A nest is rarely found if seen at all, but building one is a monumental undertaking. For such a tiny bird, its nest is more This Bird’s Nest Weighs Less Than a Paper Clip ...

One Bird Nest, 30 Years of Human ... And any given piece of trash might have lingered for a while before a coot added it to its nest. For a recent paper, published in the journal Ecology, ...

Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet. Each year, these birds typically build new, bowl-shaped nests using leaves, rushes and reeds. But, while nesting in ...