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The female Baltimore Oriole is adaptable, as any bird must be to survive the changes man has brought to her world. In the 19th century there were no cars, only horses. Long strands of horse hair provided the primary weaving material for an oriole.
Today string, bits of cloth, strands of wool, human hair and yarn are woven into the nest. The female works from inside once the basic structure is attached to twigs at the end of a hanging limb. She deftly weaves her material into a thick wall.
Accounts in my books differ in stating the time it takes to complete the oriole’s hanging basket. One authority, who observed a nest beginning to completion, wrote that the nest was completed in
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