First White Stork Returns to Slovakia for Spring Migration Season
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The first white stork of the spring migration season has returned to Slovakia, identified by ornithologists through its leg band as a twelve-year-old male. Bird researchers track individual storks through metal rings attached to their legs, allowing them to monitor migration patterns and longevity of these large wading birds that are considered symbols of spring's arrival in Central Europe. White storks typically migrate thousands of kilometers from their African wintering grounds back to their European breeding territories each year.