Pigeons occupy the nest? Turtledove has been wronged for thousands of years.

The idiom "Nine birds occupy a magpie nest" comes from The Book of Songs Zhao Nan Magpie Nest: "Wei Magpie has a nest, and Wei Jiu lives in it." The basic meaning of this idiom is that the turtledove is clumsy and can't build a nest, so it occupies the magpie's nest It turns out that women get married and take their husband's family as their home. Metaphor after occupying someone else's house or industry.

In fact, we wronged the turtledove. Turtledove is really not good at nesting. Its nest can be described as a "rough house", which only needs a few branches. It's very simple. Young birds will fall out if they are not careful when they develop in the forest.

Turtledove's nest is very simple, and magpies are good at nesting. Long time, rough appearance and fine interior. Compared with the "rough house" of Turtledove, it can be called "luxury villa". Turtledove is generally about 30cm long and weighs170-300g, which is about the size of a pigeon. Magpies are generally 30-40cm long and weigh190-270 g.

They are about the same size, and the turtledove has no absolute strength to occupy the magpie's nest. Therefore, "Nine Birds Occupy the Magpie Nest" was not shot by it, but was abandoned by magpies, which was accidentally seen by the ancients. There is no mention in the popular science literature about turtledove that turtledove has the habit of occupying magpie's nest, which shows that turtledove is really wronged!

Some birds, such as cuckoo and red-footed falcon, are not good at building nests or running their own nests at all, and often occupy other birds' nests to lay eggs and raise young. Because the magpie's nest is tall and big, and the target is obvious, it is often used by birds that don't run away from their nest, especially the red-footed falcon.