27 December 2012

Nest

Cup or platform?
Since seeing Betty Goodwin's engraving of a nest on Judy's blog, I've been looking for "leftover nests" in the wintery trees.

And wondering about nests. (The study of birds' nests is called caliology.)

It's not just birds that build nests:


says wikipedia.

Furthermore, birds' nests come in various types:




1 comment:

sociedaddediletantes.blogspot.com.es said...

Thank you for this post.

Here there are more pretty nests:

http://texturesshapescolor.blogspot.com.es/2012/12/tangling-and-interweaving.html