White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is a tall long-necked wading bird with long bare red legs and a straight pointed red bill. The white plumage of the head, neck, and body contrasts with the black wing feathers highlighted with a sheen of purple and green iridescence. A small patch of bare black skin surrounds their brown eyes.
It is famous for building its large stick nests on top of buildings and other structures when suitable trees are unavailable. Nests are constructed with branches and sticks and lined with twigs, grasses, sod, rags, and paper. The female generally lays 3 to 5 eggs, more rarely up to seven.
The bird consumes a wide range of prey items including insects, frogs, toads, tadpoles, fish, rodents, snakes, lizards, earthworms, mollusks, crustaceans, and, rarely, the chicks or eggs of ground-nesting birds.
