Talk:Bird nest

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There are still a number of sections to add to this article:

Burrow needs to be completed.
Cup needs to be greatly expanded.
Sub-sections need to be added for: Platform, Pendant/basket, Saucer, Dome/sphere.
Nest sanitation.
Evolution of nest-building, place in courtship.
Colonial nesting (with pointer to main article - Bird colony). —Preceding unsigned comment added by MeegsC (talk • contribs) 18:15, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Also needs more and better illustrations (see commons). There isn't any information about woven hanging nests. --EncycloPetey 19:53, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Go easy on me EncycloPetey—I just moved this over to article space and know it still needs work! It's certainly a vast improvement over the current Nest article, which was all we had before today! Woven hanging nests are already in the list of things to be added: those would be the pendant/basket nests. MeegsC | Talk 20:33, 23 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Sorry if I seemed pushy; I'm just documenting suggestions. You've done a nice job of starting the article! I was a little surprised that there wasn't a separate article on this topic before now, but then plant physiology didn't have an article until a few days ago when I wrote one. Note: For the DYK nomination, I added a nice picture from Commons. --EncycloPetey 23:00, 25 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I came here from the DYK link and have no idea about birds or their nests. However, Could I suggest adding some of the info on this page to other pages or linking it back to here (ie there is currently no info on the Dusky Scrubfowl page about how huge it's nests are.)

--Westralian 11:14, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Good idea Westralian; I'll work on incorporating the information into the appropriate articles over the next few weeks... MeegsC | Talk 11:48, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nest protection and sanitation

I'm not sure combining these two subjects into one section is the best way to present the information; they're really unrelated subjects. If others feel that protection strategies shouldn't be integrated into the nest-type sections—I had initially included them there since protection strategies are strongly influenced by the type of nest being protected—then I think we should consider breaking them out into their own section rather than combining them with sanitation. What do you other editors think?? MeegsC | Talk 23:57, 26 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Feel free to restructure. I felt that sanitation was protection from parasites and pathogens while protection was from predators and so saw them as similar. Shyamal 02:20, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Ah! I see your point. Perhaps we could make it two subsections of the same overall section (called perhaps something like "Nest protection", with subsections maybe "From predators" and "From pathogens and parasites"). Once we've got all the bits and pieces added, we can decide what feels right. Thanks for all your help on this, by the way. I'm in Oz at the moment, and so away from all my books and journals! MeegsC | Talk 06:58, 27 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nice work

Great DYK, keep up the good work on bird articles! Richard001 11:04, 28 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I agree. I was taken aback when I first visited - It looks more like a featured article than a recent article. It's hard to believe that it has only been "live" for less than four days. -- 13:29, 28 September 2007 (UTC)