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The main idea is to avoid breakage from expansion and contraction in a climate subject to sudden changes of temperature, and to avoid the mischief occasioned by a well known South American bird, the "hornero," by building nests of mud on the brackets and insulators.
reesetee commented on the word hornero
Native to South America--also called ovenbird but not related to the bird of the same name seen in the United States
February 17, 2007
fbharjo commented on the word hornero
A horno is an mud oven used by the Pueblo Indians
March 25, 2012