Black-capped Chickadee - Kelsey Harris
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Marblehead Neck Wildlife Sanctuary (Mass Audubon)
Essex, Massachusetts, United States
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Map Coordinates: 42.4930171, -70.8401871
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Observation details

Two chickadees were plucking material out of a hole in a snag, presumably for a nest. Usually one chickadee would clear out wood while the other stayed nearby. Sometimes the one digging would get so much sawdust in its beak that it would fly off and spit it out from a nearby perch; the other would almost always swoop in and inspect the hole. It was hard to tell if they traded off the removal work.

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