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- Title
Tufted Titmouse Entangled in the Burrs of Beggar's Lice (Hackelia virginiana).
- Authors
Underwood, Todd J.; Underwood, Robyn M.
- Abstract
We discovered a live Baeolophus bicolor (Tufted Titmouse) entangled in the burrs of Hoc/celia virginiana (Beggar's Lice) on 28 September 2012 in Kutztown, PA. We extracted and released the titmouse because it appeared to be unable to free itself from the plant. To our knowledge, this is the second published report of a bird becoming entangled in Beggar's Lice and the first documentation of a Tufted Titmouse becoming entangled in any plant. Entanglement in Beggar's Lice is unusual because of the small size (3-4 mm) of its burrs.
- Subjects
TUFTED titmouse; HACKELIA; TITMICE; HERBACEOUS plants; BIENNIALS (Plants); BURDOCKS; FORAGING behavior
- Publication
Northeastern Naturalist, 2013, Vol 20, Issue 2, p372
- ISSN
1092-6194
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1656/045.020.0212