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Some bird nests are getting pretty metal. Crows and magpies in Belgium and the Netherlands have constructed their nests using anti-bird spikes ― metal skewers that people place on buildings and ...

Naturalist Auke-Florian Hiemstra has seen a lot of bird nests, but none were quite like the one he spotted in a photograph from a patient in a Belgian hospital. This nest, high in a sugar maple in the ...

Biologist Auke-Florian Hiemstra says the birds seem to be using the spikes as humans intended them - to keep pests away In cities around the world, anti-bird spikes are used to protect statues and ...

One human's trash just might be an avian's armoire. Urban birds have long used a wide assortment of building materials to build their nests - galvanized nails, barbed wire, even sheet music by BJ ...

Well, maybe angry birds is a bit too harsh. MARTÍNEZ: (Laughter). FADEL: Protective birds may be more fitting, although both sound scary to me. Seems birds are making their nests with hazards like ...

Despite a plethora of products designed to keep birds off buildings, our feathered friends are sending a clear message: Nice try. Eurasian magpies typically build their nests from thorny branches, but ...