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Storks do not avoid human beings and they build their
nests on the tops of buildings, trees and chimneys. Usually
flocks of storks migrate together. When they arrive in Europe,
they spend some time there. Ordinarily, during the first week
of April, the male stork builds a nest from branches. As we
mentioned earlier, he chooses the same place every year. He
carefully protects the nest and occasionally leaves it to
search for food. Some kinds of stork make their nests in
swamps on top of branches and they live in groups. You can
find twelve large stork nests on the very same cypress tree.
The fact that birds live in communities has been also pointed
out in the Qur'an:
There is no creature crawling on the earth or
flying creature, flying on its wings, who are not
communities just like yourselves – We have not
omitted anything from the Book – then they will
be gathered to their Lord. (Surat al-An'am: 38)
Do you know how storks communicate with each other?
They communicate with each other not by making different
vocal sounds but by making noises with their beaks. They
explain many things to each other with "tap tap" sounds.
Here is another question: do you know that storks dance?
When they get together, the male stork and his spouse dance
by tapping their beaks and flapping their wings. During this
dance, the male stork tries to attract the female stork's
