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Why are two birds obsessed with a chopped-down tree?

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Where I work, there was a great pine tree which was recently chopped (actually, sawed) down.

Prior to its demise, this tall pine was visited often by lizards and birds.

After its removal, though, the remaining stump has seemed to hold a fascination for a pair of dark birds, and I'm stumped (no pun intended) as to why. I don't know what kind they are. They're not juncos, but are about the same size.

They are not actively seeking bugs or such - they simply stand on the stump looking around and at each other, sometimes walking around on it.

Is it because this was their tree, and they are confused? They still feel an attraction to it? They had a nest in it?

This is in Santa Cruz, on the central California Coast.

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This usually means that they had a nest in the tree. If they are still there after a few days it probably means they also had young. Either still in the nest or young enough that they still returned to be fed.

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