A male and female Baltimore oriole feed their young while perched on their hanging nest, which is made of materials like thin twigs, plant cotton and bark strips. Spring is in the air — which means ...

Nest-building isn't just instinct. Birds can learn from others, letting groups within one species develop their own distinctive nest-building... When birds build nests, they're also building a culture ...

You’re not the only one who has noticed, day by day, that the sunlight is lasting longer. It’s the very thing that drives the birds, and with every added solar-powered minute, their little procreating ...

Anna’s hummingbird nests are so small that not even one parent can sit in it. Tacoma Nature Center Courtesy What do you think of when you hear “bird’s nest”? Most of us probably think of a cup-shaped ...

DEAR JOAN: About 10 days ago, a hummingbird began to create a nest on a mobile hanging under my patio overhang. The mobile is right in front of my kitchen window. For days, the hummingbird would come ...

Ever caught a bird flying around, gathering twigs, leaves, or even bits of fabric, and wondered what it’s up to? Well, these aren’t random objects– it’s carefully building a home. Bird nests may look ...

Two reeds and a lily pad do not a nest make. Unless you come back the next day to find a pair of red-necked grebes adding more reeds, finishing what can only be called a love nest. My wife and I saw ...

Many in the scientific community have long assumed that nest-building in birds is a purely instinctive skill — an inborn ability that birds repeat from one nest to the next, regardless of their ...

PAK PANANG, Thailand — The real estate market may be slumping elsewhere in Thailand, but it’s flying high in this small, sleepy town -- thanks to the birds. Enterprising residents are building “bird ...