Nest Collection

Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris), two curled up asleep in drey inside nest box. Nest of lichen and Pine needles. Highlands, Scotland, UK. Medium repro only

House Martins building nest under eaves of house Kent May

DDE-90024054
Asia, Bhutan. Taktshang or Tiger's Nest is the most famous monastery in Bhutan. Date: 05/04/2008

Naked Mole Rat underground. Digs with its incisor teeth. Blind. Dry areas North East Africa
PM-10590 Naked Mole Rat underground Dry areas North East Africa. Heterocephalus glaber Digs with its incisor teeth. Blind

Harris's Hawk - on nest Sanguaro Desert, Arizona, USA
CAN-595 HARRIS HAWK - on nest in saguaro cactus, with chicks Sonoran Desert, Arizona, USA Parabuteo unicinctus John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Pet Rat In house / bed
JD-16908 Pet RAT - in bed in cage John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Bullfinch - male & female pair at nest with young
JAB-578 Bullfinch - male & female pair at nest with young Pyrrhula pyrrhula Jack Bailey Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Male Pileated Woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) with beetle larva in beak about to feed two chicks, New York, USA, May

Picture No. 10789115
Hen Harrier - Male passing prey to female in flight above nest (Circus cyaneus) Date:

Tarantula / Bird-eating Spider - at nest carrying egg cocoon
LB-10906 Tarantula / Bird-eating Spider - at nest carrying egg cocoon Ian Beames Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) adult landing at nest with chicks, Vaala, Finland, June

Picture No. 11768877
Chicken hen with multi-coloured eggs hatched in straw pen Digital Manipulation: eggs coloured Date:

Picture No. 11672424
Osprey adult feeding young. Date:

Mole - eating worm undergound
JD-13175 European / Common MOLE - eats worm in hole underground Talpa europaea John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Theatre, A Cuckoo in the Nest 1925, Nerman
A scene from A Cuckoo in the Nest, a popular farce playing in London in 1925. Here, the impeccable husband is discovered by his wife and in-laws in a ladys bedroom (equally impeccable)

Mole
USH-55 MOLE - burrowing out of mole hill Talpa europaea Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Mountain Gorilla - group Rwanda
AU-04 MOUNTAIN GORILLAS - family group with Silverback male Rwanda Gorilla gorilla Auscape Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wren - adult feeding offspring at nest
USH-910 WREN - Adult feeding offspring at nest Troglodytes troglodytes Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Badger - young Lincolnshire, UK
GET-56 BADGER - young sitting at sett entrance Lincolnshire, UK Meles meles Geoff Trinder Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Picture No. 12018909
Emu nest and eggs Emu nest and eggs. Date:

Picture No. 10856402
Shoebill / Whale-head Stork - pair at nest (Balaeniceps rex) Date:

Harvest Mouse Micromys minutus using tennis ball as nest on nature reserve Norfolk June

Goodman's Mouse Lemur in the nest - new species discovered in Aug 2005 - Masoala National Park - Madagascar
MAR-1310 Goodman's Mouse Lemur in the nest - Masoala National Park - Madagascar Microcebus lehilahytsara new species discovered in Aug 2005 Thomas Marent Please note that prints are for personal

Honey Bees - on comb & brood cells
JLM-8126 Honeybees and Brood Cells Apis mellifera John Mason Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Beaver - working on beaver dam, late autumn. MT278
TOM-1190 Beaver - working on beaver dam, late autumn. Grand Teton national park, Wyoming, North America Castor canadensis Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes

Jaguar - female, with 2 day old cub in forest floor den. In the wild. Amazonas, Brazil
NG-1234 Jaguar - female, with 2 day old cub in forest floor den. In the wild. Amazonas, Brazil. Panthera onca Nick Gordon Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Great Horned Owl (Bubo virginianus) - Arizona - With young in nest in Saguaro Cactus - The "Cat Owl" - A
CAN-3062 Great Horned Owl - with young in nest in Saguaro Cactus Arizona, USA Bubo virginianus The "Cat Owl" a really large owl with ear tufts or "horns"

Sussex Chicken - sitting on next in tin bucket
LA-4395 Sussex Chicken - sitting on next in tin bucket Jean Michel Labat Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Ufos / Kanab / Van Nest
Adamski-type UFO allegedly photographed by Fritz van Nest near Kanab, Utah, in full daylight

Four hummingbirds with chicks in a nest
Four adult hummingbirds with chicks in a nest -- ornysmia trochilus moschita, ornysmia Vieilloti, ornysmia Sasin trochili cristati (in nest) ornysmia mellivorus

