Scientists unravel composition of old birds’ nests to fight climate change

From Grizzly Island in Solano County to Memorial Park on the Peninsula, over 180 bird species build a next to reproduce and raise their young in the Bay Area.

But not a single local bird has ever built a nest like the ones researchers found in Ukraine. These small nests glisten with fiber-optic cables.

“These nests are very unique. I’ve never seen nests like this before, and I’ve seen many, many, many bird nests,” said Auke-Florian Hiemstra, a biologist at Leiden University in the Netherlands…

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