boxes

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The first swifts have nested in boxes installed at a University of Cambridge college which is hoping to help stem the decline of the birds and a lack of natural nesting sites.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Empty apartments with the boxes still stacked against the wall.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

The Skid Row post office opened in the 1990s, Garvins said, and served 364 P.O. boxes.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

Swift boxes were placed on the tower of the David Attenborough Building in the city in 2020 and the first pair nested and reared two chicks in 2021.

From BBC • Jun. 30, 2026

Now I can see him take in the actuality: the piled boxes and rusty tins, the clothing in various states of rumpled.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse