Why are bird nests round?

It's about economy

By jim williams

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.

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Songbird

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Hummingbird

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Cliff Swallow

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Grebe

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