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them. In addition, many countries have laws and ordinances to protect nesting areas. However, turtles are still in danger due to human activity. In some...

In manufacturing industry, nesting refers to the process of laying out cutting patterns to minimize the raw material waste. Examples include manufacturing...

and population of these nesting areas, but most accounts mention colonies containing millions of birds. The largest nesting area ever recorded was in central...

require international cooperation, since the turtles roam vast areas of ocean and critical nesting beaches are scattered across several countries. Carl Linnaeus...

10–20 swifts will gather in flight around their nesting area, calling out and being answered by nesting swifts. Larger "screaming parties" are formed at...

plover, and the burrowing owl, also rely on prairie dog burrows for nesting areas. Grazing species, such as plains bison, pronghorn, and mule deer, have...

gathering in large numbers to lay their pinkish eggs in a single surrounding nesting area. The number of eggs laid within one nest can range from 9,000 to 108...

much habitat as possible for wildlife. The island is also a significant nesting area for waterfowl. The island does not have deep water docking, requiring...

are now nineteen nesting couples in eight of the Bay Area's nine counties. Other once absent species that have returned to the Bay Area include Swainson's...

lay their eggs no less than 150 m (490 ft) from water. The search for nesting areas, by adult females, can last several hours to several days. Once an appropriate...

Russian: матрёшка, IPA: [mɐˈtrʲɵʂkə] ), also known as stacking dolls, nesting dolls, Russian tea dolls, or Russian dolls, are a set of wooden dolls of...

Nesting behavior refers to an instinct in animals during reproduction to prepare a place with optimal conditions for offspring. The nesting place provides...

late May. Area closed within Cape Henlopen State Park, Delaware, where piping plovers are known to nest Piping plover protected nesting area on Cavendish...

important nesting area for maritime birds. The island is of volcanic origin, containing several volcanoes including Mount Young. It has a land area of 85...

omnivore, with its diet ranging from insects to fruits and nuts. The usual nesting areas are shrubs, small trees, or at times on ground level. Brown thrashers...

their shoulder moving closer and closer to the nesting area. Eventually when they arrive at the nesting site the mating pair are both involved in the construction...

attributed it to high hormone levels and the brant's inability to leave the nesting area. Canada geese are primarily herbivores, although they sometimes eat small...

shoreline, dunes, marshes and coastal grasslands. Breezy Point Tip is a nesting area for the threatened piping plover. Jacob Riis Park is an ocean beach with...

within the nesting area as a whole, only a model of strict philopatry predicts a non-random distribution of females within that larger area, and the observed...

incubate the eggs, feed the young, and remain territorial in protecting the nesting area. In rare cases, outsiders may be allowed into the territory to communally...