Date: 4/19/25 7:41 pm From: Ross Millikan via groups.io <rmillika...> Subject: [pen-bird] Disturbed chickadee
We have a nest box in front of our house that currently has (or had) a chestnut-backed chickadee pair using it. Tonight one of the chickadees came back with a bug in its beak but did not enter the box and called a great deal. It never did enter the box and ate the bug it was carrying. We saw a bewick's wren near the box as well and have another box at the back of the house that is occupied by bewick's wrens. Does this suggest a failure of the chickadee nest? A photo of the chickadee with bug is at https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/271607926 but I don't think that will help.
