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19 Birds That Nest on the Ground (With Pictures)
When you think of a bird’s nest, you probably picture a cozy little home tucked high up in a tree. But guess what? Not all ...
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Watch out for nesting birds in vegetation management
Nesting season has arrived, and Arcata is reminding the community to be careful around the birds. The city asked residents to ...
With leaves gone, birds’ nests easy to spot
This is a great time of year to see birds’ nests. A search for bird nests is like an archaeological dig, without the ground and without the dig. Shrubs and trees are naked, allowing an open ...
Making a nest a home
It’s nesting season again. For something so basic and so essential to avian life, I believe that the act of nesting is misunderstood by many. Let’s go over some very basic stuff and ...
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Snakeskin Isn’t Just a Fashion Statement for Birds
A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build cavity-style nests are able to protect their eggs with the skin shed by snakes. By Kate Golembiewski In 1889, the naturalist Allan ...