The storks are rare in Morocco and we know the cause

Twenty years ago, there were many storks to migrate to Africa, precisely Morocco, Tunisia and Mali at the end of the summer to spend winter in the warm or even feed. Today, it is rarer to observe it.

“It is not the cold as such which leads to the migration of storks, but the fact that in winter, there was until then less to eat,” explains Dominique Klein, specialist in these great stages with franceinfo. While many of them still migrate to Morocco, Tunisia and Mali 20 years ago to spend winter in the warm or even feed, these birds are rarer in Africa. With global warming that makes the weather milder and periods of snow or gel rarer, and the possibility of finding some earthworms or other frogs during the cool season, the storks no longer need to make this journey for meet their essential needs. “The growing sedentary lifestyle of storks is mainly linked to the development of sorting or burial centers that allow them to eat all year round. Today, they know how to spot them and adults show young people where these sites are, that is part of their DNA, ”continues the ornithologist.