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nest / nest/ • n. 1. a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young. ∎  a place where an animal or insect breeds or shelters: an ants' nest. ∎  a person's snug or secluded retreat or shelter. ∎  a bowl-shaped object likened to a bird's nest: arrange in nests of lettuce leaves. ∎  a place filled with or frequented by undesirable people or things: a nest of spies. 2. a set of similar objects of graduated sizes, made so that each smaller one fits into the next in size for storage: a nest of tables. • v. 1. [intr.] (of a bird or other animal) use or build a nest: the owls often nest in barns | [as adj.] (nesting) do not disturb nesting birds. 2. [tr.] (often be nested) fit (an object or objects) inside a larger one: the town is nested inside a large crater on the flanks of a volcano. ∎  [intr.] (of a set of objects) fit inside one another: Russian dolls that nest inside one another. ∎  (esp. in computing and linguistics) place (an object or element) in a hierarchical arrangement, typically in a subordinate position: [as adj.] (nested) organisms classified in a series of nested sets | a nested relative clause. DERIVATIVES: nest·ful / -ˌfoŏl/ n. (pl. -fuls) . nest·like / -ˌlīk/ adj.


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Helping at a Henslow's Sparrow nest in Wisconsin. (Short Communications).(Abstract)
; Helpers at the nest have been documented for relatively few...sedentary with a shortage of territories, nest sites, or mates constraining independent...document an instance of helping at the nest of a Henslow's Sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii... Read more
Old stuff makes new statement Artists make use of recycled objects
; ...Dreams are carnivals. A nest is greater than its eggs...memories of train trips. Objects in a matchbox record a journey...opening. Her "Unity" is a nest perched inside two outstretched hands. Inside the nest are two ceramic faces... Read more
Who lives in a nest like this?
; ...looking for help to identify a giant birds' nest he found near a city park. The 75-year...his youth, returned later to collect the nest and take it back home for safekeeping...of bird constructed such a magnificent nest. "It must be 16 inches long and 12 inches... Read more
Observation of a Northern Cardinal nest reused by a Gray Catbird in the same season.(Short Communications)(Report)
; Reuse of the same nest is well documented among colonial breeders...reuse nests due to scarcity of suitable nest sites. A few non-colonial nesting passerines...few records of a passerine reusing the nest of a different passerine in the same breeding... Read more
Feathered Nest: like Nest, his pansexual, supremely eccentric shelter magazine, Joe Holtzman is an original. (media).(Brief Article)
; ...They're the only solid-color objects in a New York apartment where...is well-known to readers of Nest, his four-year-old magazine...hard to find the photos. But Nest's content is even more surprising...Farrah Fawcett memorabilia on Nest's first cover, single-mindedness... Read more
Vandals throw trolley at eggs in new attack on swan's river nest ; Vandals have made renewed attempts to smash eggs in a swan's nest near Exeter Quay.
; Vandals have made renewed attempts to smash eggs in a swan's nest near Exeter Quay. A supermarket trolley was thrown into the nest in a deliberate attempt to smash the four eggs. The Echo has recently reported a spate of attacks on the nest, one of which was filmed and then posted for viewing on the YouTube ... Read more
IF THIS IS THE NEST....(Business)
; ...family of birds had flown. He said: I was expecting to find a nest the size of a fruitbowl, which I could pick up with one...the jackdaws going in, but I didn't realise how big the nest would be. It looks like something a heron or a stork would...Dale, said: Jackdaws come back year after year to the same ... Read more
Nest gets new pole position ; A worker who removed an osprey nest from aging transformers built the birds a new nest platform.
; ...weighed about 150 pounds. The largest piece of the 4-foot-wide nest fell like a manhole cover when Picard dropped it. Allen was not surprised. "They build a good nest," he said. The CMP crew worked with the Department of Environmental...Maine Yacht Center. Allen said it's unknown how long the nest had ... Read more
The effect of age on nest concealment and its complimentary effect on production of wood thrush.
; Nest predation may be a major factor influencing avian reproductive success (Ricklefs 1969). Choosing the optimal nest site may be critical in habitats where predation rates are...criteria have been positively associated with the age of nest owners, including earlier nest initiation, greater yearly... Read more
SEASONAL VARIATION IN NEST PLACEMENT BY THE CALIFORNIA GNATCATCHER.
; KEITH W. SOCKMAN [1,2] ABSTRACT.--Nest placement of open-nesting bird species may affect risk of nest predation, nest microclimate, and reproductive success. In populations that breed in multiple habitat types and over long seasons, nest placement... Read more

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST USA, 1975 Director: Milos Forman Production...Van Wert, W., "An Aerial View of the Nest" in Jump Cut (Berkeley), Summer 1976...Marsha, " One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest : Some Reasons for One Happy Adaptation... Read more
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