In the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, Nanning Medicinal Botanical Garden, there lives a small, lively and cute bird, named "Seamed Leaf Warbler".
It can sew the leaves of trees together to make a unique love nest, and is a high-level "sewer" among birds.
It is very interesting that the leaf-sewing work of the leaf-sewing warbler is done by the female bird. Maybe like us humans, women are more skillful than men!
The seamed leaf warbler is a small songbird, slender in size, with feathers mostly gray-brown or olive-green, a thin and slightly curved beak, a missing tip, short and round wings, short and thin legs, and a crisp and pleasant song.
The slit-leaf warbler is lively and can inhabit a variety of environments, often moving and foraging in bushes and grasses. It is rare among warblers and is known for its dexterous and superb nesting techniques.
Every year in April, the female of the deciduous warbler will choose plantains, bananas, and other plants with large leaves, take one or two of the leaves that hang downwards, and close the leaves with their claws.
Then make some small holes in the edge of the leaves with your mouth, then use the slender, curved mouth as a needle, and take the spider silk, wild silk or thin grass stems to make the thread, so that the needle leads begin to be threaded. To prevent a bundle of fibers from loosening, tie another knot when pulled to one end.
In this way, the blades are carefully stitched into a sac-shaped pocket and left an outlet. Finally, collect some plant fluff to fill the bottom of the nest, and then pad soft wool, cotton wool and other things. The nest is about two types high above the ground.
To reinforce them, the seamed leaf warbler can also skillfully use fibers to tie the petiole tightly to the branches, and even tilt the nest to avoid rain from entering. So well designed, so well planned,
Not inferior to us humans.
The leaf warblers are lively and active, jumping on flowers and branches all day long, foraging for insects there, they are a rare beneficial bird, we must protect them well.