Chickadee nest

[WDH]

I have two nesting pair this year.

I go out about every 3 days or so to get a pic. She is on 4 eggs.

[reinhard1]

Nice!!good luck.

[Sturg]

I did bird house with the grandkids a year ago Christmas. Two houses had wrens and two had chickadees. We would take a peek a couple of times the kids were thrilled. They are fun to watch. Enjoy!

[ShawnZ]

What a cozy nest! Neat image. Did the chickadee put all that moss in there?!

[beakgeek]

The chickadees that nested in a box in my front yard used moss as well. I emptied it out after they had two clutches and put fresh sawdust in. I took pictures and will look for them.

[WDH]

This is nest #2. Most like if the box is full of moss it's a chickadee. This pair pulled all of the sawdust out and filled it with moss, all in only 4 days.

[Dotch]

Pretty cool WDH. Never had any in the nesting boxes here so good to know what to look for.

[ShawnZ]

Very cool. There must be a biological reason behind the use of moss....?

They also must have to gather alot more moss when they nest in a box

like this, as opposed to when they nest in a tree cavity. The tree cavity

nests I've looked into after fledging was completed, seemed much smaller

than the space in a box. Must be like living in a spacious condo, compared

to a an effeciency apartment.