The maze-like nests of the tiny and noisy sociable weaver bird commonly found in arid parts of southern Africa aren’t just a marvel to look at.They provide shelter, food and scent-marking places ...

When it comes to home-building, some birds put even the finest architects to shame. Their nests are not just shelters but ...

From afar, the acacia trees look like they have been decorated with grass pom-poms. The birds have been busy, building shelters of straw and grass. Up close, the real shape of the "pom-poms" becomes ...

“The birds, however, simply start adding onto the nests once again.” If Jurassic Park taught us anything, it’s that life finds a way –sometimes, it seems, with a little help from its friends.

Sociable weaver birds (pictured inset) in the Kalahari Desert, South Africa, make their nests (pictured) around telegraph poles because there are no trees for them to shelter in.

A bird species known as sociable weavers are known to create massive, visually appealing nests in the Kalahari Desert in South Africa. The nests resemble haystacks and they are comprised of twigs, ...

Instead, it uses chambers inside nests of sociable weavers: sparrow-sized birds that nest communally in structures resembling huge haystacks in the crowns of thorn trees. A sociable weaver nest ...

Huge group nests of sociable weaver birds across southern Africa are about as close as nature gets to building condos. Ant nests, beaver lodges and many other marvels of animal architecture ...

A telephone pole near Upington in South Africa is covered by nests made of twigs and grass by sociable weaver birds. Photographer Dillon Marsh's 'Assimilation' project shows how the birds make ...

Nest-building is not just instinctive but is a skill that birds learn from experience, research suggests. Scientists filmed male Southern Masked Weaver birds in Botswana as they built multiple ...

The maze-like nests of the tiny and noisy sociable weaver bird commonly found in arid parts of southern Africa aren't just a marvel to look at.They provide shelter, food and scent-marking places ...

Africa: Avian Architects - Weaver Birds in Africa Have Unique Building Styles. 24 October 2024. ... There is a lot of diversity in the nests different bird species build, ...