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I asked Prof. Google about this, and she directed me to the following.

   - From Scientific American:*  Cigarette Butts in Nests Deter Bird
   Parasites
   <https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/cigarette-butts-in-nests-deter-bird-parasites/>*
   - From the Economist: *Some birds use discarded cigarettes to fumigate
   their nests*
   <https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2017/09/30/some-birds-use-discarded-cigarettes-to-fumigate-their-nests>
   - From Nature: *City birds use cigarette butts to smoke out parasites
   <https://www.nature.com/news/city-birds-use-cigarette-butts-to-smoke-out-parasites-1.11952>*
   - From the New Scientist:  *From the New Scientist Birds use cigarette
   butts for chemical warfare against ticks
   <https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138655-birds-use-cigarette-butts-for-chemical-warfare-against-ticks/>*

These reports in the popular press all seem based on a single study by by
three Mexico City researchers published in Biology Letters. The Royal
Society has an abstract (but the full paper is behind the usual
unconscionable academic paywall):

   - *Incorporation of cigarette butts into nests reduces nest ectoparasite
   load in urban birds: new ingredients for an old recipe?*
   <https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2012.0931>




On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12:17 PM Ken J MacAulay <kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca>
wrote:

> John there was a recent article on-line about wild bees using plastic to
> line their  nests.  That article also mentioned birds using cigarette
> butts
> in their nests to kill mites etc.  Like you, though, I can't remember if
> it
> was on a news feed or a FaceBook article.  Here is a link to an article
> that
> mentions the butt use at the end of the piece.
>
>
> https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/wild-bees-building-homes-from-plastic/
>
> Ken MacAulay
> Port Mouton, NS
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">I a=
sked Prof. Google about this, and she directed me to the following.</div><d=
iv class=3D"gmail_default"><ul><li>From Scientific American:<b><a href=3D"h=
ttps://blogs.scientificamerican.com/culturing-science/cigarette-butts-in-ne=
sts-deter-bird-parasites/">=C2=A0 Cigarette Butts in Nests Deter Bird Paras=
ites</a></b></li><li>From the Economist:<a href=3D"https://www.economist.co=
m/science-and-technology/2017/09/30/some-birds-use-discarded-cigarettes-to-=
fumigate-their-nests"><font size=3D"2"><span class=3D"gmail-flytitle-and-ti=
tle__title"> <b>Some birds use discarded cigarettes to fumigate their nests=
</b></span></font></a></li><li>From Nature: <b><a href=3D"https://www.natur=
e.com/news/city-birds-use-cigarette-butts-to-smoke-out-parasites-1.11952">C=
ity birds use cigarette butts to smoke out parasites</a></b></li><li>From t=
he New Scientist:=C2=A0 <b><a href=3D"https://www.newscientist.com/article/=
2138655-birds-use-cigarette-butts-for-chemical-warfare-against-ticks/"><fon=
t size=3D"2">From the New Scientist Birds use cigarette butts for chemical =
warfare against ticks</font></a></b></li></ul>These reports in the popular =
press all seem based on a single study by by three Mexico City researchers =
published in Biology Letters. The Royal Society has an abstract (but the fu=
ll paper is behind the usual unconscionable academic paywall):=C2=A0 <br><u=
l><li><a href=3D"https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rsbl.2=
012.0931"><b>Incorporation of cigarette butts into nests reduces nest ectop=
arasite load in urban birds: new ingredients for an old recipe?</b></a></li=
></ul><div><b><br></b></div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class=3D"gm=
ail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 15, 2019 at 12=
:17 PM Ken J MacAulay &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:kenmacaulay@eastlink.ca">kenmac=
aulay@eastlink.ca</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote"=
 style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);p=
adding-left:1ex">John there was a recent article on-line about wild bees us=
ing plastic to <br>
line their=C2=A0 nests.=C2=A0 That article also mentioned birds using cigar=
ette butts <br>
in their nests to kill mites etc.=C2=A0 Like you, though, I can&#39;t remem=
ber if it <br>
was on a news feed or a FaceBook article.=C2=A0 Here is a link to an articl=
e that <br>
mentions the butt use at the end of the piece.<br>
<br>
<a href=3D"https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/wild-bees=
-building-homes-from-plastic/" rel=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">https:/=
/www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/06/wild-bees-building-homes-fr=
om-plastic/</a><br>
<br>
Ken MacAulay<br>
Port Mouton, NS <br>
<br>
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