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Engineers, students work together to create human-sized ‘bird nests’

By , Daily Memphian Published: November 12, 2018 8:51 PM CT
<strong>Downtown Elementary kindergarten student Kaleb Hale, 5, winces as Octavius Nickson shows him how to use a power drill for the first time while building his school's "nest" at River Garden which officially opens on Nov. 9, 2018. Shelby County Schools students designed and helped build several life-sized nests to be included in the park.</strong> (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

Downtown Elementary kindergarten student Kaleb Hale, 5, winces as Octavius Nickson shows him how to use a power drill for the first time while building his school's "nest" at River Garden which officially opens on Nov. 9, 2018. Shelby County Schools students designed and helped build several life-sized nests to be included in the park. (Jim Weber/Daily Memphian)

With Memphis River Parks Partnership’s $1.6 million transformation of Mississippi River Park comes an adult-sized treehouse, birdhouses and oversized bird nests, meant for humans, rather than fowl.

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Elle Perry

Elle Perry

The Memphis native and two-time University of Memphis graduate has written for publications including The Memphis Business Journal, Memphis Flyer and High Ground News, and previously served as coordinator of The Teen Appeal.

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