in·no·va·tive - adjective - 1. (of a product, idea, etc.) featuring new methods; advanced and original.
synonyms: original, new, novel, fresh, unusual, unprecedented, inventive, ingenious, creative; pioneering, groundbreaking, revolutionary, radical.
Often I have watched birds of different species gather nesting material by grabbing, pulling, twisting and in other ways trying to loosen or break twigs on shrubs or loose material on the ground near a rookery. Recently I observed a different technique at a rookery in Louisiana. A number of Cattle Egrets collected nesting material by sitting on a perch above the water