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Bird Nest Material: Plastic String

This nest appeared in a path near Mary’s Vassar Community Gardens plot:

Bird Nest with plastic string - top
Bird Nest with plastic string – top

The bird obviously took advantage of modern technology, because it’s held together with generous loops of plastic string:

Bird Nest with plastic string - bottom
Bird Nest with plastic string – bottom

We don’t know where it came from or how it got onto the path.

Comments

2 responses to “Bird Nest Material: Plastic String”

  1. Olli Avatar
    Olli

    Our squirrels know how to use mineral wool, but the Eurasian pygmy owl accepts only “organic thermal insulation” i.e. chickadees’ feathers.

    1. Ed Avatar
      Ed

      I always admire critters for being able to find their raw materials, then build a nest / hive / burrow from scratch: not a single retail package was involved!