Perth couple find bird using their underwear for nest

THEY may not be budgie smugglers — but one little bird has picked this pair of jocks as the perfect home.

Shannon Hampton

PerthNow NOVEMBER 10, 20187:15PM

They may not be budgie smugglers — but one little bird has picked this pair of jocks as the perfect cradle for its eggs.

Uta and Robert Fielding were “gobsmacked” when they discovered a grey honeyeater nesting in the crotch of a pair of well-worn blue undies hanging on their clothesline two weeks ago.

“You could have blown me over with a feather,” Mr Fielding, of Ballajura, said.

“I thought it was the most hilarious thing I’ve ever seen.

“I’ve never heard of birds nesting in underwear before — never mind my old jocks.”

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