The cape penduline tit, discovered within the sub-tropical shrublands of southern Africa, builds an modern nest that features a false chamber to trick predators. And the brown noddy, a tropical seabird, constructs a small platform from its personal guano upon which to put a single egg.
Dozens extra species function within the new Smithsonian Handbook of Fascinating Fowl Nests and Eggs, which showcases a big selection of those beguiling pure constructions. From mud and wool to feathers and twigs, the amount highlights greater than 100 examples collected between 1768 and 2000.
Creator Douglas G. D. Russell is aware of a factor or two about caring for avian egg and nest collections in his position as Senior Curator of Birds at London’s Pure Historical past Museum. On this new pocket-size information, he reveals how a lot the big range of nests and eggs can educate us about fowl habits, habitats, and evolutionary and ecological phenomena.
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