These are the Geinsheim storks. The male stork has been coming to our town since the birdclub put up their first nest in 1999. They put up pole with the nest on top at the end of February and he arrived on the 10th of March and has been coming back every year since. The female is our guy's second wife. His first wife was found dead three years ago.
Both the male and female storks arrived on the same day, Friday, February 13, 2009. Normally the male arrives two weeks before the female and prepares the nest. What a guy!
Yes, it is exactly what you think it is. They are making babies and we got it on film. Once the female lays her eggs, they both take turns sitting on the eggs for 30 to 35 days. She doesn't lay all the eggs on the same day so they don't all hatch on the same day. Over the last 10 years, we have had a total of 21 baby storks born in the original nest.
Now here's the interesting part, our club put up a second nest a year ago and this year our storks moved nests. They are now making a new nest on the frame provided.
This is the new nest located in our birdclub garden. It is an telephone pole that has been secured in the ground. Poor storks had to sit it out during another day of snow and cold weather. Notice in back left corner of the picture is the original nest. We hope that a new Stork family will move into the original nest.
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