No nest is made; the two elongated and elliptical eggs are placed upon the bare ground; the brooding bird, sitting closely, is their best protection.

The species of brooding birds occurring in the Danube Delta were classified into 12 main biotopes, the classification criterion being represented by the nesting place where they show the greatest relative density.

As to their dynamics, the brooding birds include: 44 sedentary species and 132 migratory ones.

He looked like a brooding black bird of prey.

No nest is made; the two beautifully marbled creamy pink eggs are placed upon the bare ground during February to September; the brooding bird, sitting closely, is well camouflaged.

There they were - a score of black, brooding birds, each with the mark of the barbed Vadhagh lance in its breast.

Then we drive on to Lake Bled, probably the best-known tourist attraction in Slovenia, dominated by an 11th-century castle, which perches on a rocky outcrop like a brooding bird of prey.

If a crow scared the brooding bird off the chick, then it would just be a matter of three seconds.

The brooding bird, covering them closely with its camouflage plumage, is their best protection.