{"id":9257,"date":"2018-01-26T02:26:56","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T18:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/?p=9257"},"modified":"2018-01-28T10:51:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T02:51:56","slug":"an-elaborately-constructed-nest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/an-elaborately-constructed-nest\/","title":{"rendered":"An Elaborately Constructed Nest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_3950-394.jpg?resize=854%2C588&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"854\" height=\"588\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_3950-394.jpg?w=854&amp;ssl=1 854w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_3950-394.jpg?resize=130%2C89&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_3950-394.jpg?resize=768%2C529&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><br \/>\nIt is interesting to note that the male weaver bird created the nest to attract the opposite sex. Making a knot with a long blade of grass follow by a circular structure by weaving blades using this beak and feet. The bird actually using a variety of plants to build his nest.To complete the nest, usually takes about two days. Males will build between five to ten nests and what for a female to visit them and pick it up.  The male will destroy the nest if it is not occupied by the female. Then, a new one will be built. More than fifty nests may be built in one bleeding season.<br \/>\nI captured this image outside my lodge at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africatravelresource.com\/ndutu-safari-lodge\/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIjr-Jw4jz2AIVgRSPCh3CUAOREAAYASAAEgLhX_D_BwE\">Ndutu Safari Lodge<\/a>, Tanzania, East Africa,  before I started the safari trip last week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_3950-394-130x89.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"89\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-9258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_3950-394.jpg?resize=130%2C89&amp;ssl=1 130w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_3950-394.jpg?resize=768%2C529&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DSC_3950-394.jpg?w=854&amp;ssl=1 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[55,19,46,39,66,3,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-africa","category-decisive-moment","category-flora-and-fauna","category-nikon","category-original-archived","category-photo-travel","category-wild-life","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prB36-2pj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9257"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9257\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9260,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9257\/revisions\/9260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.elcreations.org\/lipsengtan\/photoblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}