Small Miracles

SMALL MIRACLES
A look at birds’ nests like you’ve never seen these miniature masterpieces.

Chipping sparrow. Mono County, California, 1959. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds’ nests like you’ve never seen these miniature masterpieces. Cuban emerald. Andros Island, Bahamas, 1988. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds’ nests like you’ve never seen these miniature masterpieces. Western yellowthroat. Lower Klamath Lake, California, 1918. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds’ nests like you’ve never seen these miniature masterpieces. Western tanager. Washoe Valley, Nevada, 1934. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds’ nests like you’ve never seen these miniature masterpieces. Altamira oriole. Taxisco, Gautemala, 2007. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds’ nests like you’ve never seen these miniature masterpieces. House finch. Oxnard, California, 2008. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds’ nests like you’ve never seen these miniature masterpieces. Song sparrow. Tilden Regional Park, California, 1960. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds’ nests like you’ve never seen these miniature masterpieces. Bank swallow. Ocean Beach, California, 1960. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds’ nests like you’ve never seen these miniature masterpieces. Small ground finch. San Cristobal Island, Galápagos Islands, 1906. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds' nests like you've never seen these miniature masterpieces. House finch. Hemet, California, 1989. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds' nests like you've never seen these miniature masterpieces. Strange Weaver. Rwenzori Mountains National Park, Uganda, 1970. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds' nests like you've never seen these miniature masterpieces. Western kingbird. Weldon, California, 1911. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds' nests like you've never seen these miniature masterpieces. Social flycatcher. E of Duran, Ecuador, 1991. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds' nests like you've never seen these miniature masterpieces. California quail eggs after hatching. Point Arena, California, 2006. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds' nests like you've never seen these miniature masterpieces. Bushtit. Alameda County, California, 2005. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

SMALL MIRACLESA look at birds' nests like you've never seen these miniature masterpieces. House wren, Oakville, California, 1974. Photo: Photography by Sharon Beals

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