How did the birds figure this out? I can’t fathom how they knew there was space behind the concrete.
¡Olé! -Rebecca
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How did the birds figure this out? I can’t fathom how they knew there was space behind the concrete.
¡Olé! -Rebecca
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Forget what they say about “bird brains!
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Exactly! Pretty clever.
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The corvid family are all pretty clever. They can solve problems relatively easily.
I suppose those little birds explored a hole to see if there was a space behind it.
I believe wholeheartedly that animals (and I include birds) are far cleverer than we think. Just because they don’t have opposable thumbs, and don’t speak in what we call words, has made us think they are dumber than they are.
I’ve read about parrots that could recognise shapes, and got the correct one when asked, and similarly dogs. With the dogs, the things were in another room, so the person giving the command couldn’t influence the dog by glancing at it. Each time, the dog brought back the right object in the correct colour.
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I agree VM. Animals are far smarter than we think.
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Maybe they dug this out with their little beaks.
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Thanks, Sadje, I think you’re right.
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😂
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I don’t understand how it works… 🤔
This is alien to me.
You said you are going on a break 🤔
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Said I’d be back Saturday . 🙂 Imagine there is a box with a concrete cover. The concrete cover is on the side. The birds pecked through the concrete to nest inside the box!
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I need to see how it actually works….
Concrete structures are not good for birds
Here we have handmade nests for birds, that keeps temperature normal.
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Cute. And clever. 😁
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Thanks, Brenda. No predators will fit through there!
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Keeps them safe
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Yes, Brenda. Quite the avian innovation.
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Do you think the holes might have been there to begin with? So interesting!
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Hi Wynne, the hole were not intended by the architect. 😉 No, they are beak made to the bird size in several of the square spots on the building.
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Interesting – they look pretty precise. Amazing!
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Animals are certainly crafty!
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Thanks, Rebecca. I think so too.
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Just plain nosey, I suppose. Or beaky.
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Bery beaky!
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Were the holes especially for the birds?
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Yes, by their own design. Not planned by humans!
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Clever birdies!
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Smart bird to find such a secure nesting place. Makes me wonder though about the security of the bridge’s foundations.
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Hi Rosaliene, yes very smart. This is the top of a building.
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Oh!!! Thanks for the clarification 🙂
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Amazing! It gives a whole new meaning to the word “birdbrain.”
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Yes, smarter than we give them credit for, it seems.
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Great “Stud finders”. 😂
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Thanks, Cindy. Yes, we’re hiring them for our next project.
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Great idea!!1 ❣️
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There had to be a million other, easier places to nest but no.. this bird had to be next level.
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Must be super safe since the entrance is tiny.
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Right? I guess birds don’t suffer from claustrophobia.
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Good thinking. And sparrows must not have a good sense of smell…
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Is it a house sparrow? Nothing stops them. They often take over the houses bluebird fans in my town build and situate so carefully.
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Yes it is. Small and determined!
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