White Stork Nest in Kostarowce

The Nesting Pair

This camera offers an intimate window onto a white stork (Ciconia ciconia) family at home in their massive platform nest. The adults take turns standing watch, preening and feeding the downy young, while the towering stick-built nest reveals the remarkable engineering these birds repair and reuse year after year.

A Storied Village Setting

The nest crowns a pole above Kostarowce, a small rural village in the Sanok County of southeastern Poland. Beyond the nest stretch cultivated meadows, scattered farmsteads and the wooded ridges of the Subcarpathian foothills, a classic Central European countryside long shared with nesting storks.

Symbol of the Region

White storks are a cherished symbol of good fortune across Poland, which hosts one of the world's largest breeding populations. Their rooftop and pole-top nests are a familiar sight in the countryside, making this feed a celebration of a deep cultural and ecological bond.

What You'll See

Expect nest-side activity — birds arriving and departing, the care of growing chicks, wing-stretching and the occasional bill-clattering greeting between the pair, all set against the open rural panorama of the surrounding hills.