Smithsonian Magazine on MSN5d
These Bird Nests Are Full of Trash, Including Some That’s 30 Years Old
Eurasian coots are round, black waterbirds with distinctive, chicken-like feet. Each year, these birds typically build new, ...
ZME Science on MSN2d
Birds are building nests out of decades-old plastic trash and it’s a record of the Anthropocene
The most striking discovery was a nest built on an abandoned foundation pile in Amsterdam’s Rokin canal. Over decades, it had ...
Gizmodo7d
Plastic Triggered a New Geological Epoch—and the Evidence May Be in Bird Nests
In fact, this has already begun: Researchers revealed the history of bird nests in The Netherlands by scrutinizing plastic litter used in the nests’ construction. Many different birds ...
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19 Birds That Nest on the Ground (With Pictures)
When you think of a bird’s nest, you probably picture a cozy little home tucked high up in a tree. But guess what? Not all birds take the treetop route! Plenty of species actually nest right on the ...
esa.org14d
Birds’ nests reveal history of the plastic age
Nest researcher Auke-Florian Hiemstra stumbled upon a bird nest that appeared to go back 30 years in time – filled with historical plastics. His discovery of successive layers of plastic in birds’ ...
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A selection of elaborate birds' nests from around the world
These elaborate constructions are just some of the birds' nests found at the Natural History Museum in Tring, UK, one of the oldest and largest ornithological collections in the world, with over 1 ...