have been nesting

• present perfect progressive

  present perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.

  of nest.
  nest

  noun

  a pocketlike, usually more or less circular structure of twigs, grass, mud, etc., formed by a bird, often high in a tree, as a place in which to lay and incubate its eggs and rear its young; any protected place used by a bird for these purposes.

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have been nesting

Ms Fennell said the birds have been nesting in chimney pots on neighbours roofs for years, but this is the first time she's been attacked.

From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2023

Sometimes predators run them out, or they feel as if a tree they have been nesting in has become less sturdy.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 5, 2023

Eagles have been nesting in the Leesburg area since 2005, and last fall officials put in live cameras on a tree overlooking their nest to watch them.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 13, 2022

Mr Allen points across to a pontoon where ospreys have been nesting.

From Economist ● Jan. 12, 2017

It was not that he had dirty fingernails, or anything like that but some large bird seemed to have been nesting in his hair.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

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