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Castro Valley, CA
Continued below the orange worm tracks
We have had a pair of Oak Titmice living in our orange tree for a few years now. On Thursday, April 23, we had five of them. We have an elevated platform feeder, and some seemed to have a bit of trouble commuting from the orange tree roughly 5 feet away to the feeder and back. More importantly, typical begging and feeding was going on in the feeder, convincing us that the new arrivals are fledges.
We have no fledging date information from prior years for comparison (and aren't really sure that we have observed Titmouse fledglings in any prior year.)
April 23; Oak Titmouse Fledges
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