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heat and baby birds in the wild

MommyBird

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I've wondered how heat affects the baby birds in my nest boxes. I usually get chickadees, bluebirds, pygmy nuthatches, and violet green swallows. The violet green swallows nest late because of their diet, so the weather gets hot.
I often see the babies at the nest box hole getting some relatively cooler air and being handy to snatch parental feedings without the parents entering the box.
Here's an article on the subject and a baby picture from late July 2021 in my yard

https://www.audubon.org/news/why-heat-waves-amplified-climate-change-are-big-problem-baby-birds

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