Storks

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills. They belong to the family Ciconiidae, and make up the order Ciconiiformes . Ciconiiformes previously included a number of other families, such as herons and ibises, but those families have been moved to the order Pelecaniformes.

thumb|110px|Hœnir in an illustration from a 17th-century Icelandic manuscript In Norse mythology, Hœnir (also Hǿnir; modern Icelandic , modern Swedish ) is one of the Æsir. He is mentioned in Vǫluspá as one of the three gods (along with Odin and Lóðurr) that created the first humans.

thumb|The Rostocker Pfeilstorch, found in 1822, demonstrated that bird migration|birds migrated rather than hibernating or changing form in winter. A , ; plural , ) is a white stork that is injured by an arrow or spear while wintering in Africa and returns to Europe with the projectile stuck in its body. As of 2003, about 25 have been documented in Germany.