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Nests that make you wonder what the birds were thinking!

When You’re In a Hurry

Jan Dempsey

Cortland, NY, USA

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Carolina Wrens

Karen Carbiener

Richardson, TX, USA

  • 26
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Pool cap nest.

Luke Latka

Adkins, Texas, USA

  • 20
  • 0

Not in the barbecue!

Kelly Farlow

Kuna, ID, USA

  • 22
  • 0

Welcome Home Nest

Pauline

Laval, Quebec, Canada

  • 21
  • 0

Busy as a robin in my umbrella

Emma Church

Shark River Hills, Neptune, NJ, USA

  • 22
  • 1

Birds nest

Iman Ahmad Ahmad

Houston, TX, USA

  • 27
  • 0

Four robin babies

Cynthia Pacheco

Amarillo, TX, USA

  • 19
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Momma Dove made a home in my Rhododendron plant.

Carlene Suhren

Mars Hill, North Carolina, USA

  • 26
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish

Terry McGrath

Aiken, SC, Aiken, SC, USA

  • 22
  • 0

Bird on eagles wings

Jeanne Harrington

Hastings, MN, USA

  • 30
  • 0

Anna’s Hummingbird nest on a clothespin

Boyd Jensen

Wilton, CA, USA

  • 37
  • 1

Carolina Wren nest

Troy Moore

Theodore, AL, USA

  • 21
  • 0

Sparrow in a sign

John Carney

Riverside, East Providence, RI, USA

  • 23
  • 0

Hummingbird nest on the bobstay

Ellen Sanpere

Rio Dulce, Guatemala

  • 25
  • 0

On the Lamp Post

Benicio Cristofalo

Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, USA

  • 26
  • 0

800-pound nestbox

Kevin Corwin

Antonito, CO, USA

  • 26
  • 0

Giving a buck

Kitty Ryan

Rochester, MN, USA

  • 24
  • 0

Columbina inca en un nopal.

Pamela García

México, CDMX, México

  • 27
  • 0

FLY, ROBIN, FLY…

avian flight

Staten Island, NY, USA

  • 27
  • 1
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