Date: 1/26/25 10:20 am From: Joseph Morlan <jmorlan...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] NYTimes.com: Snakeskin: It’s Fashionable, and It Scares Predators Away From Bird Nests
Myiarchus flycatchers are famous for this. If you have Ash-throated
Flycatchers using your nest boxes, you can expect snake skins.
On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:50:18 -0800, Bethany Kilzer <storytel...>
wrote:
>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!
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Joseph Morlan, Pacifica, CA