Below are the submissions for the funniest nests in 2019! Send us the funny birds’ nests that you see @cubirds on Instagram!
Mourning Dove Mama And Her Two Hatchlings by Barbara Hostetler (Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, US): It was a few weeks after the last snow, I went out to clean the side patio for the season . Imagine my surprise and delight to see the Mourning Dove with her two babies! As you can see she was keen to spot the perfect circle happening inside the extension cord left out from last fall , and so she built the latest look in mourning Dove housing ! Photo taken from a distance so as not to further disturb the happy family ! Swallow Highway Houses by Tracy Borgmeyer (Baytown, Texas, US): We saw swallow nests on the way to our grandma’s house in Victoria, Texas. We were stopping at a red light and saw muddy clumps on the highway overpass. We also saw birds going into the mud nests.Old Watering Can by Mallory Homan (Cincinnati, Ohio, US): Nest in an old watering can!Goose Eggs by Thomas A Medley (Woodstock, Georgia, US): Canadian goose eggs at my boat dockMisunderstood Instructions by Johnathan Clayton (Austin, Texas, US): I guess I should have put the instructions on the outsideMisunderstood Instructions by Johnathan Clayton (Austin, Texas, US): Carolina Wren babiesMisunderstood Instructions by Johnathan Clayton (Austin, Texas, US): I built and hung this nest box for Wrens, Chickadees or Titmice. I was very happy to see a family of Carolina Wrens use it, even if not quite in the intended manner!Rex & Rhonda House Wren Family by Susan Bodziach (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US): House wrens decided to nest in my decorative bird house. I have been observing them since they started building the nest. There are at least five babies and they are currently around 9 days old.Owl Decoy Gets Dirty by Estuary Explorers (Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, California, US): This cliff swallow family decided the owl decoy wasn’t so scary after all! “a”-ok Bird Nest by Madelyne and Teddy Gordon (Thompson’s Station, Tennessee, US): The convenience of living close to a Kroger!The Perfect Nesting Site by Matthew Krohn (Williamsburg, Virginia, US): Two Rock Pigeons decided to nest in the canopy above the entrance to the Colonial Williamsburg visitor’s center. They don’t seem to mind the owls and spikes at all!Winner: Nest In A Bicycle Basket by Lancey Grace Wilson (Perry, Georgia, US): I was at my neighborhood friend’s pool and noticed that their bike had a little cute bird’s nest in the attached basket. I guess my friends have not been doing a lot of bike riding recently!Bag Lady by Judith Cagle (Cantonment, Florida, US): Welcome to the garage. My friends keep an old rag bag for washing the car. See it hanging on the side of the wall? Look a little closer! See the Bag Lady? A Carolina wren has set up housekeeping inside the rag bag. Kelly and Cheryl had a house finch nest on their porch last year. They enjoyed watching the birds come and go as they raised two families. So when this wren took over the rag bag, they backed away and relinquished it to her. Now they can hear the babies! But they haven’t seen them yet!Bag Lady by Judith Cagle (Cantonment, Florida, US): A true Bag Lady!Bird Nest In A CAT Shaped Bird FEEDER by Victoria Detweiler (Allentown, Pennsylvania, US): For the 2nd year in a row a pair of house finches nested in our bird feeder. Ironically it is a cat shaped bird feeder. Maybe they feel it will scare other birds away!Bird Nest In A CAT Shaped Bird FEEDER by Victoria Detweiler (Allentown, Pennsylvania, US)Bird Nest In A CAT Shaped Bird FEEDER by Victoria Detweiler (Allentown, Pennsylvania, US): 5 house finch eggs in a cat shaped bird feederBirds Amongst Cat(nip) by Meghan Howell (Milford, Ohio, US): A wren nest, wren eggs, cowbird eggs – all amongst a flat of catnip plantsCelebration Of Life At The Children’s Hospital Of Georgia by Lara Tucker (Augusta, Georgia, US): Breezeway coming up to the Children’s Hospital of Georgia. Our little nest is above the light which is closest in this photo.Celebration Of Life At The Children’s Hospital Of Georgia by Lara Tucker (Augusta, Georgia, US): I heard these little babies, before I found them. Mom was there feeding her babies lunch and the babies were chirping their happiness.Celebration Of Life At The Children’s Hospital Of Georgia by Lara Tucker (Augusta, Georgia, US): Mom left the nest, leaving behind her babies. I have no doubt she returned after this photo op.Patriotic American Robin by Veronica Jacoby (Lamar, Colorado, US)A Bird Nest On The Car! by Shelby Wei (Port Lavaca, Texas, US)
