Birds Picker
Watch the nest
Fill the nest
Tap birds to add or remove their eggs from the nest (up to 12).
High up in the nest, a bird is waiting to hatch. Your birds rest inside speckled surprise eggs, and when you press Hatch One a warm glow hops from egg to egg, settles on one — and it cracks open. Whatever flutters out is your bird. Pick which eggs go in the nest, add your own, and let the branch decide.
- Young birdwatchers
- Teachers & classrooms
- Family game night
Hatch a surprise egg to pick a random bird
There are around ten thousand species of bird in the world, so "pick a bird" is a big ask. The Birds Picker narrows it to your shortlist and then hatches the answer. Every bird in your nest rests inside a speckled surprise egg, and when you press Hatch One a warm glow flits across the branch, settles on an egg — and it cracks open. Whatever flutters out of the shell is the pick. The winner is chosen fairly before the glow starts moving, so the wobble and the crack are pure suspense over a genuinely random result.
Fill the nest
The nest only hatches eggs you put in it. Tap birds to add or remove their eggs, and type in any that are missing — a garden favourite, a bird you spotted on holiday, or the parrot that lives next door. Keep the clutch to the birds you'd be happy to get, and whatever hatches is a good result.
Choose which bird eggs go in the nest.
Press Hatch One and watch the glow settle on an egg.
The shell pops off and your bird flutters out.
Meet the flock
If an egg hatches a bird you don't know yet, here's who might be inside:
| Bird | Where it lives | Claim to fame |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle | Mountains & open country | Eyesight up to eight times sharper than a human's |
| Flamingo | Salt lakes & lagoons | Turns pink from the shrimp and algae it eats |
| Owl | Woodlands worldwide | Flies in near silence and can swivel its head ~270° |
| Peacock | Forests of South Asia | Fans a tail of shimmering "eye" feathers to show off |
| Penguin | The southern seas | A bird that "flies" underwater instead of in the air |
| Toucan | Rainforests of the Americas | A huge beak that's mostly hollow, so it's very light |
| Hummingbird | The Americas | The only bird that can hover and fly backwards |
| Kookaburra | Australia | Its call sounds exactly like human laughter |
When to hatch an egg
- Nature study. Assign each child a bird to research or draw — the nest hands them out with no squabbling.
- Garden birdwatching. Hatch an egg, then head outside and see if you can spot that bird (or one like it).
- Guess the call. Hatch a bird and play its song — can everyone name it before the reveal?
- Story & craft prompts. One hatch equals one bird to write about, colour, or fold from paper.
- Museum & zoo trips. Let the nest choose which aviary or exhibit to visit first.
A fair hatch every time
No egg sits luckier than another. The winner is chosen with your browser's cryptographic random generator — the same kind of randomness used for security — before the glow moves, and the eggs shuffle into fresh nest positions before every hatch. The wobble, the crack and the pop of the shell are showmanship; the pick is genuinely unbiased.
More animal pickers
Once your bird has flown the nest, keep exploring:
- Prehistoric wings? Hatch a Dinosaur Picker egg — birds' ancient cousins.
- All the animals? Spin the Animal Picker Wheel.
- Under the waves instead? Dive into the Ocean Animals Picker.
- Want more? Browse all random pickers.