Hi Betsy, My bet is on chickadees. Check out <http://www.nature.net/forums/load/bird/msg0501291817883.html?12>.
John Confer On 10/18/2011 3:02 PM, Betsy Darlington wrote: > What cavity-nesting bird(s) use a lot of moss in their nests? We were > cleaning out our boxes yesterday (we have 14), and two of them were > made up mainly of moss. In 38 years of tending these boxes, I've never > seen that before. Bluebirds and Tree Swallows are our main nest box > occupiers, with an occasional House Wren (though not for years, for > these). > Deer mouse nests in boxes don't look anything like this, and they > never build in the boxes as we now have them situated. > The boxes are not near trees, but I still wonder if they could have > had flying squirrels in them. Anyone know what their nests are like? > Betsy > -- > *Cayugabirds-L List Info:* > Welcome and Basics <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> > Rules and Information <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> > Subscribe, Configuration and Leave > <http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> > *Archives:* > The Mail Archive > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html> > Surfbirds <http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> > BirdingOnThe.Net <http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> > *Please submit your observations to eBird > <http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>!* > -- -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
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