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Zoffiel

Morning!

Zoffiel

'Thug' was our resident male magpie for nearly a decade. Last year he decamped for places unknown and his wives--fickle witches that they are--found a new man, "Toy Boy', and set up house in a new nest. No-one has bothered to tinker with the old family fortress (a full time job in years gone by) and last night it fell out of the tree.

I now know why baby magpies spend so much time squawking; sitting in this could not be comfortable. The nest weighs over 2kg and is made almost entirely from wire and  whippersnipper  cord. The challenge now is to find some suitably arty way to preserve it. I think it is a masterpiece. Thanks, Thug.

poodlejules

It is very arty ! Maybe just a clear lacquer which might help hold it together as well, someone more creative out there will probs let you know.

Zoffiel

I was thinking the same thing @poddlejules --  maybe some sort of spray epoxy resin. It also crossed my mind that I could take to it with the soldering iron and tack strategic parts of it together. I can see what he was doing and there are core pieces which hold the whole thing together.

The only problem with doing that is it may become robust enough for me to be tempted--under certain circumstances-- to wear it as a hat.

Afraser

I would pay good money to see that!

Sister

Photos, please!

poodlejules

http://www.freakingnews.com/pictures/45000/Model-Wearing-a-Bird-s-Nest-Hat--45077.jpg

poodlejules

                                                                                                   Voila! Smokin'

SoldierCrab

oh Zoffiel you would look much better than this model 

Sister

It's been a bit warm, here. Not what you'd expect to find in this tree...

Annie C

@Sister
How wonderful.
You always find such interesting and out of the ordinary photos to intrigue us.

arpie

GORGEOUS  @Sister - how lucky are YOU?   What sort of a tree it is??  Doesn't look like a gum!

Sister

Not sure what it is but it suffered badly when we were burning off near the house this year. We've had koalas in all sorts of trees including pines.

Sarnicad

I hope my gardens aren’t a reflection of me atm. The back one is dirt and weeds and in desperate need of a makeover.  The front had a six foot hedge that I thought was blocking out too much light and making the house cold and damp(it was) so I ordered hubby to give it a vicious haircut back to about 3 foot. The whole front of house looks much more presentable and the hedge is filling in nicely but probably now shows that we need a new fence!