Golden Oriole near its nest in Bulgaria, Oriolus oriolus, Bulgaria

Selasphorus rufus, rufous hummingbird
Plate 379 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Kestrel / Falcon - at nest, head on, both eyes visible
WAT-5453 KESTREL - at nest, head on, both eyes visible. Falco tinnunculus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Little Penguin - Also called Fairy Little Blue or Southern Blue Penguin. Smallest penguin. New Zealand
CAN-2910 Little Penguin - Also called Fairy Little Blue or Southern Blue Penguin. Smallest penguin. New Zealand Eudyptula minor John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display

"There was an old man with a beard, who said, It is just as I feared
LLM386602 " There was an old man with a beard, who said, It is just as I feared! ", from A Book of Nonsense, published by Frederick Warne and Co

Honey Bee, Apis mellifera, bees on wild honey cone, Welder Wildlife Refuge, Sinton, Texas, USA

Kingfisher in flight
Common kingfisher. High-speed photograph of a common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis, flying towards its nest with a fish in its bill

Lion - 5-6 week old cub with mother in den - Masai Mara Reserve - Kenya
SE-399 Lion - 5-6 week old cub with mother in den Maasai Mara Reserve - Kenya Panthera leo Suzi Eszterhas Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

African Hoopoe - In flight - feeding brooding partner
PS-4165 African Hoopoe - In flight - feeding brooding partner Upupa epops Peter Steyn Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Tawny Owl - in flight, towards nest
WC-45-C Tawny Owl - in flight, towards nest Strix aluco Werner Curth Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Honey Bee Hives In forest in winter
PPG-429 Honey Beehives In forest in winter Pascal Goetgheluck Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Burrowing Owl
FG-10431 Burrowing Owl - six on ground Athene cunicularia Francois Gohier Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Nightingale (Freeman)
(Daulius luscinia) Nightingale on its nest

Humming Bird Silk Print
Decorative silk print showing two green birds (possibly Humming Birds) nest building

Green Turtle, (Chelonia mydas) nesting female on beach, Ascension Island, South Atlantic Ocean

young wild rabbits, Austria
SM-2815 Wild Rabbits - young Austria Oryctolagus cuniculus Stefan Meyers Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Red Panda / Red Cat-bear - animal transporting bedding for den, Hessen, Germany
USH-2442 Red / Lesser PANDA / Red cat-bear - animal transporting bedding for den Hessen, Germany Ailurus fulgens Duncan Usher Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Eastern Bluebird - male at nest box Hamden, Connecticut, USA
JZ-315 Eastern Bluebird - male at nest box Hamden, Connecticut, USA Sialia sialis Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Osprey - coming in to land at nest Cypress Lake, florida, USA BI001350
COS-1132 Osprey - coming in to land at nest Cypress Lake, Florida, USA Pandion haliaetus Bill Coster Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) on nest, South Walney Reserve, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Pelican In Her Piety, East Window, 1880 (stained glass)
3475415 The Pelican In Her Piety, East Window, 1880 (stained glass) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); St Martins Church, Brampton, Cumbria, UK; (add.info.: Brampton, St Martin, M&C, EBJ, EW)

Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in tree with pair of Nazca boobies (Sula granti) showing mating behaviour, Genovesa Island, Galapagos

Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major), male feeding juvenile in nest, Finland, June

Aerial Chair Lift to Eagles Nest, Bray, County Wicklow, Republic of Ireland

Mute Swan - mother & cygnets UK
CAN-2742 Mute SWAN - mother and cygnets England Cygnus olor John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Green tree ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) defending their leaf nest, Daintree River, Wet Tropics World Heritage area, Queensland, Australia

Picture No. 12020054
Detail of a communal nest of Sociable Weavers with its numerous chambers - Tirasberge, Namtib Biosphere Reserve, Namibia. Date:

birds, brazil, dawn, dusk, evening, flying, full-length, jabiru, jabiru mycteria
Jabiru mycteria, adults, animal, animals, bird, birds, Brazil, color, colour, couple, flying, male flying, ornithology, outdoors, outside, pair, stork, storks, sunrise, vertical, wild, wildlife

Picture No. 11676366
Ostrich female at nest with eggs Date:

Blackbird -Turdus merula-, female perched on nest with nestlings, Untergroningen, Abtsgmuend, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Cuckoo - young in Reed Warbler nest being feed - UK
MAW-78 Cuckoo - young in nest being fed by Reed Warbler UK Cuculus canorus Cuckoos are brood parasites Maurice Walker Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Common mud-dauber wasp - female closing a cell in which she has laid one or more eggs and a paralysed spider as food
AUS-423 Common mud-dauber wasp - female closing a cell in which she has laid one or more eggs and a paralysed spider as food

Blue Tit - pair feeding grubs to chicks at nest
WAT-8833 Blue Tit - pair feeding grubs to chicks at nest Parus caeruleus M. Watson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wwi Navy Recruitment
Naval recruitment poster from World War One featuring a number of sailors in a crows nest of a ship

