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Lichen covered bird nest:
Camouflage? or did lichen just take over?


Unusual surprise awaited tree cutters at Sycamore Springs, leaving unanswered questions

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By Cindy Meyer
News from Sycamore Springs

While having a few trees cut down that had died, during clean up I found an odd knot in the crook of one of the limbs.

Upon closer inspection, it was not a knot, but a bird's nest covered in lichen!

I have no idea what kind of bird's nest it is, or if it was occupied this season. No broken eggs or baby birds were found near the site.

Maybe some reader could share some light as to what kind of bird it may have been; and if the bird purposely, painstakingly, covered the nest with lichen to camouflage it or had the nest been use in a previous season and lichen took over since? -Cindy Meyer




This story was posted on 2010-04-23 12:26:39
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Birds of Kentucky: Mother nature going stealth



2010-04-23 - Photo by Cindy Meyer. Sycamore Springs, KY
Since posted, several people have identified the nest as a hummingbird nest
Cindy Meyer thought this odd creation was just an odd knot when the tree was cut down. But upon closer inspection, she found it was a bird's nest. She wonders now what kind of bird built it, and whether the outside cover was intentional, or if the lichen just "took over" after the nest served its purpose. "The picture was taken April 22, 2010 at Sycamore Springs, halfway between Columbia, Edmonton and Burkesville- you can't get any further out without getting closer!" Cindy Meyer writes.

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