Birds build nests in the branches.
Meaning: This means that the birds are constructing structures in the branches of the trees to lay their eggs and raise their young.
Choice of Words: Birds are warm-blooded vertebrates characterized by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton. Build means to construct or create something by putting parts together. Nests are structures built by birds to lay their eggs and raise their young. Branches are the limbs of a tree that grow out from the trunk.
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