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Nests that make you wonder what the birds were thinking!

Gutter Nest 2.0

Kathryn Wieczorek

Brockport, NY, USA

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Gutter nest

Kathryn Wieczorek

Brockport, NY, USA

  • 1
  • 2

Gila Woodpecker in Gym Column

Olya Phillips

Tucson, AZ, USA

  • 3
  • 0

Feeding the family!

Carla Sherack

Weaver, MN, USA

  • 6
  • 0

Reduce, reuse, and recycle

lisa saffell

Overland, MO, USA

  • 8
  • 0

Maytown family hawk power nest

kristie mcginty

Maytown, PA, USA

  • 8
  • 0

Birdie Nest

William Wells

Royersford, PA, USA

  • 9
  • 0

Bird drama

Bill Betts

Boston, MA, USA

  • 7
  • 1

Hummingbird chicks

Rob Kronenberg

Peoria, AZ, USA

  • 5
  • 0

Fence Post High Rise

Ron Sheffler

Jasper County, Indiana, USA

  • 8
  • 1

Nests everywhere

Jennifer Gnolfo

Oak Park, IL, USA

  • 8
  • 0

Baby House Finches

Frances Herrick

North Little Rock, AR, USA

  • 8
  • 0

Costa’s Hummingbird Nest.

Tom Haglund

Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico

  • 10
  • 0

A Worm’s Last Sight

Rudy Meyer--age 9

Olympia, WA, USA

  • 9
  • 0

bakery bird

Stefanie Freele

Sonoma County, CA, USA

  • 13
  • 0

With an antler perch.

David A Frank

Frankfort, NY, USA

  • 13
  • 0

Politician holds funky nest

Helen J.

New York, New York, USA

  • 15
  • 0

Tool box nest

Haydee Zimmerman

Sarasota, FL, USA

  • 19
  • 0

Carolina Wren nest in conch shell

Leigh Anne Parham

Cartersville, GA, USA

  • 19
  • 0

What kind of Raptor?

Luc Wyn

Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

  • 18
  • 0
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