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Index of Subjects --14dae93d94f864fed504db88cdf2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 That's the coolest thing ever :) Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre RR#1 Brookfield NS B0N1C0 902-893-0253 birdvet@hotmail.com www.cwrc.net Please check our fundraising campaign on Indiegogo<http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bald-eagle-flight-training-facility/x/2437414> . We have until May 31 to reach our goal! On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Doug Linzey <doug@fundymud.com> wrote: > On 29/04/2013 6:00 PM, Andrew Horn wrote: > >> >> White-breasted Nuthatches do indeed sweep their nest holes with a beetle. >> As far as I know, no one really knows why. It might be to deter other >> birds, predators, or parasites (lots of beetles contain noxious chemicals). >> > > Last year, we had a pair of WB Nuthatches nest in a box just outside the > kitchen window. They spent about three days "sweeping." The female did most > of this domestic work, but the male took over near the end while she spent > more time inside. At times they clearly had something in their bills, but > mostly it looked to me as if they were just cleaning/scraping. > > Doug Linzey > Arlington, NS > --14dae93d94f864fed504db88cdf2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">That's the coolest thing ever :)<div><br></div><div>He= lene</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"><div><div dir=3D"ltr= ">Helene Van Doninck DVM<br>Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<br>RR#1= Brookfield NS B0N1C0<br> 902-893-0253<br><a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">bi= rdvet@hotmail.com</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.cwrc.net" target=3D"_blank">= www.cwrc.net</a><br><div>Please check our fundraising campaign on=A0<a href= =3D"http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bald-eagle-flight-training-facility/x= /2437414" target=3D"_blank">Indiegogo</a>.</div> <div>We have until May 31 to reach our goal!</div><div><br></div><div><img = src=3D"http://www.indiegogo.com/project/badge/339258/2437414"><br></div></d= iv></div> <br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Doug Li= nzey <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:doug@fundymud.com" target=3D"_= blank">doug@fundymud.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmai= l_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left= :1ex"> On 29/04/2013 6:00 PM, Andrew Horn wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> <br> White-breasted Nuthatches do indeed sweep their nest holes with a beetle. A= s far as I know, no one really knows why. It might be to deter other birds,= predators, or parasites (lots of beetles contain noxious chemicals).<br> </blockquote> <br> Last year, we had a pair of WB Nuthatches nest in a box just outside the ki= tchen window. They spent about three days "sweeping." The female = did most of this domestic work, but the male took over near the end while s= he spent more time inside. At times they clearly had something in their bil= ls, but mostly it looked to me as if they were just cleaning/scraping.<span= class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888"><br> <br> Doug Linzey<br> Arlington, NS<br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br></div></div> --14dae93d94f864fed504db88cdf2--
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