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Deep cup nest of the great reed-warbler. A bird nest is the spot in which a bird lays and incubates its eggs and raises its young. Although the term popularly refers to a specific structure made by the bird itself—such as the grassy cup nest of the American robin or Eurasian blackbird, or the elaborately woven hanging nest of the Montezuma oropendola or the village weaver—that is too ...
A so-called "cathedral" mound produced by a termite colony. Structures built by non-human animals, often called animal architecture, [1] are common in many species. Examples of animal structures include termite mounds, ant hills, wasp and beehives, burrow complexes, beaver dams, elaborate nests of birds, and webs of spiders.
Cut-throat finches usually use nests constructed by other birds . A clutch usually consists of 3 to 6 white eggs, which hatch after an incubation period of 12–13 days. [ 8 ] The chicks leave the nest after 21–27 days but continue to be fed by their parents for a further three weeks.
A black swan nest is essentially a large heap or mound of reeds, grasses and weeds between 1 and 1.5 metres (3– 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 feet) in diameter and up to 1 metre high, in shallow water or on islands. [3] [11] A nest is reused every year, restored or rebuilt as needed. Both parents share the care of the nest.
A nest box, also spelled nestbox, is a man-made enclosure provided for animals to nest in. Nest boxes are most frequently utilized for birds, in which case they are also called birdhouses or a birdbox/bird box, but some mammals such as bats may also use them. Placing nestboxes or roosting boxes may also be used to help maintain populations of ...
Asplenium antiquum is a fern of the family Aspleniaceae, commonly known as bird's-nest ferns (also called spleenworts). In Japanese , it is known by ō-tani-watari and tani-watari . [ 1 ] It grows on cliffs, logs and rocks, near waterfalls, in damp forests, and on tree trunks in China , Japan , Korea , and Taiwan . [ 2 ]
Cyathus stercoreus, commonly known as the dung-loving bird's nest [2] or the dung bird's nest, [3] is a species of fungus in the genus Cyathus, family Nidulariaceae. Like other species in the Nidulariaceae, the fruiting bodies of C. stercoreus resemble tiny bird's nests filled with eggs.
The nests of Aerodramus swiftlets are constructed with saliva as a major component. In two species, saliva is the only material used, and the nests are collected for the famous Chinese delicacy 'bird's nest soup', the over-collection of which puts pressure on the swiftlet populations.