Have you ever give any thought on why bird nests are always lined with feathers in them?
If you observe carefully they are well embedded in the nests and they are usually more at the bottom part.
According to some books that I read, if the nesting planks are too short, less then 5 inches wide, the birds have very little space to maneuver and have a very strong tendencies of getting their feathers stuck to the drying saliva.
But what if the nesting planks are wider then 5 inches, how come there are still lots of feathers in them?
I am a very observant person. I do installed a few CCTV cameras in my BH.
One of the thing that I always observed is the pattern of flight when a bird entered into a nesting areas.
Firstly the room is always dark and the bird usually will not go straight to their nests. They need a few seconds to locate their readied nests.
There are many occasions they will go to the wrong nest (this might be young birds that are alien to the surrounding).
But more often then not the birds do need a few seconds to find their nest in the dark.
The only way for them to locate the exact and the right nest that belongs to them will be the special smell that they created for identification.
This is where those feathers plays a very important role in this arena.
Each bird have their own special smell and I am sure those feathers in the white nests are intentionally embedded for the smell.
So from now if you find that your nests are with feathers, you should know why !!!
To all my Chinese blog readers, please accept my sincere wish that may this new year be a better year for all.
If you observe carefully they are well embedded in the nests and they are usually more at the bottom part.
According to some books that I read, if the nesting planks are too short, less then 5 inches wide, the birds have very little space to maneuver and have a very strong tendencies of getting their feathers stuck to the drying saliva.
But what if the nesting planks are wider then 5 inches, how come there are still lots of feathers in them?
I am a very observant person. I do installed a few CCTV cameras in my BH.
One of the thing that I always observed is the pattern of flight when a bird entered into a nesting areas.
Firstly the room is always dark and the bird usually will not go straight to their nests. They need a few seconds to locate their readied nests.
There are many occasions they will go to the wrong nest (this might be young birds that are alien to the surrounding).
But more often then not the birds do need a few seconds to find their nest in the dark.
The only way for them to locate the exact and the right nest that belongs to them will be the special smell that they created for identification.
This is where those feathers plays a very important role in this arena.
Each bird have their own special smell and I am sure those feathers in the white nests are intentionally embedded for the smell.
So from now if you find that your nests are with feathers, you should know why !!!
To all my Chinese blog readers, please accept my sincere wish that may this new year be a better year for all.
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