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How to Build an Osprey Nesting Platform

If you want an osprey pair to nest near you, your best bet is to build an osprey platform. Find out the size and specs to ...

From Montezuma oropendola to Gila woodpecker: 5 birds with the most unique nests

Here is a look at five bird species that build some of the world’s most unusual nests, ranging from clay ovens to woven ...
KUOW

When birds build nests, they're also building a culture

Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren’t solely controlled by instinct and the environment. Instead ...
WUWM

Chirp Chat: How do birds build nests in Wisconsin? With twigs, mud, spiderweb and more

A male and female Baltimore oriole feed their young while perched on their hanging nest, which is made of materials like thin twigs, plant cotton and bark strips. Spring is in the air — which means ...
People

Researchers Find Birds Are Using Anti-Bird Spikes to Build Their Nests: 'A Brilliant Comeback'

Eurasian magpie and carrion crow nests made almost entirely out of anti-bird devices have been found in four European cities Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. His work has ...
Star Tribune

Some birds build a love nest before the nest for eggs

Two reeds and a lily pad do not a nest make. Unless you come back the next day to find a pair of red-necked grebes adding more reeds, finishing what can only be called a love nest. My wife and I saw ...
Post and Courier

ECOVIEWS: Why do birds build nests with shed snake skins?

Q: My husband was excited when he witnessed a robin building a nest by recycling a shed skin from a snake that lives at the foundation of our house in Clarksville, Tennessee. We're not sure exactly ...
Los Angeles Times

Birds Build Nest Eggs for Thai Investors

PAK PANANG, Thailand — The real estate market may be slumping elsewhere in Thailand, but it’s flying high in this small, sleepy town -- thanks to the birds. Enterprising residents are building “bird ...
Houston Public Media

When birds build nests, they're also building a culture

A white-browed sparrow weaver inspects a roost under construction, after just receiving some grass brought by another member of its group. (Maria Cristina Tello-Ramos) Neighboring groups of birds ...
OPB

When birds build nests, they’re also building a culture

Maria Cristina Tello-Ramos Neighboring groups of birds within the same species can create very different-looking nests — showing that their nest-building choices aren’t solely controlled by instinct ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

When birds build nests, they're also building a culture

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building... When birds build nests, they're also building a culture ...