I have never heard of that happening before, where one species of bird helps another species raise nestlings?!  It seems like it would be a horribly maladaptive thing to do, wasting all that energy instead of either trying to re-nest or just relax for the rest of the summer to try again next year. It seems so odd that it tried to build a nest out in the open in the sun when I thought Chickadees were only cavity nesters, too. I wonder if there is something seriously wrong with the poor little bird's brain.  

Maybe it's not that unusual and I've just never heard of it before. (?) Does anyone have any other examples of it happening that they know of? If not, you should definitely get pictures, even if they're not fit to share!



On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Jeffrey M Harris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Apparently, I was mistaken. It does take a village to……………..we witnessed the adult robin and the chickadee taking turns back and forth to the nest with food. I attempted some pictures and may have some worth sharing.
JMH

On May 25, 2012, at 7:58 PM, Lila Ollmann wrote:

I'd like to see a picture of that!

On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 7:16 PM, Jeffrey M Harris <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
I have a black capped chickadee diligently feeding a nest of robins on my property.  The chickadee's brood failed, having built the nest directly in the afternoon sun, while the adult robin is no longer present.  The poor chickadee is  attending to baby robins that are three times its size, one worm at a time.  Amazing to watch.


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