5 Days of Wonder: The Incredible Life Cycle of the Common Tailorbird

Here we see the specific detail of a rivet made by the bird. A clump of spider silk bunched on the outside of the leaf to prevent the thread from... A brief moment of stillness reveals the sheer exhaustion of this parent. But the demands of the nest are relentless. The chick's faces are transforming, the wide, fleshy yellow gapes are shrinking, and their beaks are becoming sharper and more adult-like.