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When it comes time to nest, birds require a site that protects them both from weather and from predators.

Nests are perched high in trees, secreted deep and dense branches, or concealed in

cavities. Some birds take a further step, nesting where they are

defended by stinging insects. The violacious trogon of the New World Tropics often excavates its dwelling within a large active wasps nest.

The Violacious Trogon is a striking bird, 10 inches tall with a deep blue head and breast and

bright yellow belly.

It's adept at catching insects and it begins its work at the wasps nest by eating some of the wasps.

A pair of trogons then dig the cavity within the massive nest,

large enough to accommodate themselves and their eggs.

While they may continue to snack on resident wasps throughout nesting,

the trogons never eliminate all the wasps, and they create a nest that few

predators would dare disturb. Some birds nest in large ant or termite colonies too. Safety is where you find it.

For Bird Note, I'm Mary McCann.

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