twigs and sticks is another name for an eagles nest.
what is another name for an eagles nest?
twigs and sticks
nests are usually huge, constructed of sticks and branches, averaging roughly across and up to deep, but can be several metres in width & depth, lined variously with moss, greenery, seaweed or wool. the nest must have easy access for the eagles with a clear view of the surrounding environment, shelter from the elements and protection from nest predators. in forest of finland, it has been estimated that perhaps only 1 in a thousand trees will prove attractive to white-tailed eagles. cliff nests often include lesser materials, some may be only a scooped shallow depression of soil, or pile of heather or juniper stems with stipes of dried "laminaria", but also sticks up to and several cm thick may be incorporated; almost any material available may line the nests such as seaweed, driftwood, even glass or metal floats and, in one to two cases, the dried skeleton a sheep. in tree nests, the average nest diameter is about , with nests in trees tending to be larger, more rigid and stronger. a relatively new 4 year old nest weighed and one about twice that age can exceed in mass. some tree nests may range easily up to in diameter and deep after many repairs over years, with extreme sizes of perhaps another metre in diameter and depth, or “twice the height of a man”. tree nests may be lined with lichen, moss, seaweed, ferns, grass, woodrush, heather or "empetrum"; many tree nests may be lined with sheep's wool. the male of the pair more often brings nesting branches, while female takes the primary role in construction. a nest may be added to by the resident pair at as early as december onwards, but usually do so starting in march at high latitudes. a new nest may take several months to construct, but if an old nest is lost in late winter, pairs have been known to build a new nest faster than average in less than a month, however egg laying may be inhibited in such cases. repair to an existing nest can take about 18 days. white-tailed eagles have also used nests built by other species: black kite, common buzzard, common raven ("corvus corax") and, subsequent to the eagles evicting them, ospreys and red kites. eastern imperial eagles, saker ("falco cherrug") and peregrine falcons have used old white-tailed eagles nests, in the two swift falcon species they've been recorded in evicting pairs of white-tailed eagles from their eyries with persistent dive-bombing. in one case, after having been displaced by humans from an eyrie that had seen 30 years of white-tailed eagle use, an eagle pair returned to find the nest occupied by peregrine falcons. despite many dogfights, the eagles constructed a nest higher up in the same tree. although fighting continued, both species succeeded in raising 1 fledgling each. in norway, pairs of ravens, peregrines and white-tailed eagles have been known to successfully nest on the same cliff face. many small species of bird may nest in the immediate area of white-tailed eagle eyries, presumably due to incidental protection: eurasian tree sparrow ("passer montanus"), white wagtail ("motacilla alba"), eurasian treecreepers ("certhia familiaris"), common redstarts ("phoenicurus phoenicurus"), european crested tits ("lophophanes cristatus"), eurasian starlings and stock doves ("columba oenas"). like in the golden eagle, pairs of white-tailed eagles often build multiple nests on their home range over time and use them randomly over different years (sometimes using one for several consecutive years or changing nests every year over several years). the species may build from 1 to 11 nests, averaging 2.5 in norway with pairs with up to 5 nests being not uncommon in that country.
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the eagles nest wilderness is a u.s. wilderness area located in the gore range near vail, copper mountain, frisco, silverthorne, and heeney, in summit and eagle counties colorado. eagles nest wilderness falls within the jurisdiction of dillon ranger district and holy cross ranger district, white river national forest. the wilderness with of trails was established in 1976. in 2010, additional lands were proposed for wilderness protection under the hidden gems proposal, affecting elliot ridge, tenmile, and lower piney areas of summit and eagle counties.
eagles nest wilderness