A male and female Baltimore oriole feed their young while perched on their hanging nest, which is made of materials like thin twigs, plant cotton and bark strips. Spring is in the air — which means ...

Within the range of more ordinary cup-like woven nests, there is a lot of variation in construction, using different materials Among the thousands of bird species there is great variation in nesting ...

Cliff swallows are said by ornithologists to show the highest degree of colonization of any of the 89 swallow species in the world. Colonies can number from 200 to more than 2,000 nests. They could be ...

In my last column, I introduced the great drama of the bird world currently in progress: the nesting season. What I didn’t talk much about, however, are the nests themselves, those uncounted ...

BALTIMORE (WBFF) — Two new bird chicks at the Maryland Zoo won't be visible to the public for a couple of weeks, thanks to the birds themselves. The zoo announced the hatching two Von der Decken’s ...

Could you build a simple, cup-shaped bird nest, like that of a Northern cardinal, strong enough to withstand the vicissitudes of spring weather and hold three to five nestlings? I accepted that ...

Ranger Mac showcases bird nests and explores how birds design and build their homes. Join Ranger Mac as he examines bird nests and celebrates birds as nature’s master builders. From robins and ...

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 winter, and there is a wealth of vacant real estate just waiting to be explored. Not the brick-and-mortar sort, but the twig, grass and plant fiber variety. Yes, I’m talking about bird nests, and ...