nesting boxes
Cavities for brooding
Nesting boxes are enclosed structures provided for birds or other animals to lay eggs and raise young, typically wooden boxes with an entrance hole mounted on trees or posts.
Birdhouses are the most familiar type.
The term also applies to boxes for chickens in coops or for small mammals like rabbits.
Separately, nesting boxes are a set of containers designed to fit inside one another for compact storage: The nesting boxes stack neatly in the cupboard.
- birdhouseMounted shelter for songbirds
- cavityEmpty space within
- entrance holeOpening for entering
- feedersThings that supply nourishment
- compartmentEnclosed subdivision of space
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