Autumn getting closer. Storks are preparing for departure – rmf24.pl

In the days of the slots in the Warmia and Mazury last storks fly away. Those that are for winter, autumn will go to specialized centers to help the birds survive frosts.

In December we will know the results of the global counting storks

/ Darek Delmanowicz / PAP

The vast majority of Warmia and Mazury already storks flew away . There are still those birds that hatched late. However, they also will fly for days. I think that to 20, August 24 should no longer be on the nests of storks – says Sebastian Menderski of the Polish Society for the Protection of Birds in Olsztyn. Storks, which after this date will still be on the slots probably will not fly away and the winter in Poland. let them have a little pomieszkać in the nests, and in October or November – depending on the weather – we take these storks bird rehabilitation centers, there to survive the winter – explained Menderski.

Among the birds that have flown away include stork family with Żywkowa, which passed in the summer the country’s first successful adoption: young adult couple lost ornithologists and planted them into the slot corresponding to the other storks age that have died. Adult storks alien chicks pecked initially, but then stopped and, moreover, taken care of podrzutkami. Adoption of this we consider a fully successful. It is a great success – stressed Menderski.

Storks of Warmia and Mazury nests overwinter in the countries of central and eastern Africa. The population of these birds is not in contact with storks nesting in Western Europe, because these birds winter in the western part of Africa.
In July in the province. Warmia-Mazury held shares of the world counting storks (it is performed every 10 years), which is to show what is the state and condition of storks in the region, the country and the world. Results already submitted to PTOP surveys indicate that in some municipalities of Warmia and Mazury significantly decreased the number of populated stork nests. The full results of this year’s count storks but we will have at the end of December. They will give a full picture of the situation – said Menderski.

The last global census of storks in 2004 showed that in Poland is 52.5 thousand. stork nests, which is 20 percent. the world’s population. Most storks nesting in Poland in Warmia and Mazury – counted many as 10,226 pairs of these birds. Least storks in 2004, has a population of province. Opole – 577 pairs.

A world of white storks counting takes place every 10 years and covers Europe and North Africa. According to the PBPA, the world’s first census of storks took place in 1876 in Galicia, and its initiator was Fr. Eugene Janota, and the first International White Stork Nests Counting took place in 1934 and covered the reach of a large part of Europe. Since 1974, counting storks are organized regularly every 9-10 years.

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