author(s)
Navdeep Kaur and Manoj Kumar

abstract
The main objective of the present study was to find out the nesting preference of avian species in relation to indigenous trees at two different locations i.e. Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana and village Machaki Mal Singh, Faridkot from April 2016- April 2017. Nesting of 8 bird species was observed on seven tree species. Five bird species were observed nesting at location I while only three were observed at location II. Selection of nesting site, nesting materials and nesting structures were monitored and studied. Total 40 nests (Four on Pipal tree, 3 on Banyan tree, 2 on Mulberry, 4 on Jamun, 2 on Neem, 24 on Kikar and 1 on Sheesham) were recorded. Out of these, three nests were of Black Kite, 6 of House Crow, 1 of Spotted Owlet, 1 of Little Brown Dove, 1 of Oriental Magpie Robin, 1 of Asian Pied Myna, 14 of Cattle Egret and 13 of Baya weaver bird. Breeding of all the 8 bird species was noticed from beginning of April to end of November.