nester
noun[C,usually plural]
uk/ˈnestər/us→empty nester
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The latter two attributes may provide a simpler model system for study than multi-site nesters.
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Quite a large number of us have been bird nesters when we were boys.
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What is going to happen to an innocent birdnesterwho might be found with plovers' eggs in his possession but with no intention of using them for commercial purposes.
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No one who has been a schoolboy, or a schoolmaster, will attempt to deny that boys are bird nesters, but they are not limited to the public elementary schools.
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The eggs are white, as with many hole nesters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.These nesters include species of albatrosses, petrels, skuas, gulls and terns.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many young urban professionals and empty nesters live in the townhouses.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Being secondary cavity nesters (incapable of excavating their own nests), they find trees with large cavities.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Many if not all species are colonial nesters; some build their nests in high, dark corners on cave walls.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Like most parrots, they are cavity nesters, generally nesting high in older large trees in forested areas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Newlyweds and empty nesters account for a smaller proportion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This starling is a cliffnester, breeding on rocky cliffs, outcrops and gorges.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Like most parrots, the cockatoos are cavity nesters, nesting in holes in trees, which they are unable to excavate themselves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some, including the rook and the jackdaw, are also communal nesters.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Cormorants are colonial nesters, using trees, rocky islets, or cliffs.
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