AMAZING [TABLE="class: ecxMsoNormalTable, width: 94%"] [TR] [TD="width: 100%"] Structural engineer in action Whether you’re a ‘bird person’ or not, this is stunning!!! Not to detract from the sheer magic of it, but in practical terms, how M A NY trips would a bird have to make with that tiny little quantity of mud/clay it could carry? (and how far from the nest is the source?) [TABLE="class: ecxMsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD] [TABLE="class: ecxMsoNormalTable"] [TR] [TD] If you take the construction of a “circular bowl” in your stride as instinctive – how the heck does the bird come up with the windbreak/entrance design that shields the eggs/chicks from the elements – and at what point in fashioning the bowl do they start to construct it? We would struggle to do this with our hands! [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
