This picture is my interpretation of the Ovenbird nest I saw last week with my friend, Robin. It looks like the bird finds a spot in the leaf litter, then begins pushing the litter up with its bill. He keeps pushing the material up until he can fit inside. Amazingly the litter with pine needles remains standing straight up, as long as nothing, and no one steps on it. So if you're out in the woods, and hear the telltale "teacher, teacher, teacher..." look around on the ground for a small mound like structure of pine needles and sticks. The nest we found had an oak leaf over the opening, kind of like a "screen door".
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