Aussie Finch Forum

My Emblemas build nests everywhere in my aviary out of anything, stones grass and small sticks. The weight of the nests gets very heavy when wet and sometimes they collapse. What I have found is that I offer them bark of the stringy bark gumtree. I tear in into small thin sections and they just love it. I have 15 odd pairs nesting at the moment and they are all using it. The nests are a lot stronger in construction and I have not had one collapse in over 12 months

Storz

Mine are currently nesting successfully in a nest my daughter wove of a mix of grass, grass stems, and fabric strips. It is made to the traditional aboriginal bowl design, but modified to be more gourd like, with a landing lip.
LML

Emblemas nest made from stringy bark

I used to use stringy bark for nest material (but haven't done so for many years). I found it was especially favoured by Ruddies, Cubans & Painteds.