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Most people wouldn’t want to live anywhere near busy traffic, but some birds don’t seem to mind. In Keelung’s Qidu District, the invasive common myna is increasingly building nets right atop of traffic lights. But why? Turns out, it’s because of environmental changes and comfortable heat emitted by the traffic lights.

Bird nests sit atop of traffic lights. It’s become a peculiar but increasingly common sight in Qidu District, in Keelung, due to environmental changes and suitable heat from the lights.

Local resident
Qidu District, Keelung
The nests are successful this year. They’re not always successful, like last time when there was a typhoon.

It’s currently the breeding season for common mynas, an invasive species. These hardy birds have set up their nests, built with collected twigs, right atop traffic lights. Another species, the black-collared starling, also did the same.

Chen Po-ting
Keelung Animal Protection Office
It’s currently the breeding season for mynas, and they are building nests on the signal lights. In addition to the advantage of elevation, the signal lights also provide warmth, which helps with incubation.

Huang Shih-han
Keelung Department of Transportation
The nests are becoming more common. For that we are closely following up with the Animal Protection Office.

This peculiar sight appeared on a traffic light on Junxian Road in Qidu. Even though the nests do not compromise the traffic lights and young birds will eventually leave after hatching, the relevant authorities must still find a way to deter the common myna’s invasion of traffic lights.

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