nesting

British

/ ˈnɛstɪŋ /

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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The protective fencing around the nesting ground was washed away in high tides earlier this year.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

Before last week, the farthest known northern nesting ground was in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

They also tend to return to the same nesting sites year after year.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026

This is the sixth wave of the creatures in the nesting season, which started in March.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

It goes some- how against the grain to learn that cost-benefit analyses can be done neatly on lakes, meadows, nesting gannets, even whole oceans.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas

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