1856 W. J. Grayson Chicora ii, in 94 Gathering flocks of sea-birds find A nest-place in the tufted grass.
1879 E. Arnold 15 Wild swans..voyaging..To their nest-places.
1953 N. Tinbergen (1963) xv. 128 I watched a similar decision as to nest-place by Red-necked Phalaropes.