Within the range of more ordinary cup-like woven nests, there is a lot of variation in construction, using different ...

Birds build their nests out of everything from twigs and mud to spider silk. Some birds don’t even build a nest, and the places where they do build them can vary.

If you think you know everything about how animals respond to wild weather, think again. Recent findings have revealed a stunning adaptation: certain birds are ... Read more The post These Birds Build ...

Birds: Go with a birding group to learn species and vocalizations If you spot a nest situated in a shrub or tree fork or out on a horizontal limb that has a mud-lined interior, chances are it was ...

For me today began at 6:30 a.m. When daybreak came it was 59F and overcast. As the day progressed the sun was shining by late ...

Just outside my home-office window, I noticed a bird’s nest about 4 feet high in some leafless shrubbery on a cold, winter’s day. I had not seen the nest in summer when it was hidden by green ...

“More and more kept popping up,” Hiemstra told me. Wherever there are anti-bird spikes and wherever there are crows and magpies, he said, more anti-spike nests are likely waiting to be found.

The birds themselves block off the chicks, according to zookeepers. Before they lay their eggs, the male and female birds block the entrance to the nest with mud with the female bird inside.