Close your eyes and picture a bird’s nest.Did you imagine a cup built of twigs or grasses, perched on the branch of a tree?

The farther away the better, given a wren’s propensity for discouraging ... back-and-forth action, as birds brought in various bits of fluff for nest lining. All good, I thought.

The annual wren nesting at Mt. Hoo has been a success. For seven years now a tiny camera has allowed my wife and I to watch this miracle unfold in the 4-by-4-inch birdhouse just outside my bedroom ...

Most birds build some sort of nest where the ... the nest in which she will incubate the eggs. Pacific wren males build nests used as focal points for courtship displays. (Photo by Helen Unruh ...

“A birdhouse is really a replacement for a habitat element that birds would find in nature—a hole in a dead tree,” says Robyn Bailey, NestWatch project leader for Cornell Lab of Ornithology ...

I love the outdoors! In addition to being a gardener, I am an Ohio Certified Volunteer Naturalist. With that designation, I have been monitoring the bluebird trail in Austintown Township Park. There ...

And smart too, for no predator is likely to venture into the cholla’s spiky landscape to make dinner of the nest’s inhabitants. A neighbor had told me a bird called the cactus wren nests that way.

Insects are an important part of the cleanup squad. Earwigs, millipedes, springtails, and isopods are out there decomposing ...

The occasional bird’s tweet or crunch ... be hundreds of miles away, Nest is well worth a visit. Sadly, it doesn’t come cheap. A one-night stay in the Wren treehouse we visited will set ...

Nest Partners is managed by Columbia Hospitality, based in Seattle, whose owner is John Oppenheimer. Doug and Skip ...

Celia Wren is a freelance arts journalist. Her articles about theater, dance, television and more have appeared in The Washington Post, the New York Times, the Village Voice, Newsday, the Boston ...

The Wingfield Care Home in Trowbridge had residents hooting with delight as they welcomed Wren’s Birds of Prey for an afternoon of avian amusement. Residents were surprised to get to know new feathery ...