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Re: CHICKADEES AND CAT HAIR




We had a Golden Retriever, for 3 spring/summers straight in our old house, 
tufted titmice would come in and land on him while he laid in the yard and 
pull tuffs of hair from him, he would lay there panting head up really 
enjoying the scratch/brush/ feeling of it all, I took pictures, have them 
somewhere, wish I had a way to scan them.  It is one of those memories that 
bring a smile and one you would never forget.
I guessed then that it was probably the same ones each year, then we moved.  
Now adays, I will brush the three dogs we have each day and just drop the 
hair all around the yard, I have seen birds with their finds in their beaks 
and every nest I find, the fur is intertwined in it somehow, including the 
flying squirrels.  ahhh, nature, cool isn't it.
Cathy Green
North Augusta, SC
catherann@comcast.net



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From: Anne Lurie <ALURIE@nc.rr.com>
To: Paula Jeannet Mangiafico <paula.mangiafico@duke.edu>
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Subject: Re: CHICKADEES AND CAT HAIR
Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2002 16:27:24 -0500
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Paula Jeannet Mangiafico wrote:
 >
 > I actually wondered whether or not birds would accept cat hair for
 > nest-building. I've put out dryer lint in a suet cage (of which a large
 > percentage is cat hair!), but haven't seen any takers.

I can recall years ago, back in New Jersey, watching birds (Tufted
Titmouse, I think) snatching fur from a dead raccoon.  (The animal was
thought to have been rapid, so it was left untouched until Animal
Control could collect it.)

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC
ALURIE@nc.rr.com


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