These Birds’ Nests Are Terrible for a Reason

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"man, I can't believe these bird nests" -Me, who hasn't made my bed for over a decade

Imo, using bird spikes seems like the smartest nest. They recognized that the spikes are a deterrent for other birds, and they also had the brains to detach and use them. Some birds build nests out of thorns, and I figure this is a creative version of that.

Savannah wearing a 'Trying My Best' sweater in solidarity with the pigeons

I once saw a pigeon "nest" on top of an I-beam, with an egg nestled into the the anti bird spikes underneath. I thought it had just rolled off the post, until a pigeon landed on the beam, sitting with its butt directly above the egg. It seems like the egg was literally laid into the spikes

Those Magpies are metal. Literally. Forget the stories about them stealing jewelry, those birds are FORTIFIED.

Those Magpies are making The Iron Nest using the weapons of their defeated foes.

As soon as you mentioned spitefulness, I knew it would be a corvid. 😂

I made the stupid dove nest subreddit and am so glad at the butterfly effect it’s had on the internet talking about how some birds are just really pitiful when it comes to nest building 😂

Added note on the cowbirds to keep people from lumping unnecessary hate towards them: they can't build their own nests because historically they were nomadic and followed bison herds and other large mammals pre-colonization. They didn't have time or consistent locations to return to when following these herds that allowed them the months to build a nest, and raise chicks to fledgling and flying age. So hedging your bets with whatever cup-nesting birds around when the herds were there made total sense. But once bison were eradicated, fences put up, and sedentary cattle introduced, they stopped needing to be nomadic VERY quickly which meant that the adaptations for that nomad lifestyle weren't (and aren't) able to change. What would've been random locations and nests being hit by the cowbird nests, turned into every year being hit over and over since the cowbirds weren't moving around as much if at all. Colonists created the "villain" of the beautiful and melodic cowbirds.

Pigeons are a bit confused, but they got the spirit.. 😂

There's a hilarious video of a seagull who put her nest ON the tracks of a rollercoaster. The employee of the park called her a bad mom

Building nests out of meteorites was all the rage back in the Cretaceous, but it seems like something must have happened that suddenly made that material a lot less popular

Not sure why you didn’t show any of the poor nests built by doves? There are hundreds of hilariously built dove nest photos on the web.

I've wondered why mourning doves had the most pathetic nests I've ever seen- about five pine needles. But they are terrific parents.

We have a pigeon couple in our area. They build their nest every breeding season at the same spot in our house and each and every time their egg had fallen from it like they have never succeeded in having an offspring 0 success rate .😮

I was doing some work on the underside of a bridge, and found a pigeon “nest” which was just a pile of poop with an egg plopped on top of it.

Human: That'll stop those pesky birds from landing here. Magpie: Oh, the nest stabilizers have been restocked! Hopefully these are decent, the last selection was truly dreadful.

I recall watching a series of videos of a purpose built bird nest cam, the nest was occupied by a family of owls, but as the chicks were fledging, a common Pidgeon kept arriving at the nest. the Pidgeon would show up in a fluster, land in front of these 5-6 owl chicks who were at least 3x bigger than this adult Pidgeon and try to build a "nest" directly in front of the owls. the nest was 4 sticks and a wad of thin cotton thrown on the ground, with 2-3 eggs. the owl parents would return to their chicks in confusion and sweep the pigeons eggs off the edge of the nest. this repeats several times until the chicks all eventually left the nest. the Pidgeon lost its whole clutch of eggs at least 7-8 times in the same exact spot to the exact same pair of adult owls. but the show kept going because although the Pidgeon's life works seemed hopeless and in vain, the Pidgeon did eventually secure the whole nest for itself, and was able to raise its chicks after being so persistent. I guess its their strategy, not so much quality of upbringing, but persistence. a bit like how seagulls are very successful birds, because they are persistent and sometimes ballsy, they reap the reward of being somewhat oblivious to danger, compared to being skittish and cautious

"What are those spikes for?" "Birds" Birds: "I agree"