Black Stork (Lesbos #28) by GiMi53

Photography • Animals • posted on Oct 17, 2011

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Description

The Black Stork Ciconia nigra is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It is a widespread, but rare, species that breeds in the warmer parts of Europe, predominantly in central and eastern regions. This is a shy and wary species, unlike the closely related White Stork. La Cigogne noire (Ciconia nigra) est, à côté de la Cigogne blanche (Ciconia ciconia), la seule espèce de la famille des cigognes (Ciconiidae) qui vit en Europe. Ce grand échassier peut vivre jusqu'à 20 ans. Elle est plus petite et plus farouche que sa cousine blanche. Another picture of this species in my series:

"Ciconia nigra (Lesbos #17)" Thank you for you comments on my previous upload :

"Pouillot fitisl (Lesbos #27)"

Comments (11)

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jayfar

1:13PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

This is a really good capture Michel. Haven't seen one of these before.

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PatGoltz

2:34PM | Mon, 17 October 2011

He reminds me of one of those dark-colored ibises, which are really pretty. We get the White-faced Ibis here. Their feathers reflect purple and green light when they turn dark for the season. This is an excellent picture, a real portrait.

angora

12:32AM | Tue, 18 October 2011

awesome!!! never seen 1 like that (outside my runtime ;-))

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Feliciti

1:09AM | Tue, 18 October 2011

wonderful capture this beauty in black !! very rare here !!

whaleman

3:32AM | Tue, 18 October 2011

This is wonderful! Never seen one before!

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Hendesse

5:42AM | Tue, 18 October 2011

A black stork. I've never seen here. Fantastic capture!

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dakotabluemoon

6:53AM | Tue, 18 October 2011

Wow that's kinda rare never seen a black one cool job on this one.

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tennesseecowgirl

9:57AM | Tue, 18 October 2011

He is a beauty, and I agree with what you said in the Last Week in the Gallery, I feel like I spend a lot of time in this gallery (well not recently though) and see a lot of photos but I am always amazed when I see the 30 selected photos and realize I hadn't seen maybe half of them before.

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GiMi53

1:17PM | Tue, 18 October 2011

Thank you for you comments; my next upload : "Rock Nuthatch (Lesbos #29)"