All About the Weaver Bird

By Andrew

Do you want to learn about Weaver Birds and how they build their nests?  If you do, read on.

Adult Weaver Birds tend  to eat seeds and grain.  However, when Weaver Birds have young to feed they usually bring insects, bugs, and spiders to the nest to feed the baby Weaver Birds.  

Weaver Birds live in Africa and  Asia.  Weaver Birds build their nests in trees and on lampposts in towns.  Weaver Birds will sometimes build their nests over water.

Weaver Birds’ predators include the Honey Badger and the Pygmy Falcon.  Weaver Birds are related to Finches and Sparrows.

 

The following is a description of how a Weaver Bird builds its nest:  “The first thing the Weaver Bird did was to pluck all the leaves from the nearest branch.  Then he flew to the ground and yanked a foot-long blade of grass until he broke it, nearly falling over backward!  Standing on one end of the grass, the bird used his beak to tie the other end to the branch.  He repeated this until he had a rope.  The Weaver Bird perched inside the ring and built the walls and roof around himself by weaving long  blades of grass in and out,” wrote George W. Frame and Lory H. Frame.

This is how Weaver Birds live, they eat grain, one of their predators are Pygmy Falcons, and they build unusual nests.  I hope you  enjoyed learning about the Weaver Bird!

Works Cited

Frane, George W., Ph.D., and Lory Herbison Frame. "How the Weaverbird Build His Nest." Welcome to HighlightsKids.com - | HighlightsKids.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2016.

Lunis, Natalie. A Closer Look. New York: Newbridge Educational Pub., 1999. Print.

"Ploceidae." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 21 Mar. 2016.

"Weaver Birds." Animal Facts. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Mar. 2016.