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BIRD NESTING STYLES: A CRITICAL REVIEW - PART TWO
White tern
-This is it. This is the nest
-A failure to recognize the fundamental impermanence of being is the source of all suffering
-Taught Marie Kondo everything she knows
BIRD NESTING STYLES: A CRITICAL REVIEW - PART TWO
White tern
-This is it. This is the nest
-A failure to recognize the fundamental impermanence of being is the source of all suffering
-Taught Marie Kondo everything she knows
Red ovenbird
-Fond of turquoise
-Will challenge you to a contest measured in Scoville heat units
-Have you seen my prize-winning succulents?
-Knows the One True Cornbread recipe
-Fond of turquoise
-Will challenge you to a contest measured in Scoville heat units
-Have you seen my prize-winning succulents?
-Knows the One True Cornbread recipe
Vogelkop bowerbird
-Apprenticed (read: volunteered) at MOMA one summer
-My favorite artist? You wouldn& #39;t know them
-Actually, it& #39;s not a "nest"—it& #39;s an interactive sculptural platform that uses found objects and corporeal semiotics to interrogate the very essence of intimacy
-Apprenticed (read: volunteered) at MOMA one summer
-My favorite artist? You wouldn& #39;t know them
-Actually, it& #39;s not a "nest"—it& #39;s an interactive sculptural platform that uses found objects and corporeal semiotics to interrogate the very essence of intimacy
Megapode
-Uses compost pile, sunbaked sand, and geothermal energy to warm eggs
-Possibly the most ecologically intelligent species
-Literally one with the Earth
-Megapode 2020
-Uses compost pile, sunbaked sand, and geothermal energy to warm eggs
-Possibly the most ecologically intelligent species
-Literally one with the Earth
-Megapode 2020
Killdeer
-These are not the eggs you& #39;re looking for
-These are rocks
-When I snap my feathers the thought of eating eggs will permanently repulse you
-These are not the eggs you& #39;re looking for
-These are rocks
-When I snap my feathers the thought of eating eggs will permanently repulse you
Coot
-Just keep piling
-Of course it will float
-Swore an oath to never set foot on the mainland again
-No man is an island—but birb will be
-Just keep piling
-Of course it will float
-Swore an oath to never set foot on the mainland again
-No man is an island—but birb will be
Emu
-Did you just look at me?
-Did you?
-Look at me
-LOOK at me!
-HOW DARE YOU!
-Did you just look at me?
-Did you?
-Look at me
-LOOK at me!
-HOW DARE YOU!
Potoo
-Clear your mind
-Lift your eyes to the heavens
-Visualize yourself as the branch
-You are the branch now
-Clear your mind
-Lift your eyes to the heavens
-Visualize yourself as the branch
-You are the branch now
Penduline tit
-Compulsive knitter
-Seeks the fabled Highest Thread Count
-Do you want to feel like you& #39;ve fallen asleep on a sea of clouds in the arms of a marshmallow angel?
-Compulsive knitter
-Seeks the fabled Highest Thread Count
-Do you want to feel like you& #39;ve fallen asleep on a sea of clouds in the arms of a marshmallow angel?
This duck
-Try me
-Try me
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CREDITS
White tern: Otto Plantema http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-white-tern.html
Ovenbird:">https://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-whit... Sharp Photography https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rufous_hornero_(Red_ovenbird)(Furnarius_rufus)_and_nest_(2).JPG
Bowerbird:">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File... Tim Laman, http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141119-the-barmy-courtship-of-bowerbirds
Megapode:">https://www.bbc.com/earth/sto... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapode#/media/File:Brushturkeykansaszoo.jpg
D">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega... Cowell
https://www.paddlingpalau.net/blog/previous/2
Ron">https://www.paddlingpalau.net/blog/prev... Leidich
White tern: Otto Plantema http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-white-tern.html
Ovenbird:">https://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-whit... Sharp Photography https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rufous_hornero_(Red_ovenbird)(Furnarius_rufus)_and_nest_(2).JPG
Bowerbird:">https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File... Tim Laman, http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20141119-the-barmy-courtship-of-bowerbirds
Megapode:">https://www.bbc.com/earth/sto... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megapode#/media/File:Brushturkeykansaszoo.jpg
D">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mega... Cowell
https://www.paddlingpalau.net/blog/previous/2
Ron">https://www.paddlingpalau.net/blog/prev... Leidich
Killdeer: Texas Master Naturalist, https://txmn.org/lindheimer/tmn-4-7-14-gps-dirt-006/
Coot:">https://txmn.org/lindheime... https://bit.ly/2SLallA
Synx508,">https://bit.ly/2SLallA&q... Flickr
Emu: https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/emu
Potoo:">https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/e... https://www.biographic.com/assume-the-position/
Chien">https://www.biographic.com/assume-th... C Lee
http://vireo.ansp.org/bird_academy/bird_nests.html
LP">https://vireo.ansp.org/bird_acad... Schisler
Penduline tit: http://vireo.ansp.org/bird_academy/bird_nests.html">https://vireo.ansp.org/bird_acad...
Coot:">https://txmn.org/lindheime... https://bit.ly/2SLallA
Synx508,">https://bit.ly/2SLallA&q... Flickr
Emu: https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/emu
Potoo:">https://kids.sandiegozoo.org/animals/e... https://www.biographic.com/assume-the-position/
Chien">https://www.biographic.com/assume-th... C Lee
http://vireo.ansp.org/bird_academy/bird_nests.html
LP">https://vireo.ansp.org/bird_acad... Schisler
Penduline tit: http://vireo.ansp.org/bird_academy/bird_nests.html">https://vireo.ansp.org/bird_acad...
