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	Stork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Storks lack a pharynx and are mute; bill-clattering is an important mode of stork communication at the nest.
		The White Stork is the symbol of "The Hague", administrative capital of the Netherlands; the national bird of Denmark; and the unofficial symbol of Poland, where about 25% of European storks breed.
		In Bulgarian folklore, the stork is a symbol of the coming spring (as this is the time when the birds return to nest in Bulgaria after their winter migration) and in certain regions it plays a central role in the custom Martenitsa, denoting it is time to take away the token, because spring has come.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Stork (954 words)

	White Stork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.
		The White Stork is a huge bird, 1 m tall with a 2 m wingspan.
		Approximately 13,000 White Stork pairs bred in Lithuania, the fifth largest population and highest known density of this species in the world.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/White_stork (388 words)

	SchoolWorld Endangered Species Project: White Stork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		White storks are 100-125cm long, they weigh 2.6 - 4.5kg and their wings spread to measure from 1.55 - 1.65m.
		Their feathers are mostly dirty white except the wing feathers, the big primary and secondary cover feathers and the upper back feathers.
		The white stork leaves it's nests in August, but the young storks, born that Summer, leave earlier than the grown-ups.
	www.schoolworld.asn.au /species/stork.html (382 words)

	AllRefer.com - stork (Vertebrate Zoology) - Encyclopedia
		Storks have long, broad, powerful wings; in flight they flap their wings or soar with their legs dangling and their long necks bent back in an S shape.
		The only storks found in the Americas are the American wood stork, previously known as the wood ibis, a white bird about 4 ft (122 cm) long with a glossy greenish-fl tail, found in temperate and tropical regions; and the jabiru, of the tropics, with a white-and-fl body and naked fl head.
		In Europe the white stork, Ciconia ciconia, (c.40 in./100 cm long, with red bill and legs) is regarded as a good omen, particularly of fertility, and is encouraged to build its platform nest on housetops.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/S/stork.html (362 words)

	White Stork Conservation in Poland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The White Stork having for centuries set up its nests near human settlements is regarded with affection, and strongly connected to European culture and tradition.
		Storks have nested on buildings for many centuries, and usually the proprietors are delighted.
		Donations are used for the purchase of land and for improvement of stork habitats.
	www.livinglakes.org /milicz/storks.htm (1582 words)

	European White Stork - National Zoo\| FONZ
		The white plumage of the head, neck, and body contrasts with the fl wing feathers highlighted with a sheen of purple and green iridescence.
		White Storks are therefore reluctant to fly across large bodies of water such as the Mediterranean Sea to reach their wintering grounds in tropical Africa.
		Breeding White Storks prefer lowland open habitats of wet pastures, flooded meadows, and shallow lakes and marshes with scattered trees for roosting and nesting.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/Birds/Facts/FactSheets/fact-europwhitestork.cfm (1381 words)

	White Stork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The white storks came to nest in diminishing numbers until a record low of 8 pairs.
		This photo shows a couple of white storks nesting on a chimney in a house in front of the town’s church.
		White storks are large birds, standing nearly 3 feet high, with white plumage, except for the fl flight feathers.
	www.thewildones.org /Wetlands/whiteStork.html (113 words)

	Stork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Storks are almost voiceless; the only sound they make is a clattering of the beak.
		The White stork feeds on frogs, snakes, lizards, small rodents and insects, found in in marshy areas.
		The Marabou stork feeds mainly on carrion, the decaying flesh of dead animals.
	www.honoluluzoo.org /stork.htm (692 words)

	Black Stork - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae.
		Since thermals only form over land, storks, together with large raptors, must cross the Mediterranean at the narrowest points, and many Black Storks can be seen going through the Bosphorus.
		This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Black_Stork (231 words)

	CDC - Introduction of West Nile Virus in the Middle East by Migrating White Storks
		Storks were aged either as fledglings (<1 year old) or mature birds by their wing feathering and intensity of the yellow pigment of the beaks and legs.
		Storks examined through June 30, 2000, consisted of two groups, one was a flock of overwintering adults that had migrated in September 1999 and the others were four fledglings hatched in April 2000 from parents that had overwintered and bred on the Golan Heights.
		The stork summer migration from northern European countries follows the Danube to reach the Black Sea and is in the reverse direction to the storks’ breeding sites in central and northern Europe during the spring migration (14).
	www.cdc.gov /ncidod/EID/vol8no4/01-0217.htm (4286 words)

