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Chickadee Nesting Material?
wonderview

Chickadee Nesting Material? (Poecile atricapillus)

I was tearing off old siding on a shed in my yard. There was huge amounts of spider silk beneath, the kind they put around their egg masses. This chickadee zoomed right in and kept grabbing bunches of it. I wondered if it was looking for the spider eggs, but all the spider silk I saw was empty. I thought maybe it was using it to line its nest.
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Habitat
My Back Yard
Location
N.S. Canada
Date taken
May 11 2019
Scientific name
Poecile atricapillus
Equipment used
Nikon B700
KC Foggin
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Probably for the nest and a great behavioral image Bill!
 
delia todd
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Nest material will be what she's after Bill.... a lot of nests are formed from spider silk.

What a great picture that is my friend. Excellent work laddie.
 

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