nesting behavior
Preparing a den
Nesting behavior is the instinct-driven activity of building or preparing a place to bear and raise young.
Birds gather materials for nests; mammals may dig burrows or line dens.
In humans, the term describes the urge to clean, organize, and prepare the home before a baby arrives: She went into full nesting mode in her third trimester.
- site selectionChoosing where something goes
- tree cavityHollow space in trunk
- incubationDevelopment before emergence
- feathersBird's lightweight covering
- burrowsAnimal-dug underground shelters
reproduction · egg laying · maternal instinct · silk threads · plant fibers · courtship rituals · twigs · building materials · weaving · plumage · avian · ornithology · mating season · territoriality · environmental adaptation · hollow · den · protection
- animal behaviorinstincts, conditioning, instinct, cognition, dominance
- ornithologyornithology, ornithologist, birding, bird watching, bird species
- herpetologyherpetology, taxonomy, reptile habitats, snake venom, thermoregulation
- animal behaviorsswimming, running, walking, jumping, flying
- paleontologydinosaurs, fossil, paleontology, fossil record, dinosaur bones
- life historyreproductive strategy, parental care, fecundity, litter size, lifespan
residency/movement
nesting behaviormigration
Movement to new territory
nomadism · seasonal migration · dispersal · wandering · roaming