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Ciconia ciconia
The White Stork is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. Its plumage is mainly white, with black on its wings. Adults have long red legs and long pointed red beaks, and measure on average 100–115 cm from beak tip to end of tail, with a 155–215 cm wingspan. (wiki)
Spotted at the large sewage pools in Sharm el Sheikh during fall migration 2011. When migrating between Europe and Africa, it avoids crossing the Mediterranean Sea and detours via the Levant in the east or the Strait of Gibraltar in the west, because the air thermals on which it depends do not form over water. (wiki)
Spotted on Oct 9, 2011
Submitted on Mar 2, 2012
6 Comments
smooth flight
Lovely action shots.
Thank you! We are lucky to live near one of the busiest migration flyways. :-)
Nice spotting!
Lovely!
Grate shots!