[tied] Terminology (Re: Piotr-)

they enjoy universal sympathy and are completely

> synanthropic, always nesting on roofs, chimneys or specially

prepared

> poles (with lowercase p), and returning to them every spring. As

far as

> I know, it has "always" been so, and there's a tradititional

prohibition

> against disturbing or harming storks. Destroying the nest of a pair

of

> storks would be comparable in its odiousness to shooting an

albatross. I

> wonder if this is something local or more widespread.
>

Same here, except we have only two or three mating pairs left.

Torsten