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Re: CHICKADEES AND CAT HAIR



A few years ago Lori and I saw a Titmouse pulling hair from a LIVE raccoon
that was asleep in a tree in the back yard.  Each time the Titmouse would
pull out some hair, the raccoon would swat at it and then go back to sleep.
It was fun to watch.

Dwayne
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Dwayne Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net
http://www.geocities.com/foothillsbirdclub/
http://www.geocities.com/ncxbill/
-----Original Message-----
From: Anne Lurie <ALURIE@nc.rr.com>
To: Paula Jeannet Mangiafico <paula.mangiafico@duke.edu>
Cc: BIRDERS <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Thursday, March 28, 2002 4:30 PM
Subject: Re: CHICKADEES AND CAT HAIR


>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
>