White storks nest on a utility pole in the village of Jablonica in the Trnava Region. (source: SITA)
White storks are one of the first birds that will leave Slovakia before summer ends, when baby storks have grown enough to be able to make a 10,000km journey to Africa.
But before they start migrating, ornithologists in Slovakia will count them, just like in they did in previous years, the SITA newswire reported.
International Bird Day is of Slovak origin
People living in towns and villages where white storks are nesting may also give a hand, Ján Gúgh of SOS/BirdLife Slovakia told SITA.
They can add their observations to the White Stork Nests Atlas, unless the nest has previously been recorded. People can also type in the number of baby storks, when the first stork came to the nest, and the specific location of a given nest.
