nesting box's Usage Examples:

A whelping box, also known as a nesting box or whelping pen, is designed to protect puppies during birth (whelping) and early life by keeping them safely.

underground in their burrow, on the surface in the bedding, or in a nesting box.

will roost wherever there is a suitable small hole, be it in a tree or nesting box.

include singing and flapping wings, and then placing some material in a nesting box or cavity.

BT worked with the Hawk and Owl Trust to set up a nesting box for a pair of peregrine falcons.

The development of the artificial nesting box in the 1930s gave an additional boost to wood duck production.

Male at nesting box.

easily in captivity if provided with necessary flight space and a large nesting box.

Chatham petrel in nesting box, on egg.

A nesting box filled with hay is given to the female as she prepares for birth.

They lay five to eight white eggs in a nesting box.

Attacks by starlings can be reduced if the nesting box opening is kept to 1.

CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link) "Trust hopes nesting box scheme will boost barn owl numbers".

Direct observation of Screech Owl nesting box, Tom Knapp 3 Jan 2014[unreliable source?] Arbogast, B.

a crevice in a wall, a hole in a bank, a sand martin's burrow or a nesting box.

and roughly slivered corn, or maize husk can be given in the aviary as nesting box lining: It will be ripped up, ' carried into the nest box by the female.

"Woodpecker occupying nesting box".

Bulbourne saw the creation of a dedicated Kingfisher nesting box alongside the river, and a second nesting box has also been built at Gadespring.

Synonyms:

mite box; snuffbox; paintbox; tinderbox; tuck box; bandbox; jewel casket; mailbox; cigar box; pencil case; carton; window box; casket; shadow box; ballot box; deedbox; lid; cereal box; container; play-box; alms box; pyxis; base; flat; matchbox; playbox; pencil box; poor box; chest; shoebox; coffin; strongbox; crate; letter box; hod;

Antonyms:

incidental; genuine; legitimate; right; superior;