Okay, but what's the deal with nests?

E34. Not all birds build one, but for the ones that do, a nest has a single job and a shockingly wide range of ways to get it done. Dr. Vanya Rohwer, Curator of Birds and Mammals at the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates, joins Scott to walk the far end of that spectrum, from nests made entirely of spit to a colony structure heavy enough to snap the tree it sits in.In this episode you'll hear about:The complete and comical inventory of one hamerkop nest, read aloud, contents includedWhat a bird does when you hand it a nest somebody else already builtWhy a shed snakeskin in a tree cavity is a calculated decorationNew episodes every Thursday. If the show is doing it for you, leave a rating or hit follow.All audio, video, and images in this episode are either original to Okay, But… Birds (© Okay Media, LLC) or used under license/permission from the respective rights holders. Bird media from the Macaulay Library is used courtesy of the Cornell Lab of Ornithology as follows:American Robin audio contributed by Bob McGuire, ML206448Baltimore Oriole audio contributed by Bob McGuire, ML219606Black-legged Kittiwake audio contributed by Roger Charters, ML202491White-nest Swiftlet audio contributed by Arnoud B. van den Berg, ML36421Cliff Swallow audio contributed by James (Jim) Holmes, ML92053871Chimney Swift audio contributed by Wil Hershberger, ML107413Hamerkop audio contributed by Anonymous, ML97562Eastern Whip-poor-will audio contributed by Bob McGuire, ML195774Montezuma Oropendola audio contributed by David L. Ross Jr., ML215446Western Grebe audio contributed by Bob McGuire, ML195029Rufous Hornero audio contributed by Mike Andersen, ML132447Northern Yellow Warbler audio contributed by Wil Hershberger, ML516692Sociable Weaver audio contributed by Jacob Henry, ML637193738Great Crested Flycatcher audio contributed by Wil Hershberger, ML94314Blue-gray Gnatcatcher audio contributed by Wil Hershberger, ML534430White-breasted Nuthatch audio contributed by Bob McGuire, ML306062