tree crotch

That one was carefully setting the gray nest into a tree crotch.

Finally, just before dawn, he relinquished his immediate effort and sought rest in a friendly tree crotch in the safety of the middle terrace.

Structures Natural nesting structures include tree cavities, tree crotches and muskrat houses.

If such dens are unavailable or accessing them is inconvenient, raccoons use burrows dug by other mammals, dense undergrowth or tree crotches.

Nests were usually placed in tree crotches, on branches next to the trunk, occasionally on branches a short distance from the trunk, or near the crown of the tree.

He knew that the girl could not balance herself in safety in a tree crotch while she slept, nor would it be safe to permit her to sleep upon the ground open to the attacks of prowling beasts of prey.

Most fledglings starve to death during their first summer — Bobby and Pip’s mother, Violet, will leave dead rats in tree crotches for her for a few weeks, in part to keep her alive, and in part to keep her from boomeranging back to the nest.