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If they
incorporated some Miner spit (like the swallows of "Swallows-nest Soup" fame) it
could become a very good paper-mache!
Seriously,
what is
their normal nesting material? Were they using it for "padding" inside or as a
structural element?
Rob
Roy
Duncan Fraser's posting about magpies using bits of his garden
hardware reminds me of Yellow-throated Miner nests at Mt Wood camping area,
Sturt National Park, NSW.
After despairing at the amount of toilet paper seen around various
camping sites whilst travelling around it was great to see that the
Yellow-throated Miners at Sturt N P were incorporating toilet paper into their
nest structures. Don't know what would happen if it rained whilst they
were nesting!!
Val Ford
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