织布鸟选自《布雷姆的动物生命》第4卷，莱比锡维也纳，1900年。

Weaver birds (Ploceidae). From Brehms Tierleben (Brehm's animal life) vol. 4, under the direction of Alfred Edmund Brehm, Leipzig Vienna, 1900.

博茨瓦纳南部的黑脸织布鸟也能熟能生巧，上图显示的是它们用草编织了一个复杂的鸟巢。

Practice makes perfect for the Botswanan Southern Masked Weaver, shown above weaving a complex nest of out grass.

一棵形单影只的金合欢树为喜欢群居的织布鸟和在树枝间筑起许多巨大互连鸟巢的小鸟们带来了慰藉。

A lone acacia tree provides solace to sociable weavers, small birds who have built a number of large, interconnecting nests within its branches.

织布鸟并不是天生就懂得怎样来建造这种结构的，研究人员在今天(2011年9月26日)的期刊《行为过程》里作了这样的报道。

Weavers aren't born knowing how to build these structures, researchers reported today (Sept. 26, 2011) in the journal Behavioural Processess.