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I received an update from Lloyd Westhaver from Mahone Bay today for a white=
-breasted nuthatch pair.
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Just an update on the white brested nuthatches that built a nest in the ho=
le on weeping willow. Since I wrote you last =2C they had layed and hatche=
d out their eggs . The male fed the female all day long as she layed on the=
eggs.After they hatched=2C he gathered insects=2C both to feed her and the=
young.After about ten days he started bringing both nuts and insects for t=
he young =2C I guess he had his job cut out because the female started to h=
elp out on his quest for to feed the young=2C each bringing back to the nes=
t.This is the sad part=2C with both the male and female bringing home food =
=2C there were times when the nest went unguarded and wouldn't you know =2C=
a chipmunk ran up the tree and in the hole where the young was. Both parent=
s arrived back to find this intruder in with their young. The female spraye=
d her wing out.out in front of the hole and kept darting her head in to att=
ack the intruder=2Cto no avail.the chipmunk stayed in the nest for about tw=
enty minutes before it came out =2Cran down the tree and across the road. t=
he female was weary=2C but went into the hole and the male waited outside w=
ith some insects in his mouth .the female =2C after about five minutes came=
out with something in its mouth and flew away and dropped what she had=2C =
then she came back again . The male was quite confused and would not go in =
the nest =2C but still fed the female what he had.Then i found out what she=
had been bringing out =2C it was her young and flew with their bodies and =
layed them in a crutch of a shumac tree nearby.I went over to check on them=
and much to my dismay =2Ceach chick had its head tore off by the chipmunk =
and the female lugged them all out of the nest .one by one and layed them i=
n the crutch of the tree.The male is still looking in the hole and don't qu=
ite know what is going on. I believe she only had three chicks=2C from what=
i gather.maybe she had more . I see they are both still out in the weeping=
willow but not gathering any more food.i will wait for another day or two =
and then i am going to plug the hole.The misses and i watched these two nut=
hatches each and every day and do not want this to happen before our eyes a=
gain so the hole will be no more.Just thought it would be a happy ending.
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James R. Hirtle
Bayport
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I received an update from Lloyd Westhaver from Mahone Bay today for a white=
-breasted nuthatch pair.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
 =3BJust an update on the white brested nuthatches that built a nest in=
the hole on =3Bweeping willow. =3B Since =3BI wrote you last =
=2C they had layed and hatched out their eggs . The male fed the female all=
day long as she layed on the eggs.After they hatched=2C he gathered insect=
s=2C both to feed her and the young.After about ten days he started bringin=
g both nuts and insects for the young =2C =3BI guess he had his job cut=
out because the female started to help out on his quest for to feed the yo=
ung=2C each bringing back to the nest.This is the sad part=2C with both the=
male and female bringing home food =2C there were times when the nest went=
unguarded and wouldn't you know =2Ca chipmunk ran up the tree and in the h=
ole where the young was. Both parents arrived back to find this intruder in=
with their young. The female sprayed her wing out.out in front of the hole=
and kept darting her head in to attack the intruder=2Cto no avail.the chip=
munk stayed in the nest for about twenty minutes before it came out =2Cran =
down the tree and across the road. the female was weary=2C but went into th=
e hole and the male waited outside with some insects in his mouth .the fema=
le =2C after about five minutes came out with something in its mouth and fl=
ew away and dropped what she had=2C then she came back again . The male was=
quite confused and would not go in the nest =2C but still fed the female w=
hat he had.Then i found out what she had been bringing out =2C it was her y=
oung and flew with their bodies and layed them in a crutch of a shumac tree=
nearby.I went over to check on them and much to my dismay =2Ceach chick ha=
d its head tore off by the chipmunk and the female lugged them all out of t=
he nest .one by one and layed them in the crutch of the tree.The male is st=
ill looking in the hole and don't quite know what is going on. I believe sh=
e only had three chicks=2C from what i gather.maybe she had more . I see th=
ey are both still out in the weeping willow but not gathering any more food=
.i will wait for another day or two and then i am going to plug the hole.Th=
e misses and i watched these two nuthatches each and every day and do not w=
ant this to happen before our eyes again so the hole will be no more.Just t=
hought it would be a happy ending.<BR>
 =3B<BR>
James R. Hirtle<BR>
Bayport<BR> =3B<BR><BR><BR> <br /><hr />30 days of prizes: H=
otmail makes your day easier! <a href=3D'http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D=
9729704' target=3D'_new'>Enter now</a></body>
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