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Some nests have been known to grow to over 2 m ( 6 ft ) in diameter and about 3 m ( 10 ft ) in depth.
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Some species, such as the tree pangolin, use their strong, prehensile tails to hang from tree branches and strip away bark from the trunk, exposing insect nests inside.
Some species have benefited from this fact, for example the Brown-headed Cowbird, which is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of songbirds nesting in forest near the forest boundary.
Some birds will build nests in trees, some ( such as vultures, eagles, and many seabirds like Kittiwakes ) will build them on rocky ledges, and others nest on the ground or in burrows.
Some of these species still return to the ocean to feed ; for example, the Snow Petrel, the nests of which have been found inland on the Antarctic mainland, are unlikely to find anything to eat around their breeding sites.
Some of these are probably road-kills or are pirated from eagles or other raptors but they are also believed to occasionally attack live animals, especially young and weak animals and the nests and young of other birds.
Some species are found in more unusual locations ; for example, members of the genus Volucella can be found in bumblebee nests, while members of Microdon are myrmecophiles, found in ant or termite nests.
Some host species may try to directly prevent cuckoos laying eggs in their nest in the first place – birds whose nests are at high risk of cuckoo-contamination are known to mob cuckoos to drive them out of the area.
Some cowbird species engage in brood parasitism: females lay their eggs in the nests of other species, in a similar fashion to some cuckoos.
Some species nesting near Snowy Owl nests, such as the Snow Goose, seem to benefit from the incidental protection of snowy owls that drive competing predators out of the area.
Some weaverbirds, e. g. the Black-throated Weaver ( Ploceus benghalensis ) and the Streaked Weaver ( P. manyar ), highly value Lantana flowers for decorating their nests.
Some species, including Formica rufa, which is common in Southern England, make large visible nests of dry plant stems, leaves, or conifer needles, usually based around a rotting stump.
Some foundress wasps do not build their own nests, but rather attempt to usurp that of another female.
* Shukla, RN ; Shrivastava, M ( 1985 ): Some observations on nests and nesting behavior of three birds.
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Some painters have less interest in the experience of the moment, with its attendant urgencies and ambiguities, than in looking beyond the flux of particular impressions to a higher, more serene level of truth.
Some of the earlier episodes have touches of the supernatural, as suited to the legendary background.
Some historians have found his point of view not to their taste, others have complained that he makes the Tory tradition appear `` contemptible rather than intelligible '', while a sympathetic critic has remarked that the `` intricate interplay of social dynamics and political activity of which, at times, politicians are the ignorant marionettes is not a field for the exercise of his talents ''.
Some have felt that Washington Irving comes out rather slimly, but let them look at the title of the book ''.
Some of the stumps are as much as three feet long, but most of them have been flattened by the pressure of the overlying sediments.
Some families already have held weekend rehearsals in their home shelters to learn the problems and to determine for themselves what supplies they would need.
Some weapons systems have become obsolescent while still in production, and some while still under development.
Some offices have very broad responsibilities, touching on almost all aspects of a university's instructional program.
Some recreation features, such as scenic values and water interest, also have greater overall value than other interests.
-- Some areas may already have been improved and contain buildings, roads, utilities, cleared land, etcetera which may raise the cost of the site.
Some distribution costs are kept up by competitive pressure, some by the fact that the customers have come to expect certain niceties and flourishes.
Some agents have been shown to be much more toxic or infectious to experimental animals when exposed to aerosols of optimum particle size than by the natural portal.
Some of those who question the value of BW have assumed that the only potential would be in the establishment of epidemics.
Some members of the bee family have become idlers, social parasites that live at the expense of their hardworking relatives.
Some investigators have found a parallelism between remissions and return of the sympathetic reactivity of the hypothalamus to the normal level as indicated by the Mecholyl test and, conversely, between clinical impairment and increasing deviation of this test from the norm.
Some of the oldest, most persistent, and most cohesive forms of social groupings have grown out of religion.
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