The video footage captured from Saturday to Sunday in north China's Datong City, Shanxi Province, showed Oriental Stork chicks learning to feed themselves and fly under parental care as they prepare to live on their own.
The footage captured four Oriental Stork chicks bending their heads to peck at twigs inside the nest, practicing movements for picking up food, while a parent bird stood guard nearby.
In another nest, an adult stork returned to feed its brood. After filling their bellies, the three chicks adjusted their postures and kept spreading their wide wings and flapping them vigorously to practice flying.
Oriental Storks mostly inhabit woodlands and the peripheries of wetlands. Once the chicks can fly on their own, they will leave the nest to forage alongside their parents.
Oriental Stork chicks learn to eat, fly under parental care in Shanxi
