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Newly Hatched Baby Birds Actually Look Kinda Like Dinosaurs

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Their nest, which is one way of differentiating these species, is started with bark flakes and lumps of earth laid on the floor of the cavity; with a cup of finer bark shreds, grasses and rootlets, but mainly lined with fur, wool, hair, and feathers. The nestling has darker down and whiter gape flanges than the nuthatch nestlings.

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Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon

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This behavior is not at all out of character for Tufted Titmice as is explained on All About Birds : They line this cup with soft materials such as hair, fur, wool, and cotton, sometimes plucking hairs directly from living mammals.

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