Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!unhd.unh.edu!oz!wwf From: wwf@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Wavell Fogleman) Newsgroups: rec.birds Subject: Re: Nest identification Message-ID: <1991Mar8.134817.7603@oz.plymouth.edu> Date: 8 Mar 91 13:48:17 GMT References: <70921@microsoft.UUCP> Reply-To: wwf@oz.plymouth.edu (Dr. Wavell Fogleman) Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, N.H. Lines: 16 In article misan@ra.abo.fi (Annika Forsten DC) writes: >In article <70921@microsoft.UUCP> wolfd@microsoft.UUCP (Wolf DUBY) writes: > >> Can anyone point me in the direction of a good reference on >> identification of nests? I think I've found an Eagle's nest >> (I can't think of any other native Washington bird that would >> build something that big) and would like to some confirmation >> before I spend hours sitting in the area with a spotting scope >> in the hope that its residents might show up. > >There is a field guide to nests for North America. I don't remember the >details and I don't know if it will enable you to identify the nest. The Field Guide to nest of N. American birds is by Hal Harrison. Check just about any guide to raptors which contains significant natural history for more details.