“Proper ventilation and drainage make it a safe, long-term home (for birds),” Kurup says. This prevents moisture buildup ...

"The oldest layer is as old as me — all my life, a bird was nesting here," said Auke-Florian Hiemstra, a biologist at the Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden, Netherlands. Unlike natural nests ...

Just as he had to rebuild his life, Munsch has created a book that walks other people consumed with grief through building a birdhouse, symbolizing something new being born out of crisis.