Date: 1/26/25 8:50 am
From: Bethany Kilzer <storytel...>
Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] NYTimes.com: Snakeskin: It’s Fashionable, and It Scares Predators Away From Bird Nests
Larry - this is interesting. In my 10 years of volunteering with nest boxes I have never seen snakeskin in a nest that I recall… I’ve seen lilac petals and horse manure - I will definitely look closer for snakeskin now!

Thanks for the article.
Bethany

> On Jan 26, 2025, at 8:22 AM, larry corridon <larry961357...> wrote:
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> Interesting article. Has anyone ever found snakeskin in a cavity nest? I’m wondering if any nest box projects in our area might have seen this. I haven’t heard any reports from the Quail Hollow project.
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> From The New York Times:
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> Snakeskin: It’s Fashionable, and It Scares Predators Away From Bird Nests
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> A museum curator with a ladder showed that birds that build cavity-style nests are able to protect their eggs with the skin shed by snakes.
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> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/science/snakeskin-birds-nests.html?smid=em-share
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> larry corridon
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