Do you see that focused look in her eyes? She's on a serious mission.....nest building!
How does she know how to do it?.....The Creator equipped her with a blueprint in her brain, I guess.
Some of the things she will have to do now:
- find a suitable site near to food and water.
- somewhere safe from predators.
- gather about 350 bits of grass and twigs
- transport a few hundred beakfuls of mud
- after a few hundred trips to find all the above, line the nest with soft grass and hair.
After laying her eggs and rearing her young, she will have to pull apart the nest and start all over again because mites & lice etc. gather quickly and make an old nest unsafe for new baby birds.
You've heard about a dog's life.....this is a bird's life!
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