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Paintings by Peggy Macnamara

Architecture by Birds and Insects

A Natural Art

With contributions by John Bates and James H. Boone With a foreword by David Quammen
164 pages, 56 color plates  9 x 6  © 2008

Cloth $25.00

ISBN: 9780226500973   Published September 2008

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Preface
by David Quammen   
 
Nests
by Robert Cording     
 
Introduction
by Peggy Macnamara
 
Cover Plate
Montezuma Oropendola
Plate I
Variety of Bird Nests   

Part 1 Nests Made by Sewing, Weaving, and Binding  
Plate II
Sewing and Weaving   
Plate III
Caddisfly Larvae         
Plate IV
Bagworm Larvae         
Plate V
Ant Garden     
Plate VI
Argiope Web  
Plate VII
Village Weaver
Plate VIII
Swifts  
Plate IX
Wrens 
Plate X
Osprey
Plate XI
Grebe  
Plate XII
Bald Eagle       
Plate XIII
European White Stork 

Part 2 Nests Made of Paper    
Plate XIV
Paper Wasps   
Plate XV
Polybia Wasp  
Plate XVIso-prop-change: 'Carol Saller' 20070606T1005"Pasteboard Wasp        
Plate XVII
Wasp Nest in Palm      
Plate XVIII
Ant Nests        

Part 3 Nests Made of Mud      
Plate XIX
Mud Nests      
Plate XX
Ovenbird         
Plate XXI
Potter Wasps  
Plate XXII
Mud Daubers  
Plate XXIII
Polybia Wasp  

Part 4 Nests Made by Depressions and Mounds          
Plate XXIV
Mound Builders           
Plate XXV
Bowerbird       
Plate XXVI
Sandhill Crane 
Plate XXVII
Game Birds     
Plate XXVIII
Emu, Tinamou, and Kiwi          
Plate XXIX
Termite Mound
Plate XXX
Compass Termites       
Plate XXXI
Fungus Garden

Part 5 Nests Made by Carving Wood  
Plate XXXII
Wood Carvers
Plate XXXIII
Woodpeckers 
Plate XXXIV
Carpenter Ants in Aspen Stump           
rop-change: 'Carol Saller' 20070606T1005"Part 6 Nests Found Close to Home     
Plate XXXV
Cardinal, Red-winged Blackbird, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Meadowlark   
Plate XXXVI
Baltimore Oriole, Yellow Warbler, Brown-headed Cowbird, and Scarlet Tanager
Plate XXXVII
Robin, Vireos, Thrush, and Redstart     
Plate XXXVIII
Herons
Plate XXXIX
Tent Caterpillars          
Plate XL
Bald-faced Hornets     
Plate XLI
Backyard Bees and Wasps      
Plate XLII
High-rise Spider          
 
Conclusion      
Further reading
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