Polish storks battle it out -- live via webcam

0 Comments | AFP, April, 2007

WARSAW (AFP) — Tens of thousands of bird lovers are homing in on a nest on top of a chimney in western Poland thanks to a webcam giving an online glimpse of the trials and tribulations of two pairs of storks.

"Last year, we had 1.4 million visitors to our website. Right now, we're getting 20,000 to 30,000 hits a day," said Hubert Kalinski, the brains behind www.bociany.kalinski.pl.

"Two couples are battling it out to occupy the nest this year. The first of them arrived at the end of March," Kalinski told AFP.

The nest sits on top of the chimney of a house in Chyby, a small village near Poznan in western Poland.

Last year it was home to "Zabcia" and her partner "Klekotek", who became the proud parents of two chicks.

Neither of the feuding...