Stravinsky, nearing the age of eighty, is like a lost and frantic bird, flitting from one abandoned nest to another, searching for a home.

The nest itself, the structure that in some cases housed about 2,000 individuals when the season was at its peak, is now rapidly destroyed by the scavenging larvae of certain beetles and moths.

And the major part of my mission to your nest is to make a treaty between your race and mine.

Similar to shark fin soup or bird's nest soup, it is considered a luxury item, and is traditionally reserved for special occasions such as weddings and other celebrations.

Every tree that is scorched and each bird nest that is devoured is a sign of the abiotic stress.

While in many instances an improper purpose is readily evident, such as a director looking to feather his or her own nest or divert an investment opportunity to a relative, such breaches usually involve a breach of the director's duty to act in good faith.

Important features of natural language syntax such as agreement and reference are not part of the context-free grammar, but the basic recursive structure of sentences, the way in which clauses nest inside other clauses, and the way in which lists of adjectives and adverbs are swallowed by nouns and verbs, is described exactly.

The modern sense of the term first appears sometime around the 12th century ; its popularity spread in the medieval period along with the terms isle, ylle, inis, eilean, oileán There is some confusion on what the term crannog originally referred to, the structure atop the island or the island itself The additional meanings of crannog can be variously related as " structure / piece of wood ; wooden pin ; crow's nest ; pulpit ; driver's box on a coach and vessel / box / chest " for crannóg.

It is estimated that 300-700 Hawksbills and 400-800 Greens nest in the Chagos.

A partial solution to this is some programs ' ability to view the composite-order of elements ( such as images, effects, or other attributes ) with a visual diagram called a flowchart to nest compositions, or " comps ," directly into other compositions, thereby adding complexity to the render-order by first compositing layers in the beginning composition, then combining that resultant image with the layered images from the proceeding composition, and so on.

There is an emergent homeostasis or homeorhesis in the structure of the nest that regulates, maintains and defends the physiology of the entire colony.

The painting is a Mesolithic rock painting, showing two honey-hunters collecting honey and honeycomb from a wild bee nest.

A conversational call, also recorded, is given between individuals at the nest, and has been described as kent-kent-kent.

It is a cavity nester, preferring holes in cliffs, trees or buildings ; in built-up areas, Common Kestrels will often nest on buildings, and generally they often reuse the old nests of corvids if are available.

John James Audubon's son reported seeing a nest belonging to the species in Labrador, but it is uncertain where it bred.

In Oamaru it is not uncommon for penguins to nest within the cellars and foundations of local shorefront properties, especially in the old historic precinct of the town.

A phenotype ( from Greek phainein, ' to show ' + typos, ' type ') is the composite of an organism's observable characteristics or traits, such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, phenology, behavior, and products of behavior ( such as a bird's nest ).

It is not known whether pterosaurs practiced any form of parental care, but their ability to fly as soon as they emerged from the egg and the numerous flaplings found in environments far from nests and alongside adults has led most researchers, including Christopher Bennett and David Unwin, to conclude that the young were dependent on their parents for a relatively short period of time, during a period of rapid growth while the wings grew long enough to fly, and then left the nest to fend for themselves, possibly within days of hatching.

It is likely that, as in other polygynous animals ( in which males compete for association with harems of females ), Pteranodon lived primarily on offshore rookeries, where they could nest away from land-based predators and feed far from shore ; most Pteranodon fossils are found in locations which at the time, were hundreds of kilometres from the coastline.

The failure of these systems can have catastrophic consequences, as in the case of Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553, Birgenair Flight 301 ( investigators suspected that some kind of insect could have created a nest inside the pitot tube: the prime suspect is a species called the black and yellow mud dauber wasp ), Northwest Airlines Flight 6231, AeroPeru Flight 603 ( blocked static port ), and of one X-31.

A gold ring belonging to the healer rests in a nest on top of a tree ; fighters might make it fall by hurling rocks, thieves may want to climb the tree, while a magic user can simply cast the fetch spell to retrieve the nest, and then, while the fighter and magic user return the ring for a reward, the thief can choose between returning or selling the same ring in the thieves ' guild ( which is not available for those not possessing the " thieving " skills ).

A Black Swan nest is essentially a large heap or mound of reeds, grasses and weeds between 1 and 1. 5 metres ( 3-4½ feet ) in diameter and up to 1 metre high, in shallow water or on islands.

The nest is a large heap of sticks, driftwood and seaweed built in forks of trees, rocky outcrops, utility poles, artificial platforms or offshore islets.

The nest is a crude heap of vegetation.

The nest is a large heap of sticks, into which two to three large white eggs are laid.

Its nest is a ground scrape lined with leaves, which is concealed under a heap of leaf litter.

Before incubation, the females of all Bucerotinae — sometimes assisted by the male — begin to close the entrance to the nest cavity with a wall made of mud, droppings and fruit pulp.

The presence of a nest nearby is often indicated by distinctively enlarged and malformed droppings known as " clocker droppings ".

The nest site is generally marked by a ' whitewash ' which is formed by the birds ' droppings.

Eggs are usually laid in a nest and incubated by the parents.

Like other members of their order they nest in cavities, usually tunnels dug into the natural or artificial banks in the ground.

The nest is usually a simple burrow dug with the bill and feet, but sometimes a crevice between rocks is used instead.

The hen will usually stay on the nest for about two days after the first egg hatches, and during this time the newly hatched chicks live off the egg yolk they absorb just before hatching.

Nightjars usually nest on the ground.

The female builds an untidy nest, usually low to the ground in a moist gully, where she lays a single egg.

Only a single egg is laid per nesting attempt, and usually only a single nesting attempt is made per year, although the larger albatrosses may only nest once every two years.

Within the colonies pairs defend usually small territories ( the giant petrels and some albatrosses can have very large territories ) which is either the small area around the nest or a burrow.

The cavities are usually natural, but some species may nest in the abandoned nests of woodpeckers and barbets.

Young dippers usually become independent of their parents within a couple of weeks of leaving the nest.

One or two broods are reared, usually in the same nest.

Golden Eagles usually nest in desolate areas where human disturbances are minimal and often avoid highly populated areas year-around.

In one instance, a Golden Eagle flying in towards a Peregrine Falcon ( Falco peregrinus ) nest was struck and killed by a swooping parent falcon, a reversal of fortune for the falcon given that the much larger eagle is usually dominant over ( and a potential predator of ) them.

Loons and grebes, which nest on lakes but winter at sea, are usually categorized as water birds, not seabirds.

Young adults breeding for the first time usually return to their natal colony, and often nest close to where they hatched.

If a clutch is lost ( to predation or flooding, for example ) before the young hatch, the Red-throated Loon usually lays a second clutch, generally in a new nest.

They are usually silent but make hissing and roaring sounds at the nest or when jostling for food.

They do not nest in cohesive colonies as do many smaller vultures, with one tree or area usually only having 1 to 2 nests in it, though rarely up to 10 nests have been recorded in one area.

Fledging success ( usually 3-4 young per nest ) is lower than clutch size ; this is not an unusual state of affairs in species with asynchronous hatching, as some nestlings often die of starvation.

The bulky stick nest is usually placed in a tall tree, but cliff ledges, old buildings and pylons may be used as well.

After many passes, the nest is complete and will hatch in 6 – 8 days shortly after sunset, usually on a very dark night.

It builds a closed cup nest from mud pellets under eaves or similar locations on buildings usually in colonies, but sometimes fouling below nests can be a problem.

The nest is usually in a hole in an old tree.

It will occasionally nest in large gardens, but is usually extremely timid, probably due to the heavy hunting pressure it faces during migration.