A pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers are making a nest in a Crepe Myrtle in our back yard.

They have been gathering material for a few days and this morning I spotted the nest. Here one of the pair was smoothing around the outside of the bowl shaped nest.

Much of the viewable material appears to be lichen or small pieces of dried leaf.

The pair worked cooperatively when they arrived back at the nest at the same time, one handing off material to the other to work into the structure.

Summerville, SC
April 23, 2025

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