Some birds are using antibird spikes to build their nests

The spikes were meant to keep birds away. But five corvid nests in Europe use the bird-deterrents as structural support and to ward off predators.

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Birds are using anti-bird spikes to make their nests

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Crows and magpies are using anti-bird spikes to build their nests, study finds

Auke-Florian on X: But now the ultimate finding, as we discovered that there are birds who build their nest using anti-bird spikes!! 🤯 Today we published a paper describing this behaviour: the

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