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Based on radiocarbon dating and other clues, the scientists discovered that condors have nested on this cliffside for some 2200 years.

From Science Magazine • May 3, 2023

Critically endangered sea turtles have nested there in the past.

From Seattle Times • May 6, 2022

Since then, officials said, several peregrine falcons have nested, but no pair had successfully hatched chicks until last spring.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

And the Guardian says two wild storks who have nested in West Sussex could become the first wild pair to breed in England since the early 15th Century.

From BBC • May 23, 2019

And even the thirty seem to have nested in vain, for no young grebes have been observed on the lake since the last DDD application.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson