Date: 1/26/25 5:40 pm From: Suzanne Kent <surreykent...> Subject: Re: [MBBIRDS] NYTimes.com: Snakeskin: It’s Fashionable, and It Scares Predators Away From Bird Nests
I have a fairly large Alligator lizard living along the side of my house, and several times I’ve found its shed skin in my nearby wren nestbox.
> On Jan 26, 2025, at 10:20 AM, Joseph Morlan <jmorlan...> wrote:
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> Myiarchus flycatchers are famous for this. If you have Ash-throated
> Flycatchers using your nest boxes, you can expect snake skins.
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> On Sun, 26 Jan 2025 08:50:18 -0800, Bethany Kilzer <storytel...>
> wrote:
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>> 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
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