Bird's Nest

I found this bird nest on the ground yesterday. It's about six inches long and woven with natural and man-made materials. Some of the materials include blue yarn, fishing line, green plastic, white plastic, human hair, horse hair(I think), cotton fibers, pink fibers, sticks and leaves.

I've never seen anything like it. I would love to see how the birds do the intricate work. I would also like to know what birds built this beauty. I looked online and the closest I saw was an Oriole. I've posted a pic on my favorite wildlife site, but I haven't gotten an answer yet.

Thank you so much for stopping by!!! :0)

[Pam Hawkes]

Great handiwork involved in this nest! Nice capture of all the details!

[Vesna]

Beautiful and interesting photo!

[Tony]

Beautiful capture and amazing detail.

[Caz]

It's very intricate, the bird must been very busy collecting all the different materials ! Super find and capture :)

[Allison Maltese]

It does look like an oriole's nest. We have had them here in our yard. Here's one I took back in August at a park in the next town: http://365project.org/falcon11/extras/2012-08-30

[Sheila]

I hope we have birds building in the nearby trees. I want to leave them yarn and ribbon!

[Kerri]

Cool shot

[Nancy]

Bird nests and spider webs amaze me! Great shot.

[Rick Schies]

It kind of reminds me of an Oriole's nest, but I believe their nest is longer.

[Mary]

It's amazing how the birds manage these pieces of art!

[Françoise]

Lovely shot - I would be interested in hearing what bird made it. We used to spend hours watching the weavers and bishops building their reed nests. Amazing stuff.

[Terry]

how intricate that is

[richard saffold]

a very creative bird for sure!

[AC]

So intricate... love the texture ... great find for EOTB3 challenge!

[Paul Myers]

They are a thing of beauty, something that you've really captured, especially with the help of the background. Nicely done.

[Claire]

Such detail on large

[Carolyn White]

@webfoot Thank you, Paul. The background is a basket. I couldn't figure out how to shoot it. I tried taking it outside and hanging it on a bush. It just didn't show up. I had used the basket to carry it safely and got the idea to shoot it in the basket. You may see the basket background for more pics. :0)

[❀ Lynn]

Isn't it amazing the work they can do...I think you are probably correct in thinking it an Oriole...that's what came to mind when you described it. Wonderful capture.

[Kathryn Marshall]

Great find. Wel done shot. Great detail.

[Ann]

Wonderful capture of this intricate and colorful nest !

[Matt Clendon]

So intricate. They really are quite amazing structures. Just imagine constructing something similar with only using your mouth to place twigs, it gives an idea of the work involved.

[Cat Whiskers - Nan]

What a neat looking nest! Nice capture of it too

[PasadenaRose]

What an amazing creation.
I would love to be able to actually watch a nest being built. It must be such hard work. So sad that the bird put in all that effort and it was blown to the ground. :-(

[Carolyn White]

@pasadenarose I'm fairly sure it was last year's nest. There were tiny pieces of egg shell in the bottom. :0)

[PasadenaRose]

Ah...ok, I feel better. :-)