A bird nest is a place where birds lay and hatch eggs. Bird's nest may also refer to: Places Nickname for the Beijing National Stadium The Bird's Nest (house), Newport, Rhode Island Bird's Nest (Shelby County, Kentucky) Cuisine Bird's nest soup, a delicacy made from the salivary excretions of the swiftlet Seafood birdsnest, southern Chinese dish made of taro Another name for egg in the basket Plants and fungi Bird's nest plant, carrot (Daucus carota) Bird's nest fern, several species of ferns in the genus Asplenium Bird's nest orchid, Neottia nidus-avis Bird's nest fungi, several fungi in the order Nidulariales Books The Bird's Nest (novel), by Shirley Jackson Other Birds Nest (horse), a British Thoroughbred racehorse