It’s the Mad Max dream of a bird’s nest: A menacing composite of metal, clay, twig and plastic. Spotted in a sugar maple tree in Antwerp, Belgium, the gnarly architecture brims with at least 1,500 ...

Eurasian magpie and carrion crow nests made almost entirely out of anti-bird devices have been found in four European cities Michael Lee Simpson is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. His work has ...

Picture a bird’s nest. Chances are, what comes to mind is a woven basket of twigs and plant fibers—you might not imagine a crown of metal spines. But that’s exactly how some crows and magpies in ...

Despite a plethora of products designed to keep birds off buildings, our feathered friends are sending a clear message: Nice try. Eurasian magpies typically build their nests from thorny branches, but ...

wealthy residents have fitted trees with ‘anti-bird spikes’ in a bid to protect their expensive cars from bird droppings https://t.co/hz1thQngj3 pic.twitter.com ...

In the world of birds vs. bird control spikes, every story seems more gruesome than the last. In one, a spike tears through the webbing of a bird's feet. In another, a dead pelican hangs from the top ...

Strips of sharp metal pins are meant to keep birds away from buildings. Some birds are stealing them to build their nests. A nest made from metal pins and other materials collected by magpies, found ...

CLEARWATER - In the world of birds vs. bird control spikes, every story seems more gruesome than the last. In one, a spike tears through the webbing of a bird's feet. In another, a dead pelican hangs ...

Two summers ago, a patient looking out his Belgian-hospital window spied in a tree an odd, abandoned magpie nest of plastic and wire. He had, by coincidence, just read a newspaper article about a ...