Oh my, what a place to have a nest! =O Well, maybe those spikes also give protection from predators =)

I know, right? They're meant to keep the birds off the beams, but these little guys never got the memo... :D

The whole thing is one huge nursery, each beam houses at *least* three or four nests. The adult birds were flying in and out, landing expertly by grabbing a spike in each foot (reminded me a lot of the desert birds I've seen land on a spiky cactus), bringing back lunch for the little ones or just checking up on things; the baby birds (especially the two in this corner) kept poking their heads up to look out for mom (and possibly also watch all the people watching them). :)

I recall seen some nature document telling about small birds making their nests into spiky bushes to get protections from predators. This observative picture of you'r prove how well wild animal can adapt into environment created by humans.