There is a swallow’s nest outside right now with like 6 babies in it that barely fit and no room in sight for the parents. Do the parents sleep there too somehow or somewhere else?
A few years ago I saw the same with a robin’s nest and in that case, when the babies got bigger but before they could fully fly, they all moved into a nearby shrub but could only glide and hop.
Was that unusual or common to have a nest too small to hold the whole breed and parents?
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You can think of a nest like a crib. Parents don’t go into the crib unless they need to. They also don’t get a crib unless they need to.
But where are the parent birds’ beds? Birds actually don’t need much to be comfy. They are a bundle of fluff and by default, their claws close when they relax so hanging onto stuff is really easy. They sleep on twigs, branches, tree crevices, preferably with each other in a group. Like a giant sleepover on the floor, but they don’t mind.
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