Bird nest July to September), it is not in others, and the swiftlets are declining in areas where the harvest reaches unsustainable levels. Some species of birds are also considered nuisances when they nest in the proximity of human habitations. Feral pigeons are often unwelcome and sometimes also considered as a health risk. The Beijing National Stadium, principal venue of the 2008 Summer Olympics, has been nicknamed "The Bird Nest" because of its architectural design, which its designers likened to a bird's woven nest. In the Victorian era, naturalists often collected bird's eggs and their nests. The study of bird nests is
The Echo Nest The Echo Nest The Echo Nest is a music intelligence and data platform for developers and media companies. Based in Somerville, MA, the Echo Nest was a research spin-off from the MIT Media Lab to understand the audio and textual content of recorded music. Its creators intended it to perform music identification, recommendation, playlist creation, audio fingerprinting, and analysis for consumers and developers. On March 6, 2014 Spotify announced that they had acquired The Echo Nest. The Echo Nest was founded in 2005 from the dissertation work of Tristan Jehan and Brian Whitman at the MIT Media Lab. In October