Bird's Eye View

This is a picture I took outside of my dorm, as I wanted to focus on the bird nest especially. I think it either belongs to one of these 3 birds: Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), American Robin (Turdus migratorius), or a Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), however I have yet to see the bird actually fly in or out of the nest. It really sticks out to me that 1) It's a pretty decent size nest and 2) how close it built its nest to human development. It really shows me that birds have become accustomed to humans and they possibly see that as a benefit, as they can easily get dropped food for their babies. Each of the aforementioned birds are pretty common along coastal North Carolina, and I've also seen them flying around campus almost everyday. The ecological value that I'm trying to show is that, everything has a niche, in this case, the bird relies on the tree to provide a place to settle and lay eggs. Not only that but the bird also relies on sticks and stray provided by other trees. I love how not only can you see ecology on the ground, but also in the trees.

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