KOBE —

Three baby oriental white storks have recently been born in the wild, marking the second such hatching of stork eggs following one last May, the Hyogo Prefectural Homeland for the Oriental White Stork in the city of Toyooka said Saturday.

The offspring were produced by a 7-year-old male and 9-year-old female released into the wild in 2006, according to the breeding farm. The same pair produced a female baby last spring, which was the first hatching of a stork egg in the wild for 43 years. Japan’s last group of wild storks lived in Toyooka. In 1971, they were taken into captivity, but the last bird died in 1986.

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  mikeylikesit at 03:21 PM JST - 24th March

  Maybe when these baby storks grow up, they can start delivering babies all around this island. No wonder Japan's population is shrinking--they don't have enough storks.

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