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Steve Kolbe, NRRI research scientist, nails a birdhouse to a tamarack tree in the Sax-Zim Bog Wednesday afternoon to encourage boreal chickadees to nest.
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Q: I recently clean up up an old bird house and nailed it about 8 feet above the ground to a tree on the edge of our front lawn. A pair of chickadees have taken up residence in it.
6 / 9: Josh Bednar, NRRI research scientist, uses GPS to find the right location to place a bird house for boreal chickadees in the Sax-Zim Bog Wednesday. Bob King / [email protected].
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