In the domain of coastal conservationism, "egg counting" has been abstracted as "determining the number of eggs in a given nest at a given instance in time". What is "egg counting" best classified as?

In the domain of coastal conservationism, a "nest" has been abstracted as "a structure animals build to hold their eggs and/or offspring for breeding and protection while they mature". What is "nest" best classified as?

In the domain of coastal conservationism, "nest discovery" has been abstracted as "the moment when a conservationist has just seen and identified a nest in his/her vicinity". What is "nest discovery" best classified as?

In the domain of coastal conservationism, "egg counting" has been abstracted (in a more detailed view) as "the process of opening the nest, so its content can be observed, followed by the measuring, weighing, counting, etc. of each individual egg, followed by a careful replacement of the eggs, followed by covering the eggs with the material with which they were initially covered". What is this notion of "egg counting" best classified as?