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nests/nɛsts/
A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.

red-tailed hawks/ˌrɛd ˈteɪld hɔks/ /ˌrɛd ˈteɪld hɑks/
Buteo jamaicensis, a medium-sized bird of prey found throughout North America.

archives/ˈɑːrkaɪvz/ /ˈɑːrkɪvz/
Natural deposits of material, regarded as a record of environmental changes over time.

she-oaks/ʃiːoʊks/
Any of various trees and shrubs of the family Casuarinaceae growing in Australasia and parts of Asia.

ship rat/ˈʃɪp ˌræt/
A common species of rat, Rattus rattus.

floc/flɑk/ /flɔk/
A floccule; a soft or fluffy particle suspended in a liquid, or the fluffy mass of suspended particles so formed.

dowse/daʊs/
To fall suddenly into water.

frescos/ˈfreskoʊz/
A cool, refreshing state of the air; coolness, duskiness, shade.

dressings/ˈdrɛsɪŋz/
Something added to the soil as a fertilizer etc.

curbed/kɜːrbd/ /kɝbd/
To furnish with a curb, as a well; to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.