The Amazing And Beautiful Simplicity Of Birds’ Nests From Around The World

Photographer Sharon Beals is inspired by the natural world. She uses it to create stunning portraits that help us see the world in a new way. Her latest series, Bird Nests, features just that: birds’ nests against a black background. The nests come from a variety of species and are made of all kinds of material. Some of them even date back as many as a hundred years. These nests are not currently occupied by any birds, but were collected for research over the past century from around the world. Collections are amassed by organizations such as the The California Academy of Sciences, The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, and The Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology.