Examines the nests and nest building habits of eleven birds common to the continental United States, as well as unusual nests that have been built when normal nesting materials were in short supply.
An introduction to the many places birds make their nests, such as chimneys, cliffs, bushes, traffic lights, and window ledges, and the unusual things that might be built into the nests.
Text and photographs record the family life of some blue tits that settled in a glass-backed window box at the headquarters of a scientific filming company in England.