Scott D. wrote -

<<<I forgot to post it when it happened but I was outside of my apartent
building walking the dog (North Seattle) and I saw two bushtits fly over
to what was a larger begging bird. To my suprise it was a BHCO
fledgling.
I have never seen this before. How could a BHCO parasitize a bushtit
nest?>>>

I asked myself the same question several years ago when I witnessed a
Golden-crowned kinglet feeding a BHCO fledgling. I guess those moss
nests
that the kinglets and bushtits make are as strong as they are pliable.

--
Jack Bowling
Prince George, BC
jbowling at direct.ca