Architect of the Bird World.

Have you seen bird nests? As children, we used to secretly search for the bird nest when we had clues of a newly building bird nest. What are those clues?

◾Two birds wondering in the same area.
◾Small fibres on their beaks.
◾Come and go time to time.

When we saw these signs, we knew that there must be a nest around. We searched for signs without interrupting them. Those nests look same. And this?

_{Nest Hanging on a Branch}

This is also a bird nest that belongs to Baya Weaver birds or Wadu kurulla in Sinhala. Wadu means carpenter in Sinhala. Using the meaning of designing, this birds are called architects in the bird world. These birds put a huge effort to make their homes. Baya weaver is a small bird with yellow colour head and brownish feathers.

_{The Baya Weaver}
Not like other birds, male bird makes the nest when it comes to the baya weavers.

My father bought this bird nest for me. It had been fallen on the floor.

_{Two Paths}

When there are weavers around, there are number of nests on the same tree. They are hanging on the branches of the trees.

_{Nests hanging on a Tree}
The nest I have is not the normal complete shape of the Baya weavers’ nest. It should have a lower part like this to complete the structure.

_{A Complete Nest}

See the close ups. Can you imagine the effort they need to weave this up to this level? I always get impressed by these bird nests.

_{Closer Look}

The entrance to the bird nest is from the bottom. There are some clay parts attached to the walls.

_{Clay Attached to the Wall}

When this is fully built, the one path is covered, and they put eggs on that. The covered path is built as a normal bird nest inside the larger nest. Open path is used to go inside the nest.

This structure provides an extra protection to birds and the eggs. How creative they are.

I was in a thought of born as a bird in my next life. As a child. I still feel it sometimes. If so, I want to be a Baya Weaver. 😍

Thank you for reading.