Spain
White Stork
La Janda
Cadiz Province
08Sept2013
Many legends. e.g., the delivery
of babies...serious decline in
19th and 20th C...has rebounded.
of babies...serious decline in
19th and 20th C...has rebounded.
Ciconia ciconia
(L 39-45" WS 61-85")
In Scandinavia white storks were
believed to find human children (“s
tork children”) living in marshes or
caves and to deliver them to the
doorstep of pregnant women.
believed to find human children (“s
tork children”) living in marshes or
caves and to deliver them to the
doorstep of pregnant women.
(Douglas Brinkley)