The thought that such a small creature could feel safe enough in our presence to raise its young is heartwarming, indeed — ...

A bird's nest is a happy sight in a thriving garden, but looks can be deceiving. That collection of twigs may actually be home to a common garden pest.

Just as we have our styles of wood, adobe or brick, so do the birds: twig nests (warblers et al.), mud nests (swallows) and even gravel or stone nests (killdeer) or a combo, twigs and mud (robins).

A variety of birds build cup nests, which are often held steady by a base of twigs, bark shreds, grasses and mosses. They’re also held together by a layer of mud, spiderwebs, fur and hair.

Just outside my home-office window, I noticed a bird’s nest about 4 feet high in some leafless shrubbery on a cold, winter’s day. I had not seen the nest in summer when it was hidden by green ...

It’s the Mad Max dream of a bird’s nest: A menacing composite of metal, clay, twig and plastic. Spotted in a sugar maple tree in Antwerp, Belgium, the gnarly architecture brims with at least ...

Small Twigs: Cardinals, blue jays, and house wrens use fine twigs to build their nests. Twigs can be found in your yard under trees, especially after windy days, in brush piles, or while doing ...

Nests are typically built in the tallest conifers. While both parents build a nest, the female performs most of the branch and twig placement.

Staff of the Virginia Aquarium and the Center for Conservation Biology at William & Mary routinely travel Virginia Beach waterways to count osprey eggs and record the success of hatched ...

Birds build their nests out of everything from twigs and mud to spider silk. Some birds don’t even build a nest, and the places where they do build them can vary.