European Stork.

[littleowl]

I photographed this at the Bird of prey center Bedford.

 

[Guitarist]

Wow, beautiful! What kind of camera did you use?

 

[jujube]

We had a stork's nest on top of our chimney of our apartment building in Turkey (luckily for the storks, the chimney wasn't used). They were sometime referred to as "pilgrims" and it's considered lucky to have one nesting on your house. They're beautiful when they come in for a landing.

I used a copy of an old painting of a Turkish stork on the cover of the birth announcements for my daughter who was born while we were there.

 

[SeaBreeze]

Great shot Littleowl!

 

[Falcon]

Babies couldn't be delivered by a more beautiful bird.

 

[littleowl]

I used a Canon 700D with a 300 lens. On sports mode.

 

[ossian]

Great photos. You are lucky to see one of those too.

 

[littleowl]

There are quite a few storks on the Fens.

 

[Bobw235]

Nicely captured! Great job.

 

[Pam]

Lovely photo!