Strawberry nest

[elferoz777]

Ill get some photos tomorrow but I wanted to know what a typical strawberry nest looks like?

I have three pairs and was candling eggs in what looked like a zeb nest.

The eggs looked bigger than zeb eggs and after I left the male strawbs went and guarded the nest.

I didnt handle the eggs just used a strong light.

the nests are an odd dome shape with a wide opening compared tot he size of the bird.

[Tiaris]

If the birds have access to unlimited supply of nesting grass, my Strawberry finch nests have typically had a large "beard" of grass around & below the bottom of the nest entrance.

[elferoz777]

https://youtu.be/l62Uj0iVlKQ

This is a clip of an earlier one gwtting built then abandoned with 1 egg.

The better and fertile nests are much tighter.

[Denozo]

Hahaha sounds like you have a few hungry zebras in the background

[elferoz777]

Hahaha sounds like you have a few hungry zebras in the background

Is there any other kind of zeb?! They would eat rocks if they saw other finches do it.

[elferoz777]

Here is one nest.

The other looks like a cup nest almost and the third looks more like a ruddy nest shape

[Tiaris]

You need to give them more grass + feathers.

[george gaoutsos]

Here is one nest.

The other looks like a cup nest almost and the third looks more like a ruddy nest shape

Hi Steve,for strawberries,you need November grass and feathers to have success in nesting.