	Learn About Real Storks (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The best-known stork, the white stork, lives in parts of Europe, Asia, and northern Africa in the summer and in Africa, northern India, and southern China in the winter.
		White storks frequently nest on roofs and chimneys.
		The white stork is a respected and protected bird in many places.
	signofthestork.com /realstorks.htm (305 words)

	COMPARISON OF THE IMAGES OF EAGLE AND WHITE STORK IN THE FOLK BELIEFS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Eagles and white stork are different enough by their biology and appearance and also by the place they take in the folk beliefs.
		Coincidence of the time of arrival of white stork with the beginning of agricultural season was one of the reasons for its cult in Europe.
		The belief that white stork brings children is related to the old beliefs of the nature rebirth at spring.
	www.ln.com.ua /~kekz/english/sum/12-1.htm (432 words)

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		White storks nest in central and eastern Europe, spending the winter in Africa.
		Storks seem to prefer to build their nests on tall buildings, although they do sometimes nest in trees or on cliffs.
		Storks are large birds, up to a metre tall and with a 2 metre wing span.
	www.sch.im /wlp/pages/white%20stork%202.htm (315 words)

	Welcome to the White Stork
		The white stork's spectacular migrations to and from their winter quarters have been observed since biblical times.
		The white stork is found across Europe from France east to Russia, Spain south to North Africa, parts of central Asia and South Africa.
		When prey is abundant, the stork feeds rapidly: one individual ate 44 mice, two hamsters, and a frog in one hour.
	www.zoberan.com /fun/storkwhite.html (448 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - white stork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		White light is composed of electromagnetic vibrations, the wavelengths of which are evenly distributed from 35 to 75 millionths of a centimeter...
		White (river, Arkansas and Missouri), river, south central United States.
		White (river, Indiana), river, southern Indiana, chief tributary of the Wabash River.
	encarta.msn.com /white+stork.html (122 words)

	Stork at exZOOberance!
		The only birds of the stork family that inhabit North America are the wood stork, formerly called wood ibis, found in the southern United States, and the jabiru, which occurs from southern Mexico to Argentina.
		The wood stork is about 1 m (about 3.5 ft) long, with a fl head and bare neck; the wings and tail are partly fl, and the rest of the plumage is white.
		The white stork is classified as Ciconia ciconia, the fl stork as Ciconia nigra, and the maguari stork as Ciconia maguari.
	www.exzooberance.com /virtual%20zoo/they%20fly/stork/stork.htm (446 words)

	White Stork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The White Stork is a rare visitor to Bucks with only five records prior to this bird and the possibility of escapees not being ruled out in some cases.
		"The WHITE STORK that spent nearly 24 hours in the Jubilee River area of Maidenhead and Slough earlier this week WAS the unringed (and very soil-stained individual) that has wintered in Kent (Ashford area) from November 2003 until at least mid March 2004.
		This bird was originally discovered in Oxfordshire/Northants at the end of July 2003 (as a juvenile) and after spending nearly two weeks in that area eventually moved east, then south, arriving in Essex and then East Kent in late August.
	mysite.wanadoo-members.co.uk /bucksbirds/mysite/Pictures/WhiteStork.htm (443 words)

	White stork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The main task of the project is to evaluate the number of breeding pairs and the breeding success of white stork in Estonia.
		The condition of the population of white stork as an exemplary indicator species has been surveyed in Estonia since 1939; without interruptions since 1954.
		Today, the number of white storks in Estonia has risen to about 4000 pairs, but depending on the year, it may fluctuate significantly.
	www.eoy.ee /projektid/ciccic_e.htm (127 words)

	San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Stork
		Conservation Status: Oriental white stork Ciconia boyciana, Storm’s stock Ciconia stormi, and greater adjutant stork Leptoptilos dubius are endangered; most stork species are vulnerable due to loss of habitat, especially wetlands.
		And they can be noisy, too, since the storks do a lot of bill clacking, a courtship behavior in which they rattle the two halves of their bills together repeatedly and loudly.
		The storks at the San Diego Zoo and the Wild Animal Park eat a variety of thawed fish, shellfish, and mice.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /animalbytes/t-stork.html (1288 words)

