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Zebra finch

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Field guideHow birds build nestsNest building combines species-typical tendencies with local decisions and, in many birds, experience. A builder may scrape substrate, excavate, stack, weave, knot, plaster, or mold materials while repeatedly testing the structure against support, temperature, rain, predators, and parasites.