Charles Ellicott Commentary Psalms 104:17

"Where the birds make their nests: As for the stork, the fir-trees are her house." — Psalms 104:17 (ASV)

Stork. —The Septuagint uses “heron,” but Dr. Tristram has shown that there is no need to prefer “heron” here, because of “the nesting in fir trees,” since if near its feeding-grounds the stork readily selects a fir as the tallest and most convenient tree for its nest (Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 244).

“The eagle and the stork
On cliffs and cedar-tops their eyries build.”—MILTON.