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

Here’s what else to know. Despite the fact that birds are all around us, there’s a reason we don’t see nests everywhere: Parents try to build nests in secret. These hidden homes offer the ...

Others, like the brown noddy’s (below), are made of a mix of materials, including bird excrement and a colony of calcifying aquatic invertebrates called bryozoans. The nest of the bokmakierie ...

Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. Contrary to its name, the common coot is no ordinary bird. These plump, black-and-white birds have made themselves at home in the canals ...

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