Storks Amid History

Capital city of Rabat, like the country itself, has layers of history. Waves of empires have settled and left their mark in this remarkable place. Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Byzantines, and Arabs of the ancient world controlled parts of Morocco on their outer frontiers of their empires.

No place represents this layering of history better than the Kasbah of Rabat, which contains the ruins of several of these civilizations. Perched atop the ancient ruins were nesting storks. March is mating season for these migratory storks, and several of them were making a racket with their beaks to attract the amorous attention of other storks. This made me think. If storks bring babies to people, then who brings baby storks to storks?

Below you will see the top of an elegant mineret for an early Arab mosque with nesting storks. I have a photo of me near the worship space for this ancient mosque. I also have a short video clip of the storks making their mating calls. You may need to turn up the volume to hear it well.

Storks Mating Season