MARIWAN, IRAN - Belo Village in the Iranian Kurdistan city of Mariwan has been hosting storks for more than 20 years.


�"These storks have been here for 20 to 25 years," one of the residents told Rudaw. "They usually give birth and bring their babies to this land."


�The storks feed in Zrewar Lake, near the village. Locals consider them as the residents of the village.


�"Residents of the village are so good with them," a resident of Belo village told Rudaw. "No one bothers them, that is why they have come here."


By Rudaw