Photo from Chun-Fu Lin via Lin, Chang, Matsui, Shen, Tominaga and Lin (2025) In a wetland of central Taiwan, a “slender” creature poked its “triangular” head out of a mud nest and made an ...

A search for bird nests is like an archaeological dig ... Consisting of grasses bent into a circle and reinforced with mud from worm castings, they are usually found on limbs in the lower half ...

asks Birds & Blooms reader Leona Schroeder of Fergus Falls, Minnesota. Birding experts Kenn and Kimberly Kaufman say, “Mud is an essential part of robin nest architecture. The foundation is ...

In a wetland of central Taiwan, a “slender” creature poked its “triangular” head out of a mud nest and made an “urgent”-sounding call. The call was intended to attract a mate — but ...