[EBB Sightings] Chestnut-backed Chickadee nesting

I installed a nestcam box on Jan 1 under the eaves of my house.  Chestnut-backed Chickadees started checking it out on Jan 13, and nest construction started Feb 25.  I put wood chips in the box, which were quickly cleaned out on 2/25, then redwood bark shreds were brought in, and a circular shape was constructed.  I first saw 2 birds at once in the box on Feb 27.  It was slow going until today, March 8, with construction full speed ahead.  With the camera I am watching and hearing them on TV.  Other materials include feathers and dog hair.  I will post progress.

Also, on my bike ride today Orange-crowned Warblers were singing along Redwood Road, south of Pinehurst Road, the first ones I've heard this Spring.  I have not yet detected an Allen's Hummingbird in my yard.  They are usually here in late January or early February.  There was a Rufous Hummingbird yesterday at my feeder.  Where's the Allen's?

There was a Yellow-rumped Warbler in my yard on Jan 2, the first in my yard, I've been here in the Oakland hills for 19 years.  That was yard species #92.

Johan Langewis
Oakland, near Skyline and Shepherd Canyon
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