A Redstart Nesting in an Electric Car Engine Compartment... Seven Chicks Hatched

A Daurian redstart family has made a nest and is raising chicks inside the motor room of an electric vehicle used for Expo operations at the Gyeongju World Culture Expo Park in Gyeongbuk. / Photo by Munhwa Expo

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Lim Juhyung] A family of stonechats nesting and raising chicks in an electric work vehicle of the Cultural Expo Foundation has attracted attention.

On the 22nd, the Cultural Expo announced that a stonechat family nesting in a two-seater electric work vehicle at the Gyeongju World Cultural Expo Park in Cheongun-dong, Gyeongju-si, Gyeongbuk Province, was discovered last month.

An Expo official said that while riding the vehicle, a bird suddenly flew up in front of the car, and upon checking, they found a bird's nest inside the vehicle. The stonechat had built its nest in a corner of the motor room (engine compartment) under the car's front hood and was raising seven newly hatched chicks.

Since discovering the nest, the Expo has not operated the vehicle and has been monitoring the stonechats' condition daily. The chicks have all grown and reportedly left the nest last week.

This story was featured on the SBS entertainment program 'TV Animal Farm' on the 21st, and the official YouTube channel of the program, 'TV Animal Farm X Animal Bwa,' received over 240,000 views and more than 4,000 likes, drawing significant interest.

Meanwhile, the stonechat is a resident bird mainly inhabiting urban outskirts or rural areas, with adults measuring about 14 cm in body length and weighing approximately 17 g.

It is known to have a habit of nesting in narrow places such as rock crevices or tree holes to avoid predators.

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