by tall trees to nest. They will hunt for food in wetlands, meadows and farmlands, though they tend to avoid areas with extremely tall grass or shrubs.

White storks breed throughout Europe, North Africa, and Southwest Asia, and migrate south into sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia for the winter. They arrive on their southern wintering grounds by October, traveling in large flocks that may number in the thousands.

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Lets Dance - White Storks by Georgie Alexon Via Flickr: These White Storks were trying to assert their dominance in the colony as they returned to their nesting grounds in Silves Portugal. White storks are gregarious and non-territorial birds. They typically gather into loosely structured groups. During the breeding season, they nest in small colonies, constructing the nests far from each other. Non-breeding birds form groups of 40-50 individuals. - Ciconia ciconia

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[oh-dear-so-queer]

Examples of same-sex pairs successfully raising young have been documented in at least 20 species, and in a few cases, homosexual couples actually appear to have an advantage over heterosexual ones.¹³

13. In some bird species in which same-sex pairs are unable to obtain fertile eggs on their own (or in which homosexual parenting has yet to be observed in the wild), parenting skills have been demonstrated by supplying homosexual pairs with "foster" eggs or young in captivity. Same-sex pairs of Flamingos, White Storks, Black-headed Gulls, Steller's Sea Eagles, Barn Owls, and Gentoo Penguins, for example, have all successfully hatched such eggs and/or raised foster chicks.

"Biological Exuberance: Animal Homosexuality and Natural Diversity" - Bruce Bagemihl

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White Stork (Ciconia ciconia)

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