Skip to content

Cornell Lab of Ornithology

  • Citizen Scientist Network
    • All About Birds
    • Celebrate Urban Birds
    • eBird
    • NestWatch
    • Project FeederWatch
  • sign in

Celebrate Urban Birds

  • English
    • Español
  • About
    • Who We Are
    • News
    • Blog
    • Contact Us
  • Learn
    • Birds
    • Regional Species
      • United States
      • Mexico
      • Canada
      • Panama
      • Puerto Rico
    • Gardening
    • Wellness
    • Arts
    • Science
  • Resources
    • Resources
  • Community
    • Mini-grants
    • Events
    • Funky Nests in Funky Places
  • Data
    • Get Started
    • Enter Data
    • Dashboard
    • My Checklists
    • Participant Map
    • Species Map
    • Download Data
  • Search
  • Funky Nests 2019 Homepage
  • Browse Submissions
  • Explore Map
  • Upload Your Entry

Most Inconvenient

Nests well out of the way

Robins deliver the mail

Dani Watson

Fayetteville, AR, USA

  • 6
  • 0

Humming bird nest on a giraffe’s back

Abigael Baral

Guidel, France

  • 5
  • 0

This is a nest box.

Mary Spradling

Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA

  • 7
  • 0

Babies In The Tower

Judy Coates

London, ON, Canada

  • 12
  • 0

Smart Garage Momma !

Justine Neslund

Crystal Lake, IL, USA

  • 12
  • 0

Hummingbird nest on top of a string of patio lights.

Julie Foster

Franklin, TN, USA

  • 15
  • 0

Bird basketball

Chiska

Seattle, WA, USA

  • 18
  • 0

Rockin’ Robin

Lee Michalopoulos

Amherst, MA, USA

  • 20
  • 0

Highwire nest

Jamie Lee Gillis

San Antonio, TX, USA

  • 16
  • 0

Turkey Lurkey

Jessica M fisher

Marietta, NY, USA

  • 24
  • 0
First Prize Winner

Passerine Playset

Bernice Hilton

San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

  • 15
  • 0

Living on the ‘edge’

Dana

East Syracuse, NY, USA

  • 16
  • 0

The real grill friends

Caroline

Charlotte, NC, USA

  • 19
  • 0

Morning Call

Stacie Grannum

Kingman, AZ, USA

  • 16
  • 0
Second Prize Winner

Anna hummer female on nest in basketball net

Elizabeth Braker

Riverside, CA, USA

  • 30
  • 0

Our flowerpot friends

Philip A Cody

Thousand Oaks, CA, USA

  • 19
  • 0

Dark-eyed Junco nest in a berry planter

Deniz Iyigun

Kirkland, WA, USA

  • 21
  • 0

Bird in a Mailbox with Bugs

Siena Bayer (age 7)

Spokane, WA, USA

  • 19
  • 0

Say’s Phoebe Nest on Fan

Dr. Mary Anderson

El Paso, TX, USA

  • 25
  • 0

Mama bird and the heart

Skyler Buchika

Skaneateles, NY, USA

  • 19
  • 0
12›
Loading Images

Explore

Award Winning Entries
  • Award Winners
By Categories
  • Cutest (17)
  • Funkiest (43)
  • Funniest (17)
  • Most Inconvenient (23)
By Submission Types
  • Photos
  • Artwork
  • Stories
  • Poetry
On The Map
  • View the Map
By Activity
  • Most Liked
  • Recently Liked
Popular Species
  • American Robin (14)
  • Carolina Wren (7)
  • Mourning Dove (4)
  • House Finch (3)
  • House Wren (3)
  • Canada Goose (2)
  • Say's Phoebe (2)
  • House Sparrow (2)
  • Barn Swallow (2)
  • Cliff Swallow (2)
  • Broad-billed Hummingbird (1)
  • Inca Dove (1)
Popular Tags
  • nest (4)
  • hummingbird (3)
  • funny (2)
  • cup (1)
  • cool (1)
  • amazing (1)
  • never before seen (1)
  • #coexist (1)
  • Funkiest nest (1)
  • Turkey (1)
  • #funkynest #urbanbirds (1)
  • Curwood Robin (1)
Citizen Science Programs
BirdSleuth Celebrate Urban Birds eBird Great Backyard Bird Count BirdCams NestWatch Project Feederwatch
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
Lab Homepage Overview Become a Member All About Birds Visit the Lab Privacy Policy Terms of Use
Keep In Touch
eNewsletter Blog Facebook Twitter Flickr Contact Us
Give & Shop
Donate to CUBs Donate to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology More ways to Give Shop for Our Cause
Cornell University LOGO
Cornell Lab of Ornithology
159 Sapsucker Woods Rd
Ithaca, NY 14850
Tel: 800.843.2473
Copyright © 2016 Cornell University