In 1949, Switzerland’s white stork population disappeared, leaving a landscape totally devoid of bill clattering.

Max Bloesch (1908-97), known as the “Father of the Storks”, successfully reintroduced these long-legged birds to Altreu (Canton Solothurn). Today, some 300 breeding pairs circle the skies between the plain of the River Orbe and Canton St. Gallen’s Rhine Valley.

Source: Swiss Post

published April 29th, 2013