	Landfill Magic - National Wildlife Magazine
		Down the street, stork pairs and their nests dot radio and cell phone towers, the sign at the Metro station--even a power pole in the dusty yard of the Stork Public School.
		White stork pairs nest alone or in close proximity to others, assembling bulky nests atop church steeples, towers, pylons, trees, ruins and on rare occasions cliffs or construction cranes.
		For now, however, white storks are winging their way back, a fact that's easy to see if you tag along with Aguirre as he drives around Madrid Province or lists a rising tide of stork band numbers at the dump.
	www.nwf.org /nationalwildlife/printerFriendly.cfm?issueID=45&articleID=522 (2458 words)

	UNESCO-MAB Young Scientists Awards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The White Stork breeds all over the study area (1% of country territory) with extremely high density in relation to population density in the country.
		Therefore the White Stork in Polessie lowland is not dependent considerably on human farmland activities due to abundance of wet meadows, especially in years with high flooding level.
		The present positive population trend of the White Stork in northwestern Europe is attributed to improved feeding condition in the wintering areas, the immigration of birds from east European countries.
	www.unesco.org /mab/capacity/mys/99/Samusenko/Samusenko.htm (1008 words)

	Africka odysea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Together with her, at least 75 fl storks were registered within a rather small area in flood-zone of Senegal River; this gathering of fl storks represented the most extensive winter habitat found during the entire African Odyssey project.
		The storks were hunting alone or in small groups, they gathered near a lake in the morning and after the sunset, they spread all around to spend the night.
		In the sixth season in a roll (2000/2001), fl storks and white storks (Ciconia ciconia) were tracked in the project.
	capi.internet.cz /resume_e.htm (1889 words)

	Storchennest.de - Information about storks (Ciconia ciconia)
		The white stork - typical bird of the "Niederlausitz" region
		The stork returns to its brooding habitat between the end of March and the beginning of April.
		The white stork stands on top of the food pyramid, which means he himself does not have any direct enemies in his brooding habitat.
	www.storchennest.de /en/index_storchenwelt.html (272 words)

	stork on Encyclopedia.com
		Having no syrinx muscles, storks are mute—though they produce a clattering noise by snapping their bills.
		Counting on Florida: Jim Stork could become the next openly gay man elected to Congress, but while campaigning in his conservative district he's careful about touting that fact.(Campaign 2004: the road to...
		Living with the white storks: the Russian Bird Conservation Union has declared 2004 the year of the stork.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/s1/stork.asp (644 words)

	The Cleveland Metroparks Zoo - Searchable Animal Database
		White storks have white plumage with some fl in the wings, a dark red long conical bill and long pinkish-red legs.
		These storks migrate from Europe and Asia to Africa in the fall and return when the northern spring approaches.
		The storks reach their nesting sites in late March or early April and nest on chimneys, usually one previously used.
	www.clemetzoo.com /animal_plant/info/index.asp?action=details&animals_id=1096&strQuery=&intNext= (160 words)

	The Wetlands of northern Tuscany (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Famous for its life-long fidelity, regal courting ceremonies and greeting to its partner, the Stork is undoubtedly one of the best known and loved birds: the largest bird (at least in Europe) adapted to living in close contact with man. It mainly feeds in paddy fields, irrigated meadows, ploughed fields and open wetlands.
		In common with several birds of prey, the White Stork has a great gift of gliding, and it shares the same migratory routes which take it across Gibraltar and the Bosporus, where twice a year concentrations of thousand of birds offer a truly magnificent spectacle.
		In Italy the White Stork is much more common in people's imaginations than in nature.
	www.zoneumidetoscane.it /files/cicognaing.html (236 words)

	Avian Demography Unit: Volume 10 Number 1, July 2001
		In grassland and woodland habitat, the White Stork is attracted to caterpillar outbreaks (Herremans and Herremans-Tonnoeyr 1993).
		In comparing the distribution of White Stork observed in the 1958—59 census with that in the 1974—75 census, it was noted that there was a marked westward extension along the coastal belt in the latter census (Winterbottom 1977).
		The itinerant behaviour of the White Stork seems to be part of an opportunistic strategy to capitalize on favourable local conditions, leading to large local fluctuations in numbers of birds.
	web.uct.ac.za /depts/stats/adu/bn10_1_06.htm (1305 words)

	Storks on line - Intro
		This year, three white storks and a Eurasian crane, equipped with "bags" on their backs, have taken a trip to Africa.
		Last coordinates of the storks current positions of individual storks, with the possibility to put them into the map.
		Judita - a white stork female marked in Dvur Kralove - archive of coordinates; even here there is a possibility to draw both her individual stops and the whole journey into the map, to count distances and speed of the flight.
	capi.fido.cz /2001/en (427 words)

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