It’s springtime. A bird flies by with a piece of red string in its mouth. Soon it flies by again with a twig. What is it doing? The bird is getting ready to build its nest. The nest is where the mother bird will lay her eggs. After the chicks hatch, they will stay in the nest until they grow up.
Different kinds of birds build different kinds of nests. Many birds make nests in trees. Some of these are layers of twigs piled together. Others are like bowls made of mud and grass. Nests can also be holes in tree trunks, or hanging pouches or sacs made of woven twigs and grass.
Some water birds make nests that float on water. They make the nests out of weeds and sticks and fasten them to rushes.
Some birds don’t make nests at all. Some sea birds lay their eggs on a ledge on the side of a cliff. Other birds lay their eggs in holes in the ground. And some birds lay their eggs in the nests of other birds.
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