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In the Land of Wind

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Dayphoto

We were looking at one of the several really cool musuems in Texas when we came upon this display.

Although, we were in Texas the artifact came out of Colorado…the tip of eastern Colorado.

Completely out wire (that is a very fake and very dusty crow)

This is the other nest!

Really very amazing birds!

Windmills…everywhere!

Linda

14 thoughts on “In the Land of Wind”

Sherry in MT on November 15, 2011 at 2:08 pm said:

Very smart birds as well. Ravens and crows are said to be some of the smartest wild birds out there. I have never heard that they could build their nests out of wire. Very interesting! They wouldn’t have till Spring here to move out of the windmills, the wind has been blowing now steady and hard for a week!

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onefly on November 15, 2011 at 4:12 pm said:

I’d come as a raven – yes I would.

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Eggs In My Pocket on November 15, 2011 at 7:03 pm said:

Wow, very creative! LOL. blessings,Kathleen

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Pam on November 15, 2011 at 9:34 pm said:

Wow…never knew they would use wire…fascinating (o:
Love those lake pictures…so BLUE.
That was a neat little trip to see cotton being harvested. Thanks for the ride (o:

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linda Leslie on November 15, 2011 at 10:17 pm said:

I learned a lot from your blog today. The photos are great. Thanks for sharing your trip

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thecrazysheeplady on November 16, 2011 at 1:03 am said:

Neat!!!

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Sue on November 16, 2011 at 1:44 am said:

Honest to Pete, I’ve never heard of such a thing! Those nests are really quite beautiful! Thanks for sharing.

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betsyfromtennessee on November 16, 2011 at 2:52 am said:

Hi Linda, I have read that Ravens are very smart birds…. But I had no idea that they built their nests on wires… Unbelievable…..

Thanks for an interesting post.
Hugs,
Betsy

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CeeCee on November 16, 2011 at 2:30 pm said:

So cool! Thanks for sharing. I wonder if the birds found a pile of baling wire all in one place or searched many ranches/farms for it? We’ll never know.

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Oregon Sunshine on November 16, 2011 at 3:52 pm said:

That is so cool!

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Marie on November 16, 2011 at 5:01 pm said:

How ingenious are the members of the animal world! I am so glad they saved these nests for people to see.

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Kath on November 17, 2011 at 4:51 pm said:

WOW! I am always amazed at the fine handiwork of nests. Never seen one made of wire tho! Awesome!

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Far Side of Fifty on November 17, 2011 at 10:13 pm said:

Very cool nests..I suppose you have to make the best use of available materials:)

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kathryningrid on November 19, 2011 at 11:33 pm said:

They *are* incredibly intelligent. Obviously if the display one with the nests were real he’d’ve figured out how to dust himself off, for starters. 😉

I went to a zoo once on a very quiet wintry day–few people around at all, and many animals hunkered down out of sight–and was very startled when someone said to me out of the blue, in a clear voice: “How you doin’?” It took me a moment or two of looking around to realize a big beautiful raven sitting near the edge of an aviary and watching me as I went by was the one that had greeted me!

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