The painted stork is pink in his nuptial plumage. The milky stork woos with his large flat bill. The marabou offers her carrion, as does the adjutant. Newborns know to swallow the fish head-first. In the myth of the moon-bird, storks impregnate women.
All storks adhere to serial monogamy.
They are surpassed in endurance by none but the arctic tern. They travel a thousand miles to Africa. They soar on the thermal current. They precede the rainy season. They carry the unborn in from the marshland.