nesting

/ (ˈnɛstɪŋ) /

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noun

the tendency to arrange one's immediate surroundings, such as a work station, to create a place where one feels secure, comfortable, or in control

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Another notable region is nicknamed “Pigeon Valley” for the thousands of bird nesting holes dug into the pliable rock.
The Secret Life of Cappadocia: Underground in the Turkish Rock Formations|Nina Strochlic|August 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The birds have returned to the beach for their annual nesting—and the uncommon people never left.
Six Months After Sandy, the Rockaway Story Continues|Michael Daly|April 29, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Workflowy: Keep track of to-do lists, grand plans, and groceries to pick up in this clever nesting-system of organization.
Must-Have Apps: What To Download On Your New Device|Nina Strochlic|December 25, 2012|DAILY BEAST
In the Cavour high school in central Rome, mice run through the halls, nibbling on open wiring and nesting in the lockers.
In Italy, Angry Students Occupy Schools|Barbie Latza Nadeau|November 22, 2012|DAILY BEAST

It rides in on two house-made pickle rounds nesting on a thin slice of bread.
Breast Milk Cheese|Gael Greene|March 9, 2010|DAILY BEAST
Eggs and nestlings were found lying on the bare soil at the inner ends of the burrows; no nesting material was found.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
Probably the swallows were nesting in the cenote although the nests were inaccessible to view.
Summer Birds From the Yucatan Peninsula|Erwin E. Klaas
It appears, however, to be rather irregular in its breeding habits, nesting from the end of May to July or August.
Birds of Guernsey (1879)|Cecil Smith
I wish to inform those boys with whom I have been exchanging that as the nesting season is over I have no more eggs.
Harper's Young People, November 30, 1880|Various
Marked as a rare summer resident, though no record of nesting.
Birds of the Rockies|Leander Sylvester Keyser

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