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Have storks achieved dump chook status in Spain?

To: Laurie Knight <>, Carl Clifford <>
Subject: Have storks achieved dump chook status in Spain?
From: inger vandyke <>
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 10:15:39 +0000
There were still a great number of them in Morocco a couple of weeks ago.  It 
was a delight to see so many.  
Thankfully they are considered sacred in Morocco so they are completely safe to 
nest there it seems.


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> Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2015 20:13:37 +1000
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> Subject: Re: [Birding-Aus] Have storks achieved dump chook status in Spain?
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> It would certainly be one for the books if a inter-hemispherical migrant 
> started to breed in its “winter” habitat.
> 
> On 26 Feb 2015, at 8:07 pm, Carl Clifford <> wrote:
> 
> > Perhaps migration is not as hardwired in some birds as we think?
> > 
> > Carl Clifford
> > 
> > 
> >> On 26 Feb 2015, at 8:59 pm, Laurie Knight <> wrote:
> >> 
> >> Apparently the availability of food from landfills is motivating an 
> >> increasing number of White Storks to give the African migration a miss ...
> >> 
> >> see http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2015/02/150224083112.htm
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