What falls from the chimney stork

Foreign stork naletaval the home, to him from the nest shodil. The bird fell on the ground, from the blood and Tekla him almost to move. Since Capi pride every village, where successful zahnizdi, took his injured Stahlavsti capa to the vet. Bird was potluceny and had broken beak, but the injury is not too serious. After treatment, was taken to the emergency station, where after healing returned back home. Eggs are placed in a hatchery, so perhaps eventually all goes well.

About a similar attack, which happened several years ago in Bohuslavice, the chronicler mentions the village Mr Mojmir miler. The stack former dairy there as two Capi annually settled and began to build a nest together. After fourteen days of work Capi another couple arrived and tried to oust autochton. They, of course, defend. The air battle lasted all afternoon and ended with a victory home.

Speech is the Capu white. In the Czech Republic is also black stork, whose conditions are less numerous. Both species are protected.

Appearance

White Stork is one of our biggest birds, which reaches a height of about one meter (the female is slightly smaller). His weight is between 2.3 to 4.4 kg, the average is around 3.5 kg. Wingspan is 155 to 165 cm.It is predominantly white feathers, only the squadron and wing is a large black. Young birds initially have a black beak, red at maturity. Red are the long legs. Krk is a stretch to fly straight ahead (unlike herons, which are rolled and put my neck on the back).
A typical manifestation is a clicking sound beak.

Extension

Hnizdnim environment capa white is mostly flat landscape with open meadows, brooks and water tanks. Originally occupied Capi just plain, but later settle and the medium and high position. The draft, winter south of the Sahara. On arrival at the roost late March and April. This beautiful bird can be seen quite often among the human dwellings, where they like to build their nests. It expanded in most countries of Central and Eastern Europe,in the Balkans and in Spain, but the British Isles and in Scandinavia you find. It nests in North Africa, Turkey and Central Asia.
Capi population had the 50th and 80 years of last century, aggressive decline, especially in Germany, France, Switzerland, Sweden and Italy. This was inappropriate management, loss of habitat, reducing the food base, the situation on the turn and winter sites.

The way of life and food

Capi actively fishing - for walking. The best known of their food are frogs, but to live and other amphibians, fish, insects and larvae, voles, krtky, sysly (of great importance to agriculture), grass snake, young nepohrdnou different mammals and even carrion. In Africa, often pursuing the flock locusts.
Food seeking to wet meadows and meadow with ponds and banks of watercourses, sometimes in fields. Often, just looking for food for agricultural machinery.
The range of summer and autumn Capi departing to the south, although a few individuals winter in Central Europe, and approximately ten Capu remains in our country. The problem with them is not preckani low temperatures, but rather enough food, when soil and water frozen. The survival of just one individuals from four mice per day. In urgent cases, they are caught Capi winter and spend the rest of security in the holding stations.
Capi in Eastern Europe are added to the current Head west across the Iberian Peninsula and the Sahara to Central Africa, the East Capi flying over Balkan peninsula and Asia in the small Central Africa,where two currents meet and fly to the southernmost part of Africa, South Africa in the area. In this way they are able to offend a day from 100 to 300 kilometers. Draft may flock around hundreds of birds.

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