This is SO early for me to be reporting this.
I saw three young storks while I was working outside today. I noticed them because they were honking loudly as they flew by overhead on their way to the Kinneret. Now stay with me as I tell you the facts of this sighting.
The first thing I want to tell you is, these were NOT the migratory Egyptian storks. These are the resident storks that are here year round.
There are a couple of things that make their sighting important to the progression to Aviv. The first thing is they are grouping together and honking, a prelude to mating. The second thing is that the local storks always do this ahead of the Egyptian storks that come through on their way to Europe. The local storks are the first to gather into mating pairs and start the mating season’s loud honking and group flights.
Today marked the beginning of that.Updated Dec 9, 2018, 5:06 PM