Bird Life in Denmark In the Forest 



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T he nest 

 was a rough 

 flat platform of 

 sticks, hned, as 

 was also tlie 

 other nest, witli 

 a layer of soft 

 green moss. 

 On visiting the 

 spot the second 

 day, we were 

 fort u n a t e 

 enough to see 

 one of the 

 Black Storks 

 soaring on 

 broad wings 

 over the valley, 

 where it made 

 a most impres- 

 sive picture. 



This was the first Black Stork ever seen by either of us in 

 a wild state, this bird being of extremely shy and solitary 

 habits, and entirely restricted to the most remote and 

 secluded forests in P^iu'ope, and is nowhere an abundant and 

 familiar bird like the AMiite Stork, wliich simply swarms 

 in Denmark, nesting abundantly both in the towns and on 

 the farmhouses. 



Givi.Nij A Balk up a Tree. 



