• When a Stork Calls

  • Dec 22 2024
  • Length: 26 mins
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When a Stork Calls

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  • Bird of the Week special announcement: there is a baby on the way so there's no better time to talk about Storks and what they have to do with baby delivery. Where did that myth of the Stork bringing babies to expectant parents come from? Well, today we are going to find out.

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    Notes

    • Storks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork
    • Saddle-Billed Stork: https://ebird.org/species/sabsto1
    • Marabou: https://ebird.org/species/marsto1?siteLanguage=en_AU
    • White Stork: https://ebird.org/species/whisto1?siteLanguage=en_AU
    • Black Stork: https://ebird.org/species/blasto1
    • Migration: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1733312/episodes/9912409-migration-part-ii
    • Speared Stork: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeilstorch
    • Hera: https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230119-the-weird-history-of-baby-myths
    • Hans Christian Andersen: http://hca.gilead.org.il/storks.html
    • Work Without Hope: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43999/work-without-hope
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