Birds build nests out of materials like twigs, leaves, mud and grass to lay and hatch eggs, with some like woodpeckers and barbets making nests inside tree trunk holes and others like tailorbirds sewing leaves together into pockets for soft grass nests, while koels lay eggs in other birds' nests and male weaver birds build nests for females to choose from.

1. NESTS

2. Birds build nests to lay and hatch their eggs

3. Birds raise their
young ones in
their nest

4. Birds use twig, leaves,
mud, dry grass to build
their nests.

5. Koel does not build its
nest. It lays eggs in nest
of crow.

6. Sparrow, Sunbird and Dove work in pair
to build their nest. `

7. Barbet and Woodpecker make their
nests in the holes of a tree trunk
WOODPECKER
BARBET

8. Male weaver bird builds nest and female
bird chooses the most comfortable nest to
lay eggs.

9. The tailorbird uses its' beak like a needle and it threads various
materials like plant fibers through the holes in the leaf to construct a
cradle like pocket. It then makes a nest with grass and other soft
material inside this pocket.

10. Sunbird makes a nest that hangs from
branches of a small tree or bushes

11. Prepared by
Tanisha
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