Toys for you!
Nesting instincts
Birds build nests in many shapes, sizes and locations to provide security, warmth and safety for their eggs and young. Nest building is an inherited skill that birds have developed to improve their young's chances for survival.
All breed of birds use many materials to construct their nests, depending on their different needs and habitats and the available materials. Some swallows use mud solely for nest building. The linings of birds' nests are often composed of much softer materials such as fine grasses, horsehair, thistledown, sheep's wool, spider webs and feathers may grace the interiors.
Nesting swallows will collect white chicken feathers if put near a nesting box. Many ducks and geese line their nests with a warm, insulating layer of down plucked from the female's breast. They pull this layer over the eggs when they leave to feed or flee from a predator.
Most birds carry nest material to the nest site exactly as they carry their food. Birds of prey carry it in their claws and other species carry it in their bills.
Birds nesting in dark areas lay white eggs that can be seen in the dark because they do not need camouflage.
20070306-junior--toyspic.jpgAnd here's the link!
We have this birds' nesting house for you to win, courtesy of the Model Shop. It is has everything you need including paints and full instruction to make a charming home for a family of birds in your own garden or yard.
Just tell us somewhere that birds will build a nest.
Send your answer, together with your name, age and address, to Junior News by March 16.
All breed of birds use many materials to construct their nests, depending on their different needs and habitats and the available materials. Some swallows use mud solely for nest building. The linings of birds' nests are often composed of much softer materials such as fine grasses, horsehair, thistledown, sheep's wool, spider webs and feathers may grace the interiors.
Nesting swallows will collect white chicken feathers if put near a nesting box. Many ducks and geese line their nests with a warm, insulating layer of down plucked from the female's breast. They pull this layer over the eggs when they leave to feed or flee from a predator.
Most birds carry nest material to the nest site exactly as they carry their food. Birds of prey carry it in their claws and other species carry it in their bills.
Birds nesting in dark areas lay white eggs that can be seen in the dark because they do not need camouflage.
20070306-junior--toyspic.jpgAnd here's the link!
We have this birds' nesting house for you to win, courtesy of the Model Shop. It is has everything you need including paints and full instruction to make a charming home for a family of birds in your own garden or yard.
Just tell us somewhere that birds will build a nest.
Send your answer, together with your name, age and address, to Junior News by March 16.