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A real estate solution for birds who refuse to build their own homes.

means A small enclosed box, usually mounted outdoors, built to give birds a safe cavity in which to nest and raise their young.

from A straightforward compound of 'nest' (from an old Germanic root referring to a bird's bed, related to words across Germanic and even Latin for a place a creature settles down) and 'box' (from Latin 'buxus,' the boxwood tree once carved into small containers). The word itself is modern and plain-spoken — no myth to it, just humans noticing birds needed real estate and naming the fix exactly what it is.

hole size
determines which species can enter, down to the millimeter
orientation
faces away from prevailing wind, not toward pretty views
cleaning
needs yearly emptying or parasites move in with the chicks
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