Jane, I am sure when you were younger you had "better" things to do then listen to what the older generation was talking about. Everyday common things don't seem all that special to us. Do you talk to your kids about Robins or Bluebirds or whatever birds hang around your area? Do you talk to them about their heritage? Don't miss the opportunity. Debbie Jane Simmons wrote: > Debbie, > > That streaming video is great! I wonder why my parents never mentioned > storks and their nest-building. They both grew up on farms, so I would > imagine they would have known something about them. Unfortunately, they're > gone now. > > My dad was a particularly knowledgeable man regarding nature, etc. I think > he played hookey from school a lot, preferring to be outdoors, so he did > know a lot about nature, yet no mention of storks. > > Thank you for this information. > > Jane > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie Greenlee" <daveg@airmail.net> > To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:37 PM > Subject: Re: [POLAND] Polish Roots or Stork Watching > > > Jane, > > Storks build their nests in tall trees, on chimney tops and at the top > of electric poles. You can imagine how bad an idea it is to build on > the last two. > > Often people will build a platform at the top of a barn, dead tree or > something else that is high-up to encourage storks to build a nest there. > > The Ustron~ stork web site was originally installed to teach Polish > school children about storks and to give them a better understanding > of their national bird. Between now and August when they leave, it can > get pretty entertaining. Now that both adults are in the nest there > will be lots of clacking (that's how they identify each other and this > is passed along to the babies), mating (oops you just missed an > attempt), egg laying (2-4 eggs), eggs hatching and hopefully the > storklets growing up to learn to fly and leave the nest. > http://www.bociany.edu.pl/ > Click on "STREAM - GNIAZDO W USTRONIU" for live web cam. > > BTW Gniazdo is nest, Bociany is stork. > > Can't help you with the cucumber (ogórek) patch. > > Debbie > > Jane Simmons wrote: >> Thanks for the insight Sophie. Where did they build their nests? Also, >> why >> shouldn't you walk through the cucumber patch? >> >> Jane >