Bird nests can vary from crude and simple to intricate and complex. Predators, weather, habitat and the availability of ...

Even in Europe and America this beautiful little bird is a favorite ... in speaking of these nests, says that they are not built in any remote part of the house, but in the principal and oftenest ...

Birds that do build nests do so with a variety of materials ... Purple martins build their nests inside cavities and will take advantage of artificial houses, gourds, or hollows in trees. They build ...

In a new book, a curator at England’s Natural History Museum describes rare and interesting nests and eggs—from the house sparrow to the village weaver—and the lessons they hold for avian ...