Jean, I looked at the on-line Cornell web site "The Birds of North America" and it looks like your Parula really was nest building. As your research showed, the nest site is usually in a hanging epiphyte of some sort, with Bearded Moss or Spanish Moss common choices. But to build the nest, the adults bring materials including ".. more of the epiphyte fibers collected elsewhere by the adults, or sometimes the bowl is lined with hair, fine grasses, pine needles, or plant down." Non-epiphytic nests are uncommon, but can include hanging debris and cording. Good observation! Janet Duerr OBBA Regional Coordinator from Athens, OH ______________________________________________________________________ Ohio-birds mailing list, a service of the Ohio Ornithological Society. Our thanks to Miami University for hosting this mailing list. Additional discussions can be found in our forums, at www.ohiobirds.org/forum/. You can join or leave the list, or change your options, at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=OHIO-BIRDS Send questions or comments about the list to: [log in to unmask]