FreeLists / bristol-birds / [Bristol-Birds] N. Parula Gathering Nest Materials, Hampton, TN

[AHoodedWarbler@xxxxxxx]

A couple of days ago I watched from inside my house in Hampton, TN as a female 
Northern Parula gathered nest material only a couple of feet from the window. 
She seemed to be stripping fibers from some large weed stalks. When she 
finished, she flew back in the direction of a large Norway Spruce where, 
presumably, her mate has been singing for a couple of weeks now. 

The N. Parula is one of the warblers that seems to reliably nest around my home 
each year. Many years ago I watched a N. Parula recycle an old Carolina 
Chickadee nest I had cleaned out of a nest box.

Bryan Stevens,
Hampton (Carter Co.), TN
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