[Douglbirds] Bushtits

[dale brinker]

I have 10-12 Bushtits who visit each day for suet and I see them at 
bushes at the back of the house near downtown Parker.  Last week I 
had a call from someone in Ponderosa Hills NE of Parker who had a 
peculiar nest in a tangle near his house.  It was a Bushtit nest. 
Later in the week a friend east of Parker in Homestead Hills called 
to say that he also had one.  Both nests had been used last year.  I 
would like to know if others are seeing the nests, a sac 8-10 inches 
long, usually not too high, made of lichens, feathers, and grass. 
The birds seem to be quite active in this area.
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