We've put this type of nesting material out for the last two years now. The finches in particular love using it and as they nest quite late it provides us a host of entertainment during the summer as well as serving a functional purpose for them.
The amount some finches will pull up and then hold in their beaks at one time is quite amazing, sometimes about 4 or 5 times the amount you see here. But then sometimes they'll lose some before they actually fly off. It becomes a sort of spectator sport ... will he try and hold any more? ... look, he's going for more ... but will he be successful without dropping some of the material already in his beak? etc. etc.
I hope the picture made you smile :-)
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