Home Sweet Home

One of the maple trees in my backyard has a dead branch. But it's not a bad thing because the chickadees have taken it over for a nest. I don't know if they started the hole, but they have been expanding it every day for the past week.

Talk about perseverance - in and out of the hole, pulling tiny amounts of wood from inside to enlarge the cavity they are creating. When the chickadee comes out the hole, it flies to a nearby branch and tosses the wood pieces out of its beak to the ground. Fascinating! I'm looking forward to seeing the pair raise their family.