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[[Image:Basket style nest.jpg|thumb|right|A basket style nest]]
A '''nest''' is a place of refuge built to hold an animal's [[Egg (biology)|egg]]s and/or provide a place to raise their offspring. They are usually made of some [[life|organic]] material such as [[twig]]s, [[grass]], and [[leaf|leaves]]; or may simply be a depression in the ground, or a hole in a tree, rock or building. Human-made materials, such as string, plastic, cloth, hair or paper, may be used.
Generally each species has a distinctive style of nest. Nests can be found in many different [[habitat (ecology)|habitats]].
Nests are built primarily by [[bird]]s, but also by [[mammal]]s, [[fish]], [[insect]]s and [[reptile]]s.
They may have some or all of the following zones: attachment; outer decorative layer; structural layer; lining.
Some birds will build nests in trees, some (such as [[vulture]]s, [[eagle]]s, and many [[seabird]]s like [[Kittiwake]]s) will build them on rocky ledges, and others nest on the ground or in burrows.
==Bird nest==
[[Image:Baby birds in nest.jpg|Baby [[Blue Jay]]s in a nest|thumb|right]]
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Most species of birds build some sort of nest, though some lay their eggs directly onto rock ledges or bare soil without first modifying the area. Nest types vary from the very simple scrape, which is merely a shallow depression in soil or vegetation, to the elaborately woven pendant or sphere; some bird species use cavities in trees or dig burrows into the ground.
==Names of nests==
* A [[badger]]'s nest is called a [[sett]].
* An [[eagle]]'s nest is called an [[eyrie]].
* A [[squirrel]]'s or [[Pseudocheiridae|ringtail possum]]'s nest is called a '''drey'''.
* A [[hare]]'s nest is called a form.
* A [[pheasant]]'s nest is called a nide.
* A [[wasp]]s' nest is called a [[vespiary]].
==Gallery==
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Image:American Robin nest.jpg|Single egg in the nest of an [[American Robin]]
Image:Bird nest in grass.jpg|Nest in grass
Image:crows.nests.arp.750pix.jpg|[[Rook]] and [[Eurasian Jackdaw]] nests
Image:Great horned owl chick 3w.jpg|3 [[Great Horned Owl]] chicks in their nest
Image:Inside a nest.jpg|The inside of a bird's nest
Image:redwing_nest.jpg|[[Redwing]]s typically make [[ground nest]]s
Image:Swallownest1.jpg|Mud nests made by swallows
Image:Bald eagle nesting.JPG|Female [[Bald Eagle]] on nest with egg
Image:Nest_lamp.jpg|A nest in a lamp
Image:Nest_bird.jpg|A bird building a basket nest
Image:Nest Eggs.jpg|A nest containing [[Egg (biology)|egg]]s
Image:Yellow-faced-honeyeater.jpg|A yellow faced honeyeater feeding its chcks
Image:Pippit-closer.jpg|[[Richard's Pipit]] Anthus richardi chicks in a nest on the ground
Image:PMontezumaNests03.jpg|Colonial pendant nests of [[Montezuma Oropendola]]
Image:Wasp_starting_nest.jpg|Wasp starting a nest
Image:nest_insect_wilcannia.jpg|Insect nest in culvert, [[Wilcannia, New South Wales]] Australia
</gallery>
==References==
* Hansell, ''Bird nests and construction behaviour'', CUP 2005, ISBN 0-521-01764-5
==See also==
*[[Birdnesting]] – the criminal activity of collecting nests and eggs
*[[Bird nest]]
*[[Bird's nest soup]]
*[[Crow's nest]]
*[[Nest box]]
==External links==
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* [http://www.earthlife.net/birds/nests.html www.earthlife.net/birds/nests.html]
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