do not know what this is :happy bday Madbat by jocko500

Photography • Animals • posted on Nov 17, 2010

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these was under the bridges in Bridge Cite, Texas not sure what bird made these but I do know bats do sleep under a lot of the bridges. happy brithday Madbat

Comments (57)

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Madbat

4:54PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Lol, yeah, I've slept under a bridge or two in my time cough lol. Thanks, those are cool looking!

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Erestorfan

4:56PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Well, I showed this picture of these bizarre things/nests to my hubby and his first thought was swallows...so he quickly looked up online and they are made by mud swallows. Very cool nests!! A lot of work!! He said if you Google mud swallows you will find pics of the colony of nests and birds on the edge of them.

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J5ive

5:04PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Lol @ Madbat!! Awesome Birthday photo for him!! Excellent capture Jocko!! Very Interesting Subject Matter.

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kjer_99

5:06PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

made by swallows. You find a lot of these in inside barns in the Midwest and Great Plains areas.

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kenmo

5:07PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Wow...I wonder what made those....?????

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angelbearzs

5:12PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

nice image:)

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alessimarco

5:15PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Very interesting capture! Happy Birthday Shawn!

gojira

5:26PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

A fabulous gift . . . !

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tennesseecowgirl

5:30PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

I've seen some of these under some bridges where I go walking, I wasn't quite sure what they were figured some type of birds home... Makes a great birthday gift for someone named madbat LOL.. Just thought about it I took a photo today of a bat box out along that same trail, I am going to have to post that for the Madbat soon.. haha

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drifterlee

5:36PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Strange looking nests! Cool shot, Jocko!

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Faemike55

6:17PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

They could be made by the very rare MudBat (any relation?) Great capture, Jocko

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Livarts

6:35PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Yep, it's swallows. Beautiful capture.

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efron_241

6:40PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

The Alien Movie (V is being made right now)

Swallows is the right -serious- answer

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momof4rugrats

7:14PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

those are very neat!! never seen them before! great capture!

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Chipka

8:10PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

These are wonderful! At first I thought they might be insect hives--wasps or something...well...wasps, but when others said that they're swallows' nests, that made more sense, especially because they have those big openings. This is really well seen. I like it a lot. You have such a good eye for this sort of thing; and it's under a bridge, eh? That's even better! I really like this. I'd love to see more. Do you have any close ups? I just thought of a challenge...since you captured the nests, I wonder how easily you could capture the little feathered people who built those nest! Just a thought. I like this quite a lot. It's making a trip into my favorites.

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magnus073

8:14PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Never seen anything like them before Jock and so glad someone said it was the work of mud swallows. Anyway great birthday dedi for Shawn

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goodoleboy

8:28PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Very cool under-the-bridge capture, Jock. The mud nests/homes really look bizarre. And, I'm going to swallow my pride and admit I didn't know that these were built by swallows.

MrsLubner

8:53PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

I'm very familiar with the swallow's nest. They are in huge colonies out here under the bridges over the river. They swoop down and skim the water in the evenings. Lovely capture.

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kbrog

9:17PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Very cool find! Excellent capture! :)

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bimm3d

10:02PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

swallows nest!! great capture!!

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Bothellite

10:11PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Smart birds. They know how to find shelter. Adobe huh? They must be from New Mexico.

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Digitaleagle

11:15PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Excellent capture Jocko interesting nests and glad some have ID them, thanks for sharing!

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claude19

11:17PM | Wed, 17 November 2010

Very accurate picture of a bird shelter under a bridge, most of the time, these nests are found it seems to me in the big stall stables, attics, etc. ...

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