Croatian Times Article
Bad weather can stop birds in the air as well as traffic on land and the sea.
That is exactly what happened on the southern Adriatic island of Korcula on Wednesday, according to "Hina'" news agency.
A Mediterranean wind called "Jugo" (south) accompanied by lightning and rain stopped around one hundred grey cranes flying to their northern summer location.
The birds stopped in the Lumbarda area on Korcula and surprised residents because it is unusual for cranes to stop there because of bad weather at this time of the year.
Local resident Drago Jurjevic said cranes sometimes stopped at Korcula for a rest at the end of March but had never before done so during the first week of the month.
Locals are caring for the birds to prevent poaching while they wait for better conditions in which to continue their flight.
Cranes are large, long-legged and long-necked birds of the species Gruiformes and the genus Gruidae that do not nest in Croatia.
1 comment:
cool post! the south-western side of the island is also a cool spot for observing the nature.
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