storks
Long-legged waders
Storks are large wading birds with long legs, long necks, and heavy bills.
They stand motionless in shallow water hunting fish and frogs, or nest on rooftops and chimneys in parts of Europe.
Western folklore associates storks with delivering babies—a euphemism for explaining childbirth to children: The stork brought you.
Bird's lightweight covering
- beakHorny avian mouthpart
- nestAnimal-built shelter for young
- wingspanTip-to-tip extent
- plumageBird's complete feather coat
bill · eggs · chicks · hatchlings · flock · roost · preen · forage
Capacity for reproduction
- babiesVery young children
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- good fortuneFavorable chance outcomes
- legendUnverified traditional tale
fable · European · tradition · chimney · rooftop · nesting · herald · blessing
Grassy waterlogged lowland
- shallowsAreas of little depth
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- mudflatExposed shore sediment
- riparianRelating to riverbanks
reeds · papyrus · wading · fish · frogs · amphibians · aquatic · riverbank
feathers
Bird's lightweight covering
plumage · bill · eggs · chicks · hatchlings · flock · roost · preen · forage · avian
fertility
Capacity for reproduction
- babiesVery young children
- luckChance affecting outcomes
- good fortuneFavorable chance outcomes
legend · fable · European · tradition · chimney · rooftop · nesting · herald · blessing · progeny
marsh
Grassy waterlogged lowland
riparian · reeds · papyrus · wading · fish · frogs · amphibians · aquatic · riverbank · floodplain
flyways
Aerial migration corridors
journey · Africa · Europe · Asia · thermals · glide · altitude · navigation · instinct · overwinter
baby
Very young child
folklore · cartoon · announcement · congratulations · nursery · expecting · arrival · myth · blanket · carrying
- Andersen TalesThe Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen, Thumbelina, The Wild Swans, The Nightingale
- AlsaceStrasbourg, Colmar, wine route, half-timbered houses, Christmas markets
- Alsace-LorraineAlsace, Lorraine, Strasbourg, Colmar, Nancy
- Upper RhineAlsace, Baden, Strasbourg, Colmar, Rhine River
- birdsrobin, crow, eagle, owl, duck
- wildlifewhite-tailed deer, birds, mammals, elephant, reptiles
storkshummingbirds
Tiny hovering nectar feeders
wrens · sparrows · finches · chickadees · penguins
- stork delivery
- stork biteInfant's vascular birthmark
- white storkLarge migratory wading bird
- stork nestLarge wading bird's home
- wood storksFeatherless-headed wetland birds
- shoebill storkLarge African swamp bird