This is something out of a spooky Alfred Hitchcock movie. This pair of nesting Swallows have reacted to new, heavy but automatic doors being installed in an underground bike park by learning how to open them.

The birds flutter in front of the sensors until they’re detected by the system and the doors open in response.

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What’s the most remarkable thing you’ve seen a bird learn to do? Are their any clever birds that visit your garden?

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You might wonder what’s going in this video at first. A man seems to be recording his walk through an electrical substation. You can hear the buzz of the energy but other than that there’s only the crunch of his boots.

It’s worth a watch. Suffice to say that a pair of nesting birds have picked an interesting place for their nest. On one hand you could consider it extremely dangerous given the overhead wires. On the other hand you could consider the substation to be protected from all sorts of predators.

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Did the hungry baby birds give you a surprise?