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“So my definition of what is nesting material was already quite a broad one,” said Mr. Hiemstra, a doctoral student at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in the Netherlands.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2023

Meanwhile, a pair of catbirds is nesting in a dense bush next to our porch, where they’ve made what ornithologists call an open-cup nest: one that isn’t in a box or a cavity.

From Washington Post • Jul. 7, 2021

“By no means is nesting a common occurrence,” he said.

From Fox News • May 5, 2020

Seabird known as the brown booby is nesting for the first time in Channel Islands National Park, marking northward move of species.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 8, 2017

“Sam Gribley. I live down by Delhi. I came here to get these two chicks and bring them back to their mother. She is nesting near my house.”

From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George