Bushtit -- Psaltriparus minimus -- nest

Posted 23 January 2012 by Matt Young

Nest of bushtit -- Psaltriparus minimus -- Walden Ponds, Boulder, Colorado. The nest to the upper right may be an oriole's nest. Identifications courtesy of Wild Bird Center, Boulder.

7 Comments

Mike Elzinga · 23 January 2012

Ah; “intelligent” design.

Will this get by the “explanatory” filter?

How much “information” in those nests?

Paul Burnett · 23 January 2012

Mike Elzinga said: Ah; “intelligent” design. Will this get by the “explanatory” filter? How much “information” in those nests?

When the birds are done with the nest, the bottom is filled with a significant quantity of material which is the moral equivalent of the entire body of intelligent design creationist "information."

harold · 23 January 2012

I haven't seen someone make this sophomoric joke in a while, so...

TITS!!!!!

Karen S. · 23 January 2012

When the birds are done with the nest, the bottom is filled with a significant quantity of material which is the moral equivalent of the entire body of intelligent design creationist “information.”

The designer forgot to add a chain for the birds to pull. So that makes the nest "bottom-loaded"

Matt G · 25 January 2012

I was about to reprimand you for your use of fowl language, but now I see....

Ron Okimoto · 26 January 2012

harold said: I haven't seen someone make this sophomoric joke in a while, so... TITS!!!!!

This is nothing. In Europe they are working on the Great Tit genome project. America is sucking hind t..., well, we are behind again.

Karen S. · 26 January 2012

…well, we are behind again.

A familiar, depressing story these days.