Stork

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In Moldova

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[real-marsel.livejournal.com]

I adore storks and dream to attract some couple to my roof.

[topum.livejournal.com]

I think they are more likely to build a nest on a pole.

[real-marsel.livejournal.com]

Yes. And pipes.

[apel.livejournal.com]

I grew up in a village in northern Germany. There the farmers put big wooden wagon wheels on top of their chimneys to entice storks to nest there. Having a stork nest on your farmhouse brings good luck, according to local lore.

[topum.livejournal.com]

Same here and especially in the neighbouring Romania. Some villages in Transylvania have two layers of life going on: on the ground people's houses and cars and horse driven carts and above all of that stork nests, one next to almost each house and they are flying in and out of their nests all the time. Life and movement is going on the ground and above ground all the time. It is beautiful to watch how storks and people live together in such big numbers there.

[topum.livejournal.com]

Do you ever miss the village you grew up in and Europe?

[apel.livejournal.com]

Very cool. The storks disappeared from our village when a farmer drained the bog on his property and turned into a landscaped lake. :-(

[apel.livejournal.com]

Not really. The village looks very cute on the outside but the gossip was terrible. You couldn't turn around without everybody knowing about it. There are some things I miss about Europe but overall I'm much happier here.

[beautesauvage13.livejournal.com]

Nice shot, you got it in flight. I have yet to catch a bird in flight on camera.

Athena

[topum.livejournal.com]

I did not have the camera but luckily my phone's camera does a good job in daylight.