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 ).

The nest is usually located in a well-concealed location on the ground near a stream.

They nest in a well-concealed location in tall reeds.

They nest in a well-concealed location in dense vegetation.

The female builds a cup nest in a well-concealed spot in dense shrub or a low tree one to three meters ( three to ten ft ) off the ground.

They nest on the ground, usually well-concealed in vegetation.

They nest on the ground, in a well-concealed location in a marshy area.

They nest in a well-concealed hanging cup suspended from a conifer branch.

They nest in a well-concealed hanging cup suspended from a conifer branch and may lay as many as twelve eggs in a clutch.

The nest is a well-concealed shallow open cup on the ground under vegetation.

The nest is a well-concealed open cup on the ground under vegetation.

The female builds a well-concealed nest on the ground below dense vegetation, especially Eragrostis variabilis bunchgrass.

The nest is a well-concealed open cup on or close to the ground in a grassy location ; these birds often nest in small colonies.

The nest is an open cup placed on the ground in a well-concealed location under thick shrubs or other vegetation.

The nest is an open cup well-concealed in moss or a clump of grass.

The nest is a small open cup well-concealed on the ground under vegetation or low in shrubs.

The nest is a well-concealed cup in trees or shrubs near water ; three to five eggs are laid.

The nest is a well-concealed platform built from cattails and other marsh vegetation.

It builds a cup nest from mud pellets in barns or similar structures and feeds on insects caught in flight.

Usually hidden beneath a lip, is the entrance to the real nest within, a cup of grass or sedge, nearly as large as the nest of a Blackbird, lined with leaves of oak, beech or other trees.

For example, members of the order Phallales ( stinkhorns ) rely on insect vectors for dispersal ; the dry spores of the Lycoperdales ( puffballs ) and Sclerodermataceae ( earth balls and kin ) are dispersed when the basidiocarps are disturbed ; and species of the Nidulariales ( bird's nest fungi ) use a splash cup mechanism.

The Song Thrush builds a neat mud-lined cup nest in a bush or tree and lays four or five dark-spotted blue eggs.

It nests in trees, laying three or four dull green eggs in a neat cup nest.

The nest cup is lined with fine rootlets, grass, and other soft material.

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 a neat closed convex cup fixed below a suitable ledge, with a narrow opening at the top.

The entrance at the top of the cup is so small once it is complete that sparrows cannot take over the nest.

The cup nest is quite sizable, measuring 20 – 28 cm ( 8 – 11 in ) in outer diameter.

The female Wallcreeper builds a cup nest of grass and moss, sheltered deep in a rock crevice, hole or cave.

The female builds a discreet nest deep in the grasses, often binding living leaves into the soft fabric of felted plant down, cobweb, and grass: a cup shape for the Zitting Cisticola with a canopy of tied-together leaves or grasses overhead for camouflage, a full dome for the Golden-headed Cisticola.

The nest of both species is a shallow cup, often built on a platform of vegetation.

The nest is a loose open cup built with grass and twigs, lined with softer materials and supported by a tree branch averaging 2 to 6 meters above ground but, at times, considerably higher.

Gull nests are usually mats of herbaceous matter with a central nest cup.

The nest is a deep woven cup suspended like a hammock from a branch.

The nest is a thin cup of sticks with a layer of bark, grass and wool to create a thick mat.

It builds an open cup nest in the branches of a tree, which both sexes participate in constructing.

The nest, a small cup of grass stems neatly bound together in spider silk, takes around 10 days to construct.

The nest is a shallow cup lined with hair and is built in trees and bushes or clumps of bamboo with 3-4 eggs per clutch.

A cup shaped nest is built in bamboo or shrubs especially thorny ones often surrounded by open grassy areas and normally lays 2 – 4 eggs.

The nest is a cup placed on a horizontal branch, usually in a crotch, and camouflaged with spiders ' egg sacs, caterpillar frass, and lichen.

The nest is cup shaped and deep lined with hair and fluff.

The nest is built in a fork of a tree, and is a shallow cup of sticks, sometimes neat and well made, sometimes sketchy and ragged ; it is lined with grass roots, wool, rags, vegetable fibre, and similar materials.