Careless brushing off of snow cover can damage finer twigs of certain plants.

The nests of woodswallows are loosely constructed from fine twigs, and both parents help rear the young.

It does not need cutting to the ground each spring but does need some discipline pruning to take out tangled fine twigs and encourage the display of pink flowers in August.

Their flat, shallow nests are made of sticks and lined with fine twigs and rushes.

It is woven of fine twigs, roots, and grasses, and embellished with large objects such as bark strips, paper, or plastic bags.

The nest is shallow, built of fine twigs and placed in a low tree.

When the eggs are laid, a lining of fine twigs or bark chippings is added.

Green Catbirds pair monogamously, and the nests are noted for having an unusual layer of wet, soft wood beneath the lining of fine twigs and leaves giving it a large size.

A central small, shallow cup of soft materials such as grass and fine twigs cushioned and insulated the eggs.

Then they stripped me of my robes, and lashed me with fine twigs of virgin hazel, until my blood ran from me into the pool;.