Birds usually nest during the breeding season. They need to build a small nest in the branches and holes of the tree to hatch the next generation, which plays a certain role in protecting the eggs and is conducive to the hatching of the eggs and the growth of the chicks.
How do birds build nests? Birds are very clever animals. They pick up branches, leaves, feathers, plant fibers, weeds and soil from the outside with their mouths, and stick them together or weave them together with saliva. After condensation, the nest is very strong.
When it comes to nesting, you have to say that nesting masters among birds. Its craftsmanship is definitely the pinnacle of birds. This is a yellow-breasted weaver bird. Look, even the name has the demeanor of a master craftsman.
How does it build its nest? Generally, males start to build nests first, and "unmarried" males need to build nests first to win the favor of females. When the male is halfway to the nest, if he can't attract the other half, the male yellow-breasted weaver bird has no interest in continuing to nest and gives up directly. If females are attracted, the newlyweds will nest together in Qixin.
The method of nesting is like this. Male birds first start to build nests. He first walked to a rice field or a tall grass, grabbed a leaf with his mouth, and then flew up, so that he could tear off a slender leaf. Male birds first use this leaf to weave nest handles on branches. This is a key step, which requires the male to finish carefully, and then continue to weave the nest neck with thin leaves. The neck of the nest is slender and solid, and more thin leaves are needed. When the male bird finds the other half, the female bird will join in, so the process will be greatly accelerated. In short, this is a "huge" project for them. Because their nests are beautifully woven, people call them "knitting masters" among birds.
When I was a child, I lived in my hometown, and there were swallows nesting under our roof. You can see that swallows bring soil from the outside, usually wet soil. They will choose from the wet soil on the bank of the stream and stand it up with their beaks when they come back. They not only brought soil, but also brought back some hay, feathers and hay for nesting, which can make the nest stronger. The reason is the same as the steel bars used in our buildings. Feathers can make the nest more comfortable and warm. When nesting, male and female swallows often work together, so the nesting time will be greatly shortened. According to my initial observation, it took two swallows almost ten days to build their nests, but they only lived here for a few months. After the next winter, they found that the swallows didn't come back, and they didn't know what happened to them. Then their nest was occupied by sparrows.
There is no doubt that swallows and yellow-breasted weaver birds are hardworking birds, but some of them are extremely lazy, such as the notorious cuckoo. They never build their own nests or hatch their own eggs. If the yellow-breasted weaver is a master weaver among birds, then the cuckoo is a master liar among birds.
The cuckoo will lay eggs in other birds' nests. Someone asked what to do if it was found in other nests. This is the cleverness of the big cuckoo. It will choose to be in a nest where its eggs look similar to its own. In order to equal the number, the cuckoo will also take the eggs of a host, or simply push them out and throw them on the ground to avoid being found.
Under normal circumstances, cuckoo's eggs will hatch first. Little cuckoo has this instinct, it will instinctively push other eggs out. In this case, there is only one in the nest, and all the food in the future will belong to it, and it will grow rapidly.
Host birds will continue to raise the offspring of azaleas. For the host bird, it thinks that this is its only "offspring", but it is not its own. When the offspring of azalea grow up, do you think it will honor its "adoptive parents"? No, it just pats its ass and goes to find its relatives. Is it shameless?
There are many interesting stories among birds, which are worth exploring.