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Nests are cup-shaped, usually constructed by the female, and often placed in a vertical fork of a tree or shrub ; many species are expert at adding moss, bark or lichen to the outside of the nest as camouflague, making it very difficult to spot ( even when it is in a seemingly prominent location ).
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The ruins of castles forming the Eagle Nests Trail are a famous attraction of the region.
Nests are dug into rotting wood or termite nests, with one species, the Violaceous Trogon, nesting in wasp nests.
Nests are dug with the beak, incidentally giving the family its name.
Nests are located above the ground.
Nests are generally not built ( except by the caracaras ), but are co opted from other birds, for example Pygmy Falcons nest in the nests of weavers, or on the ledges on cliffs.
Nests are generally used only for a single season and are rarely used twice by the bee-eaters, but abandoned bee-eater nests may be used by a host of birds, snakes and bats as shelter and breeding places.
Nests are often constructed on the ground.
Nests are nearly 3 feet in diameter and half a foot in thickness.
Nests are almost always placed in the main fork or top of an Acacia tree, though Balanites and Terminalia trees are sometimes also used, at off the ground.
Nests placed on the ground are rare but have been recorded in subspecies N. p. ginginianus and N. p. majorensis.
Nests are also lost due to agricultural operations such as silage cutting ( the main factor in the species ' decline in western Europe ) or trampling by livestock, and are sometimes parasitised by Cuckoos.
Nests are built exclusively by females and generally placed high up in a tree fork, often in an exposed position.
Nests may be 14 meters above the ground and are sometimes built far out on long branches to prevent predators from reaching them.
Nests are loose but large accumulations of branches, twigs, mud, grass, rootlets, bark strips, vines, needles, and other materials, with branches and twigs constituting the base and framework.
Nests are built by both sexes over 40 – 50 days, starting in February ( though later in northern parts of the range ).
Nests are also occasionally placed on or near the ground.
Nests, in particular, offer a strategic advantage over predators in that they are often well concealed in thick, waterside reeds and positioned at a height of one to two meters.
Nests are built in April or May more than 1 meter ( 1 yard ) above ground in trees.
Nests are made of sticks and are lined inside with grass and leaves.
Nests, often fairly low in the main fork of a tree, are relatively easy to access and thus have been historically compromised by egg collectors regularly.
Nests and cup-shaped
Nests are neat and cup-shaped, constructed from stems, grass, twigs, and pine needles positioned near the tip of a branch high in a conifer tree.
Nests and usually
Nests almost always include a hood or dome of loosely assembled twigs and branches, and usually have one or more side entrances.
Nests are usually built on the ground, but a few species build nests on cliffs, including the kittiwakes which almost always nest in such habitats, and in some cases in trees, like Bonaparte's Gulls.
Nests are usually made from a roughly circular pile of stones and can be quite large, 20 cm high and 25 cm in diameter.
Nests are usually located on or near the ground, often being placed on dense floating vegetation.
Nests are built entirely of wood fiber ( usually weathered or dead ) and are completely enclosed ( football or soccer-ball shaped ) except for a small opening ( entrance ) at the bottom.
Nests are usually confined among the rocks or slightly more open.
Nests are usually placed in trees or bushes, amongst branches or underneath the nests of larger birds such as White Storks.
Nests are constructed in trees within abandoned woodpecker holes or other cavities that provide adequate protection ( usually several feet above ground ).
Nests are located high up in a tree, usually in the main fork, at, depending on the stature of the local trees.
Nests are usually built on the southwestern side of a tree for solar warming and are usually < 1 nest diameter from the trunk.
Nests are flimsy structures, usually smaller than the nests of the Red-tailed Hawk, and often blow down after nesting season.
Nests are usually placed in the prong of two branches, and is a deep cup decorated in the bark of the tree it is built in, thereby camouflaging it.
Nests can be between high and usually contain two eggs ( though some will contain as many as four ).
Nests are difficult to find since the eggs are cryptically coloured and usually matches the ground pattern.
Nests are usually on trees that are located in secluded parts of large marshes or in cultivated fields as in India.
Nests are usually found in tree holes with a minimum diameter of, with a median of, suggesting that this range in diameter of tree holes may be crucial for maintaining a healthy habitat.
Nests are usually located over water, in a down-lined tree hollow about 6 – 10 m high.
Nests of these ants are large, conspicuous, dome-shaped edifices, usually situated in woodland clearings, where the sun's rays can reach them.
Nests are primarily constructed on rock or gravel substrates, usually located in or near to some type of structure in the water column.
Nests are constructed of dried vegetation, usually fibrous grass parts or shredded stems, and are located within the stick house.
Nests are usually not a problem outside buildings, but because they drip faeces, a bad-smelling black liquid, nests inside sheds or walls can be a problem.
Nests usually consist of a platform of twigs.
Nests are built in trees, usually near water.
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