The Weaver Bird

The architect of the bird world is the Weaver Bird (The Baya Weaver/Ploceus Philippinus).

The weaver bird, which lives in flocks and builds nests, starts building nests with the onset of the monsoon season.

As a nesting bird, it chooses the ends of the branches of trees near water bodies, where predators cannot easily approach.

The weaver bird builds its nest with great care. It uses grass, leaves, stuffing and fibers. First, the frame of the nest is built. The part that looks like a tube that enters the nest is built later.

The original nest is green because it uses raw grass and leaves. While building the nest, the nest is built by moving from the inside to the outside and from the outside to the inside, observing.

The bird chooses a mate only after it has built the nest. A woodpecker chooses a mate only after carefully observing the nest's layout and being confident in its ability to lay eggs, the location of the nest, and its security.

The woodpecker carefully arranges the inside of the woodpecker's nest by placing clay, stuffing, and feathers. The clay makes the nest stronger. Therefore, rain and wind cannot easily destroy woodpecker nests. There is a belief that woodpecker brings fireflies and sticks them in the clay to illuminate the inside of the nest at night.

This carpenter's construction knowledge also provides good predictions for farmers. If nests are built close to the water level near a reservoir and if the nest is built close to the ground level, it means that there will be no rain in the near future. Also, nests are built very high above the water level for protection as rain is coming. Also, the nest is built at the top of tree branches so that no other animal can reach the nest after eating the eggs.