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 ...
The New York Times18d
Snakeskin Isn’t Just a Fashion Statement for Birds
After analyzing century-old records of birds’ nests and observing over 140 nests with and without snakeskin, researchers reported last month in The American Naturalist that in some types of ...
Bird nesting season is a delicate time for protecting native bird populations
By protecting habitats, we safeguard individual bird species and ensure the health and resilience of entire ecosystems, ...
Phys.org28d
Cavity-nesting birds cleverly use snake skin to protect their young from predators
They collated data on which bird species use snake skin and their nest type and found that this behavior is only associated with passerines, or perching birds. And within the passerine order ...