Judging by all the nests I find in the fall around our horse barn, I'd say
*everyone* appreciates the horse hair LOL.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2015 at 7:38 AM, Kevin J. McGowan <k...@cornell.edu> wrote:

> Grape vine bark is probably the most common material used in the 3rd and
> final stage of nest building, the soft inner cup. They'd probably
> appreciate some horse hair.
>
> Kevin
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> bounce-119007385-3493...@list.cornell.edu] On Behalf Of Geo Kloppel
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> Yesterday morning through a window I watched three Crows walking in the
> duff on the forest floor. They were on a mission to obtain nest material.
> One picked up the actual material (bits of grapevine, I think) while the
> second gave encouragement. The third was quietly attentive, perhaps in
> watch-and-learn mode.
>
> Think I'll put out some horse hair for them.
>
> -Geo Kloppel
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