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Building materials
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Building materials
Uncommon
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Doc Duck

Building materials (Sitta europaea)

Birchbark is useful for many things. It's used as a base when making sod roofs. It can be used as paper. It's good tinder for starting a fire. It's used to wrap willow flutes so they last longer. It's used for weaving baskets. Vikings used it to make leg armour. Of course, birch trees have their own uses for it. And apparently it's also a nesting material.
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Habitat
mixed birch and spruce forest
Location
Snillfjorden, Norway
Date taken
19 Apr 2021
Scientific name
Sitta europaea
Equipment used
Nikon 7500, Tamron 150-600
KC Foggin
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Opus Editor
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A lovely image of this nest building Nuthatch Ann! Quite informative information as well.
 

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Category
Britain & Europe
Added by
Doc Duck
Date added
View count
44
Comment count
7

Image metadata

Device
NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7500
Aperture
ƒ/9.5
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/180
ISO
400
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
aaDSC_6303 (2).JPG
File size
1.4 MB
Date taken
Mon, 19 April 2021 10:48 AM
Dimensions
4421px x 2948px

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