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Index of Subjects Hi Derek & All, Oct 1, 2008 That sounds like a primitive version of the Acorn Woodpecker's strategy for getting the meat of thick-shelled, bullet-shaped acorns. They drill a hole of the correct diameter and depth in a tree, usually an Oak, ram the acorn in pointed end first and then extract the meat through the relatively weak proximal end of the acorn. Yt, DW D W Bridgehouse wrote: > This morning at our birdfeeder which has black sunflower seed I > witnessned (to me) a strange occurrence. Before I ID the bird - there > was a bird perched vertical on the feeder instead the usual horizontal > on the provided perches. The bird took a single sunflower seed to a > crevice between two branches in the same tree and began hammering away > to break open the sunflower seed . The bird was a Downy Woodpecker. As > I was walking to the garbage bin he stayed there unbothered at a > distance of about 6 feet away . > > Is this strange behaviour for a wood pecker ? I have never seen before > nor heard of this behaviour at seed feeders ! > > I know wood peckers will hack into silkmoth cocoons in winter to get > at the juicy pupa as a snack . > > If any one or other birders can offer their thoughts / observations / > knowledge on this - I would be interested in reading ? > > Thanks in advance , Derek B > > ****************** > > Derek W. Bridgehouse > > Dartmouth, NS > > d.bridgehouse@ns.sympatico.ca >
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