Blog - Page 9

In summer, from around December when the White Storks, Ciconia ciconia start to arrive, through to mid and sometimes even late March, before they start their epic journey of some 11700 kilometres back to Europe, the White Storks visit us in great numbers, seen in fields and following the plough.

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The white stork ciconia ciconia, that beautiful soaring bird of myth and fable, one of our absolute favourite birds here at Amohela ho Spitskop, and we await their arrival from Europe each year with excitement and anticipation. However a prolonged drought with very little rainfall here in the Eastern Free State seemed that, for the first time in many years, we would not be visited by any White Storks this year when they began their South Africa pilgrimage in December..January....and we were sad sad sad......

When resident locally the awesome Secretary Birds stand atop their tree roost and greet the newly risen sun.
Stretching and preening with amazing balance they ready themselves for the flight back to earth & another day of hunting ........