mud nest
Dirt-dauber's clay dwelling
A mud nest is a nest built primarily from mud, constructed by certain birds, insects, and other animals.
Swallows, swifts, and some wasps shape wet mud into cup-shaped or enclosed structures that harden as they dry: Barn swallows built a mud nest under the eaves.
The term describes the construction material rather than a specific species' dwelling.
- barn swallowFork-tailed migratory songbird
- swallowSend down the throat
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
- daubApply crudely
- eavesProjecting roof edges
barn · feathers · insects · chirping · woven · twigs · saliva · cliff · martin · cliff dwelling · wasp · chamber · brood · baby birds · swooping · flight feathers · riverbank · drying out
- bird neststwigs, sticks, aerie, grass, leaves
- nestswoven, birdhouse, eyrie, bee hive, termite mound
- insect homesanthill, ant hill, ant mound, beehive, hive
- nest buildingweaving, lining, binding, site selection
- natural formationscave, cavern, cliff, crater, dune
- bee habitatshive, beehive, honeycomb, bee box, apiary