Debbie, I never knew that! If storks are a sign of fertility, is that the reason we see drawings of storks delivering babies? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Greenlee" <daveg@airmail.net> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:02 PM Subject: Re: [POLAND] Stork watching in Poland > Jane, > > White storks are the national bird in Poland. I don't think most > people pay them too much attention over there unless a stork builds a > nest on top of a chimney. > > Storks are a sign of fertility so farmers especially, like it when > storks nest in their trees. > > http://www.polishforums.com/travel-tourism-5/storks-symbol-poland-3823/ > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stork > > Many people in Poland do raise gal~a~bki (pigeons). > > Debbie > > Jane Simmons wrote: >> Can anyone tell me about this stork-watching? Is it something that is >> prevalent in Poland? I'm only asking because my parents, both from >> Poland, >> never talked about this activity. >> >> My father did, however, raise pigeons and it seems that many Polish men, >> here at least, did do this as a hobby. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Debbie Greenlee" <daveg@airmail.net> >> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:18 PM >> Subject: Re: [POLAND] Stork watching in Poland >> >> >>> It's already started in Ustron~. The male stork arrived April 3 and >>> the female arrived today, April 10. Though they have been busy >>> clacking (talking) at each other it seems the male has forgotten how >>> to mate. His attempts are not on target, so to speak. >>> >>> It is night in Poland right now so both storks are in the nest. >>> http://www.bociany.edu.pl/ >>> >>> Debbie >>> >>> C Barnes wrote: >>>> My sister is bird watching via hidden camera's. When do the Stork >>>> camera >>> start in Poland. I figured it is Spring???? >> > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at > Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as > long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: > researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Jane, Exactly! Debbie Jane Simmons wrote: > Debbie, > > I never knew that! If storks are a sign of fertility, is that the reason we > see drawings of storks delivering babies? > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Debbie Greenlee" <daveg@airmail.net> > To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:02 PM > Subject: Re: [POLAND] Stork watching in Poland > > >> Jane, >> >> White storks are the national bird in Poland. I don't think most >> people pay them too much attention over there unless a stork builds a >> nest on top of a chimney. >> >> Storks are a sign of fertility so farmers especially, like it when >> storks nest in their trees. >> >> http://www.polishforums.com/travel-tourism-5/storks-symbol-poland-3823/ >> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Stork >> >> Many people in Poland do raise gal~a~bki (pigeons). >> >> Debbie >> >> Jane Simmons wrote: >>> Can anyone tell me about this stork-watching? Is it something that is >>> prevalent in Poland? I'm only asking because my parents, both from >>> Poland, >>> never talked about this activity. >>> >>> My father did, however, raise pigeons and it seems that many Polish men, >>> here at least, did do this as a hobby. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Debbie Greenlee" <daveg@airmail.net> >>> To: <poland-roots@rootsweb.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:18 PM >>> Subject: Re: [POLAND] Stork watching in Poland >>> >>> >>>> It's already started in Ustron~. The male stork arrived April 3 and >>>> the female arrived today, April 10. Though they have been busy >>>> clacking (talking) at each other it seems the male has forgotten how >>>> to mate. His attempts are not on target, so to speak. >>>> >>>> It is night in Poland right now so both storks are in the nest. >>>> http://www.bociany.edu.pl/ >>>> >>>> Debbie >>>> >>>> C Barnes wrote: >>>>> My sister is bird watching via hidden camera's. When do the Stork >>>>> camera >>>> start in Poland. I figured it is Spring???? >> ********************************* >> Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at >> Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com >> ---------------------------------- >> Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as >> long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: >> researching our Polish roots. >> ---------------------------------- >> Browse the list's archives here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots >> Search the list's archives here: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > ********************************* > Need to contact the list manager? Write to Marie at Poland-Roots-admin@rootsweb.com > ---------------------------------- > Discussion of Polish food, culture, and customs are welcome on the list as long as the discussion stays pertinent to the topic of this list: researching our Polish roots. > ---------------------------------- > Browse the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index?list=poland-roots > Search the list's archives here: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/search?aop=1 > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to POLAND-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >