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Odd nesting spots that make us smile

Mourning Dove Mama and her two hatchlings!

Barbara Hostetler

Schwenksville, PA, USA

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Swallow Highway Houses

Tracy Borgmeyer

Baytown, TX, USA

  • 7
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Old Watering Can

Mallory Homan

Cincinnati, OH, USA

  • 17
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goose eggs

Thomas A Medley

Woodstock, GA, USA

  • 14
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Misunderstood instructions.

Jonathan Clayton

Austin, TX, USA

  • 14
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Rex & Rhonda House Wren Family

SUSAN BODZIACH

Pittsburgh, PA, USA

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Owl Decoy Gets Dirty

Estuary Explorers

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Moss Landing, CA, USA

  • 14
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“a”-ok Bird Nest

Madelyne and Teddy Gordon

Thompson's Station, TN, USA

  • 17
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The Perfect Nesting Site

Matthew Krohn

Williamsburg, VA, USA

  • 15
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Nest in a bicycle basket

Laney Grace Wilson

Perry, GA, USA

  • 18
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First Place Prize

Bag Lady

Judith Cagle

Cantonment, FL, USA

  • 18
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Bird nest in a CAT shaped bird FEEDER

Victoria Detweiler

Allentown, PA, USA

  • 17
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Birds amongst cat(nip)

Meghan Howell

Milford, OH, USA

  • 19
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Celebration of Life at the Children’s Hospital of Georgia

Lara Tucker

Augusta, Georgia, USA

  • 19
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Patriotic American Robin

Veronica Jacoby

Lamar, Colorado, USA

  • 20
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A Bird Nest on the Car!

Shelby Wei

Port Lavaca, TX, USA

  • 25
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The Scrub Jay

Jason Rice

West Chester, PA, USA

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