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While out at a lake last week-end my older 2 kids and I hiked down a dried-up river bed for a little ways. While we were hiking back, I noticed from a distance something hanging from a branch in a tree. I decided to go check it out to see what it was. It ended up being an old bird's nest from last year. It was hanging from some branches in a tree and was the most amazing thing!
It's coming apart a bit now since it's from last summer, but it's amazing how well it holds onto the branch. It's constructed of a mixture of birch bark, twigs, grasses, and pine needles etc. It's only a couple of inches across. On researching on the web, I've determined that it's some type of vireo nest. These birds live in the forest and sing songs all day long! They have many different notes sung fast. Their nests are also built fairly low to the ground.
Anyways, it was an incredible thing to see! It's so amazing how God made each little plant and animal so amazing!
:-)
Posted by rellamom on Tue 15 May 2007 at 12:23 - Link
Did you take it down as my son has been known to do?
Our 11 yo actually *collects* nests. He has a whole "display" in his room! :-P
Those nests are definitely amazing to me too. We were blessed to be able to watch some birds build a nest in our porch roof. I would have preferred it would have been elsewhere... but it was still interesting to see what items they used and how they constructed it.
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