# Today in nature I saw

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**Created:** [July 20, 2020, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/today-in-nature-i-saw/915854 "2020-07-20T18:22:11Z")\
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We have some nesting boxes in our barn for the chickens, but they generally prefer to lay their eggs elsewhere, the little darlings. 🤨  
I noticed that someone else was making use of the space, but last night was the first time I’d met the usurper:

[![Imgur](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51090307575_36d692f3a0_b.jpg "Barn bird") ](https://www.flickr.com/photos/45215582@N06/51090307575/)

Very small bird in the middle of the nest there, if you squint. Some kind of warbler, maybe.

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