was nesting

• past progressive

  past progressive

  Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.

  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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was nesting

In early April, evergreen Arctostaphylos ‘White lanterns’ was blooming, and a family of juncos was nesting in his cotinus bush.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 12, 2024

It was nesting season in the far north: When I walked a one-lane road to a nearby salt factory, oystercatchers with tangerine-colored beaks squawked stay-back warnings from the grass.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2021

It was nesting season, and dozens of great blue herons burst from the mid-reaches of some tall trees.

From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2017

Since female mountain lions gestate for 90 days, park employees tracked P-53’s movements and noted she was nesting for longer periods than normal.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2017

Then she fell to her labor of collecting what I suppose was nesting material, and in a few minutes started up again by the roundabout road to the top.

From A Bird-Lover in the West by Olive Thorne Miller

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