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Spring is an important time of year for birds to get cracking laying eggs and raising chicks. But first things first they need to build their nests. Each species of bird brings its own style to its ...

“It’s the difference between a newborn baby that’s very helpless ... In the early spring, birds may start building a nest on ...

But why? Many species of birds decorate their nests to attract a mate—but kites already have partners when they build nests. Still, the ornamentation on kite nests suggests “that there’s ...

And the main ingredient? The partially dissolved nest of a swiftlet, a small bird native to Southeast Asia. Three times a year, swiftlets build nests out of their sticky saliva on cave walls and ...