And then there were two

At the end of February, we welcomed back the first stork of the year. A few days later, and we found:

Not just a second stork, but the right second stork. A close-up of the ring revealed that this was indeed AE750, our female from last year.

There’s no way to be sure, but given that they’ve arrived early (like last year’s), and they’re happily hanging out together, I’m quite confident that the other stork is our male from last year too. Certainly a male of some kind, as they’ve been paying visits to the nest for the occasional canoodle:

Here’s to them!