Bird Quiz

Oriental Stork

You wait for a rising current, travel far on big wings, and say more with gestures than with words.

Travel farWait for the windShow it with gestures

The Oriental stork is a large bird with a wingspan of about 2 m. On the mainland, these storks raise their young around the border between Russia and China and spend the winter in the Yangtze basin in central China. The wild Oriental stork once disappeared from Japan, but efforts to raise storks and release them into the wild continue in places like Toyooka in Hyogo Prefecture.

Oriental storks catch rising air, soar high and glide on with hardly a wingbeat. It's a way of flying that carries a big body on the power of the wind rather than of its wings. You wait for the wind, then ride it as far as it will take you.

Adult Oriental storks hardly call at all. Instead, they clap their bills together — “clattering” — to share their feelings with a rattling sound. You may not use many words, but you say a lot with your gestures. If you stay quiet for too long, though, the people around you can find it hard to tell what you're thinking.

Strengths

You can wait calmly for the right moment and make a big move in one go
Even with few words, you can get your feelings across with your face and gestures
Even somewhere far from home, you can settle in and make a place for yourself

Where you may stumble

While you're waiting, it looks to others as though you're doing nothing
You start on something you've decided without having said a word, and people are taken by surprise
When plans change suddenly, it's hard to get moving right away

Sounds familiar, Oriental Stork?

You get through most conversations with an assortment of nods
You pack for a trip all at once, the night before you leave
Back from a trip, you silently hand over the souvenirs before telling any stories

Where you shine

Plans that take time to reach somewhere far away, and moments when showing it in how you act gets through better than words. Your unhurried manner tends to earn people's trust.

Tips for “Oriental Stork”

When you're waiting, say in a word, “I'm waiting for now”
Before starting on something you've decided, say it briefly out loud
When plans change suddenly, start by taking just one small step

Matches

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Easy together

Crane — The Crane and the Oriental Stork are both big waterside birds that ride the wind on large wings to migrate. Because the Crane calls the flock together in a ringing voice, even the quiet Stork finds it easy to join the journey.

Easy together

Condor — The Condor also has almost no voice and soars high on rising currents. You both speak through gestures and wait for the right moment, so silence between you never gets awkward.

May clash

Sparrow — The Sparrow flits busily around the same town all year, chattering noisily with its neighbors. The Oriental Stork travels far and soars quietly on the wind, so you spend your time differently and communicate differently, and it's hard to find each other's rhythm.