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I have seen chickadees, Titmice, nuthatches, and hairy & downey woodpeckers
caching food, especially the Titmice. They like to hide peanuts in the
window sashes, and I have watched nuthatches remove cached food from the
shag hickory trees' bark.

Kathy
Medina, OH

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From: Ohio birds [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Brian
Hart
Sent: Thursday, October 28, 2010 2:51 PM
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Subject: Food Caching

Hi Guys,

 I know that Nuthatches squirrel away food for the winter, but what other
species cache food? The reason I ask is I've been watching the birds at the
feeder and the Chickadees and the Titmice in particular seem to have an
expressway between the feeder and certain areas of the woods. I know they
have high metabolisms, and need to eat often, but it just seems they are
carrying away much more than they could possibly be consuming. This leads me
to believe that they are caching it somewhere. Is my hunch correct?

Cheers,

Brian


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