1. By: Hunter VanNoy and Mackenzie Fry, Christopher DeJohn Palmer Elementary School Windsor, New York

2. Habitat Forests Residential areas

3. Voice Females: chickadee-dee-dee Male: fee-bee-bee

4. Food Insects Spiders Conifer seeds Invertebrate eggs

5. Habits Curious Flys in flocks Acrobatic

6. Description Gray back and wings Cap and bib is black White cheeks

7. Nesting Moss Grass

9. Nest Box Design We got the idea for a nest box tube by reading Cornell’s website and we designed ours using Daniel Merrell’s nest tube design.

10. Predator Guard We want to put a cone predator guard below our nest boxes to keep the eggs and birds safe from Predators. (like the one in this picture)

12. Materials (3) 3” pvc tubes (35cm long) $11.48 (6) 3” pvc caps $21.78 3cm drill bit $8.58 Duct tape $6.98 Nuts/bolts/nails <$5 Metal strapping $25.96 Wood shavings free

13. boxes

14. Why we would like to have nesting boxes at Palmer: Making nest boxes here at the Palmer Elementary and Windsor Middle School campus would be a great thing because we are giving protection and giving a home for the birds around our area. Also, the students would love being able to view our local birds and learn information about them.