To remove from or disturb a nest; to force out of a nesting place.
From dis- + nest. The term developed to describe the action of removing birds or animals from their nests, used in contexts from ornithology to common speech.
When researchers disnest birds for banding studies, they must work incredibly carefully—stressed parent birds can abandon their chicks if handled wrong.
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