TWO STORKS, ONE TREE &THE CANARIES

Of

SPAIN….and ALVIN

Swedish 1-m Solar TelescopeJune 8, 2004, 11:15 UT

Where Do Storks Really Come From!

Europe

Two Main Storks Migrate to Spain

White Stork

Black Stork

Storks are tagged with Bird Rings Bird Watchers call in to web sites dedicated

to counting species of Avies or mail in found bands like the one pictured here.

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Terrestrial Predators mean high in the sky nests.

Remains of the Roman Aqueduct, with nesting storks.

That’s Rubbish!

Canary Islands, Spain

Sun’s 3’D Surface

Spicules: Jets on the Sun

ALVIN’s Titanic Discovery

How Do They Cap All That Vino?

• In the west and south of Spain, you will se a lot of trees like this one, without bark.

• It is a cork oak.

• The bark is stripped every 7 to 10 years to make cork floors and stops for wine bottles.

• When a tree is recently stripped, the stem is orange colored.