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.