Stork update! There must be eggs now, because someone is sitting in the nest all the time, head barely peeking over the edge. Smart to wait until the surprise snow and cold had passed. Apparently they also wait until at least 2 eggs have been laid.
So in about 33 days there should be young storks. Hopefully nobody gets thrown out.
Stork still improving the nest. Perhaps the last week of crappy weather has necessitated some repairs. He's nicely cleaning up the birch twigs in front of the house. Get them all!
I'm not sure if there are eggs yet. There should be, but according to the previous folks, last year they did not succeed either.
Stork 1: We navigated through the Sahara desert, dodged missiles over Gaza and drones over Ukraine for this?
Stork 2: Climate change my cloaca, it used to be warmer*
* It was not. Storks aren't good at fact checking and don't have access to historical average temperature records.
Stork stalking around the garden, carefully picking the best piece of hay for their nest. Must be expecting!
Other choice nest building materials got flown in from at least two different directions. Not easy finding quality furniture these days.
Storks enjoying the last sunbeams of the day.
Also enjoying the pre-egg time. They're circling over the fields together, hunting mice, bringing in big chunks of grass to upholster the nest and shag at least 4 times a day (probably more).
And that's despite me chainsawing and impact drivering pretty much next to them today (the firewood store is almost under their nest). Don't seem to mind. At least I didn't hear any complaints. Good neighbours.
It's sunny and warm air is rising over the fields. More storks arrived, gliding on the thermals. Our two stand in their nest and scan the horizon. When another approaches, they throw their necks backwards, clatter with their beaks and stare the intruder down.
This seems to work, as none got close enough to start a fight.
The noisy cranes have yielded the area to the newcomers and can only be heard trumpeting from the distant wetlands.
This is getting out of hand. Now there are two of them!
A second stork arrived and after a few brief seconds of nuptials, Mrs. Adebaran moved in and they had a beak clap-a-thon together.
A few seconds later, kinky stuff occured - exclusively available to our paying OnlyStorks subscribers!
Turn on the sound for some beak clattering!
Adebar is back. Not seen him since last week, so I thought he may have found a different nest. Or maybe this is a different stork, no idea. Perhaps he had to get used to the new farm owners and more activity first. Or was snoozing somewhere after the long trip. Or went to MiceDonalds and devoured 23 McRodent in a row. 
Well, glad he's back.
