https://cleartalking.com/main/ https://cleartalking.com/main/grassy-cup-birds-nest/ https://cleartalking.com/main/grassy-cup-birds-nest/ ]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2024 07:31:54 +0000 47857 2024-03-12 https://cleartalking.com/main/media/reviews/photos/original/06/0b/3f/20240114-181610-28-1710228777.jpg A bird nest is where a bird lays its eggs, incubates them, and raises its young ones. Although the phrase is sometimes used to refer to a specific structure built by the bird itself—such as the grassy cup nest of the American robin or Eurasian blackbird, or the beautifully woven hanging nest of the Montezuma oropendola or village weaver—this is an overly narrow meaning. 

For some species, a nest is simply a shallow depression dug in the sand; for others, it is the knot-hole left by a broken branch, a burrow dug into the ground, a chamber drilled into a tree, an enormous rotting pile of vegetation and earth, a shelf made of dried saliva, or a mud dome with an entrance tunnel.]]> https://cleartalking.com/main/cypress-vine-morning-glory-plant-4/ https://cleartalking.com/main/cypress-vine-morning-glory-plant-4/ ]]> Tue, 12 Mar 2024 06:09:42 +0000 47855 2024-03-12 https://cleartalking.com/main/media/reviews/photos/original/65/1f/c0/20240106-081106-92-1710223940.jpg Ipomoea quamoclit, also known as cypress vine, cypress vine morning glory, cardinal creeper, cardinal vine, star glory, star of Bethlehem, or hummingbird vine, is a vine plant in the Convolvulaceae family that is native to tropical regions of the Americas and has naturalized elsewhere in the tropics.

I. quamoclit is a herbaceous, twining vine that can reach a height of 3-10 feet (0.91-3.05 meters). The leaves measure 1-4 inches (25-102 mm) in length, are deeply lobed (almost pinnate), and have 9-19 lobes on each side. 

The flowers are 1-2 inches (25-51 mm) long and 1 inch (25 mm) wide, trumpet-shaped with five points, and can be red, pink, or white.]]>