Titmouse Nest

Last year a pair of Titmice found the nesting box and raised a clutch right under our kitchen window. It seemed that we had barely cleaned out the Bewick’s Wren nest from the year before, when the Titmouse spied the box and started building. We removed the nest this past weekend.

The difference between the nests is remarkable. While the Wren built with a loose structure of twigs packed with soft foliage for the base, the Titmouse chose sturdy small twigs with a topping of cotton nesting material (we hung a ball of cotton nesting material in the tree).

Looks pretty comfy, don’t you think?

I can’t wait to see who finds the box first this year.