Why are bird nests round?

It's about economy

July 27, 2015 at 10:21PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Bird nests are round. Construction plans are part of the animal's genetic code. Sometime long ago, a bird or birds learned that there is an advantage to having a round, tubular, or globular nest. A circle is the most economical way to define space. For investment of material and effort, circles, tubes, and globes hold more at least expense circumference to volume ratio). Smart birds.

(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Songbird

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Hummingbird

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Cliff Swallow

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Grebe

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