24 September β 28 March
the coastal calendar, shifted 14 days later for this region
Village chimneys and poles across Posavina; ΔigoΔ holds more nests than houses.
The nest is reused and rebuilt every year and can outweigh a small car after a decade. Storks feed on flooded meadow, so a dry spring in the Sava basin shows up as smaller broods two months later.
photos, sightings and recordings, off this site
where this species is on the list
| Phase | When | Length | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|
| away for the winter | 24 September β 28 March | 186 days | Not here at all. The birds are on the wintering grounds, thousands of kilometres south. |
| arriving | 29 March β 7 April | 10 days | Returning from the wintering grounds; the first birds are ahead of the peak. |
| building | 8 April β 23 April | 16 days | Nest, burrow or den under construction, or being lined out. |
| on eggs | 24 April β 28 May | 35 days | Clutch laid and being incubated, or buried and left to the sun. |
| raising young | 29 May β 14 July | 47 days | Dependent young in the nest, den or burrow, being fed. |
| young have left | 15 July β 28 August | 45 days | Young out of the nest or den, but still fed and followed by the adults. |
| leaving | 29 August β 23 September | 26 days | Leaving for the wintering grounds; stragglers run weeks behind. |