Bushtit vs spider web

I took a short walk this morning and saw a bushtit struggling in a spider
web. At first I thought it was trying to get the spider to eat and got
tangled in the web. But the more I watched the more it looked like it
was collecting the web, probably for it's nest. These were taken with
the 350D and 400 f5.6L.

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hehehe, very nice, its a shame the site cant play dramatic music too, it'd go well

Great series! The web looks more like fishing line than silk - I'd hate to see the spider

I think it's fishing line, nice shots.

KAC

Excellent series George. Too thin to be fishline and you can see an orb weavers web to the far left of the pictures. Looks like someones hair.

I love this series, George! The little guy is working so hard

They are great pictures. As said above, would hate to meet that spider.. Looks like the Bushtit really had to fight to get it

Thanks all for your comments. The Bushtit is a very small bird, about 3 inches,
and the spider is pretty large. Here's a shot of one I took in my front yard a couple
of years ago. It's about 2-2.5 inches....

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Great behaviourial shots of this cute little guy, pic#7 is my favourite here...however, I must admit the last shot is my least favourite.

Excellent seris. I love behaviour shots like these.

Very cool behavior series that gaver me a good chuckle..and i have seen warblers do the same thing with spider web...As for fishing line, last year I witnessed and photographed a Baltimore Oriole using fishing line to wrap and tie down her nest so I guess its whatever is available..

Thanks dwp, Sindri, and Gary.