From long and winding migration flights to intricate songs and clever tool use, many bird behaviors are known to be ...

becomes a prized display back in England. Today, it is in London’s Natural History Museum, the oldest piece in a collection of more than 5000 bird nests. “That nest is a small encapsulation of ...

As birdwatchers, we are trained to look for things out of the ordinary. That blot in a tree or movement in the brush just may ...

Nest boxes can be an excellent substitute for the holes found in old trees or dilapidated buildings that cavity-nesting birds, such as tits and sparrows, prefer. But in recent years, bird-welfare ...

D. Russell A bird making a nest. Taryn Elliott The nests and eggs of birds have fascinated us for hundreds of years. At its simplest the nest is any structure made by a bird in which eggs are laid ...

To register your interest please contact [email protected] providing details of the course you are teaching. Bird Nests and Construction Behaviour provides a broad view of our current ...

The preservation of eggshell for study and display has been part of ... By the mid-1970s, only about 50 nests remained. Loss of nesting sites and food contamination by pesticides (eg DDT) caused the ...

Dutch researchers have found that some birds use the spikes as weapons around their nests - using them to keep pests away in the same way that humans do. It shows amazing adaptability, biologist ...

Bird’s Nest Ferns are epiphytic, typically found growing on trees ... Some components of potting soil include: Your Asplenium nidus will display signs of struggle when planted in the wrong soil mix.