This is a photo of two White Storks, Ciconia ciconia, nesting atop a primary school chimney near the south coast of Portugal. The photo is by Valter Jacinto, and has a Creative Commons license. Link.
The White Stork is the national bird of Poland.
In the USA, we would never allow storks to nest at a primary school. It would offend the fundamentalists.
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