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Description
A sure sign that spring is on the way is when birds start to build a nest and raise a family. We are fascinated by the different colors and characteristics of birds, but they are also amazing engineers in the way they build their nests! Each bird species has their own method and time to build a home for the coming babies. Eagles return to last year's nest of sticks as do herons. Wrens quickly fashion a mishmash of leaves, twigs and dry grass while chickadees like to add a little moss. Robins shore up the edges of their bassinets with mud, titmice look for strands of hair or fur and hummingbirds use spider silk and lichen. Woodpeckers drill out a new nest hole in a dead tree and bluebirds will use an old woodpecker home or wooden box.
Join Michelle Campanis, education coordinator with the UT Arboretum, and Stephen Lyn Bales, naturalist/author, for the First Thursday Supper Club via Zoom on February 5, 7pm in this "Let's Build a Nest" program you’ll learn the amazing array of local nest building among our East Tennessee birds!
If you are unable to watch at the scheduled time, the program will be recorded and sent to everyone who registers. Closed captions are available. This program is cosponsored by the UT Arboretum Society (UTAS) and The American Museum of Science and Energy (AMSE).
Photo: Stephen Lyn Bales
Date & Time
Thu, Feb 5, 2026 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Venue Details
Virtual Program on ZOOM
utarboretum.tennessee.eduOak Ridge, Tennessee