Mole - in underground hole
JD-13173 Mole - in underground hole Talpa europaea John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Regal Horned Lizard Female, constructing nest. Arizona, USA
CAN-2100 Regal Horned Lizard - Female, constructing nest. Arizona, USA. Phrynosoma solare John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Goldfinch - pair with young in nest, May. West Sussex, UK
MAW-46 BIRD - Pair of Goldfinches with young in nest in May West Sussex, UK Carduelis carduelis Maurice Walker Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Canada Goose - Female sitting on nest-The most common and best-known goose
CAN-2134 Canada Goose - Female sitting on nest New York, USA Branta canadensis John Cancalosi Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Eastern Screech-Owl - in owl box. January, CT
JZ-2903 Eastern Screech-Owl - in owl box January, CT, USA Otus asio Jim Zipp Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Chicken Hen with eggs
JD-16927 CHICKEN - Hen with eggs John Daniels Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Traditional beehive house of the Dorze people made entirely from organic materials, Chencha mountains, Ethiopia, Africa

Common loon (Gavia immer) nesting at edge of lake and calling, Acadia National Park, Maine, USA, August

Yellow-plumed parakeets (Leptosittaca branickii) at nest cavity in wax palm stump, Tapichalaca Biological Reserve, Ecuador

Lapwing or Peewit - Vnel lus vulga ris, c1910, (1910). Artist: George James Rankin
Lapwing or Peewit - Vnel lus vulga ris, c1910, (1910). From Britains Birds and Their Nests, by A. Landsborough Thomson. [The Waverley Book Company, Limited, W. & R

White Stork pair on their nest Do& xf1;ana National... White Stork pair on their nest Do& xf1;ana National
White Stork pair on their nest Do& xf1;ana National Park, Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain White Stork pair on their nest Doana National Park, Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain Date:

Robins nesting on a bell-shaped Christmas card
Robins nesting in the snow on a bell-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Picture No. 10848461
Pebble Mount / Mound Mouse - pushing stone from burrow (Pseudomys chapmani) Date:

Sula capensis, Cape Gannet
Plate 2 from William MacGillivrays Watercolour drawings of British Animals (1831-1841)

Feeding the Birds, by Mabel Lucie Attwell Date: 1912

Owls, 1913 (w / c and pencil on paper)
STC172912 Owls, 1913 (w/c and pencil on paper) by Voysey, Charles Francis Annesley (1857-1941); Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK; The Stapleton Collection; English, out of copyright

A Pair of Turtle Doves (colour litho)
CHT176695 A Pair of Turtle Doves (colour litho) by Travies, Edouard (1809-1876); Private Collection; eArchives Charmet; French, out of copyright

An Adelie Penguin (Pygoscelis Adeliae) at Paulet Island, Antarctic Peninsula, building a nest with rocks and pebbles in the snow

The Pelican, cartoon for stained glass for the William Morris Company, 1880 (coloured
XCF869991 The Pelican, cartoon for stained glass for the William Morris Company, 1880 (coloured chalk on paper) by Burne-Jones, Edward Coley (1833-98); William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow

USA, Colorado, Fort Collins. Eastern screech owl in its nest opening. Credit as: Don Grall / Jaynes Gallery / DanitaDelimont

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In the vast tapestry of nature's creations, the nest stands as a symbol of comfort, protection, and life itself. From the intricate drey nestled within a lichen-covered tree branch to the underground burrows meticulously crafted by naked mole rats, these dwellings serve as sanctuaries for various creatures across different landscapes. High up in the Sanguaro Desert of Arizona, a Harris's Hawk perches proudly on its nest, watching over its precious offspring with unwavering dedication. Meanwhile, inside cozy homes and beds, pet rats find solace in their human companionship. In another corner of the wilderness, a male Pileated Woodpecker diligently searches for beetle larvae to nourish its hungry chicks waiting eagerly in their wooden abode. The scene captures an intimate moment between parent and child - a testament to parental love transcending species boundaries. Deep beneath the earth's surface lies another world entirely: that of moles tirelessly tunneling through soil in search of sustenance. With remarkable precision and speed, they devour worms hidden from sight. Amidst all this activity lies an enchanting wren delicately feeding its offspring at their humble nest. The adult bird's tireless efforts ensure that its young ones grow strong enough to venture into the world beyond. And finally, high above Vaala in Finland soars a peregrine falcon returning home to feed its hungry chicks awaiting eagerly at their lofty eyrie. This majestic predator exemplifies both power and grace as it lands gracefully amidst chirping excitement. Even amidst such diversity among nests - whether it be tarantula carrying an egg cocoon or red squirrels curled up asleep inside their drey - one thing remains constant: these structures represent life's most fundamental instinct – nurturing future generations while offering shelter from life’s storms.