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Index of Subjects --0016368e2af3fd9820048ad31b27 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi, Very nice action shot! Looks to me like the male has the food, and the female wants it. Could be an adult male about to feed a young female. Richard On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 6:35 PM, Ian McKay <ian@amimckay.com> wrote: > My wife Ami noticed a pair of HAIRY WOODPECKERS being very vocal and > chasing eachother up and down a power pole. Later, the male started eating > out of a mostly empty feeder while the female hopped around inside our > crabapple tree. We noticed that she would visit the male and they would > exchange food. It looked like she was feeding him [insects from the tree?] I > managed to capture one of these exchanges. > > http://www.amimckay.com/graphics/hairywoodpeckers-lunch1.jpg > > Could she be his mother? Is this common in mated pairs? Many questions. > > Ian McKay > Scots Bay > > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2987 - Release Date: 07/07/10 > 03:36:00 > > -- ################# Richard Stern, 317 Middle Dyke Rd. Port Williams, NS, Canada B0P 1T0 sternrichard@gmail.com ################### --0016368e2af3fd9820048ad31b27 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi,<br><br>Very nice action shot!=A0 Looks to me like the male has the food= , and the female wants it. Could be an adult male about to feed a young fem= ale.<br><br>Richard<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 a= t 6:35 PM, Ian McKay <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:ian@amimckay.c= om">ian@amimckay.com</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; borde= r-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word;" bgcolor=3D"#ffffff"> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">My wife Ami noticed a pair of HAIRY WO= ODPECKERS=20 being very vocal and chasing eachother up and down a power pole. Later, the= male=20 started eating out of a mostly empty feeder while the female hopped around= =20 inside our crabapple tree. We noticed that she would visit the male and the= y=20 would exchange food. It looked like she was feeding him [insects from the t= ree?]=20 I managed to capture one of these exchanges.</font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"><a href=3D"http://www.amimckay.com/gra= phics/hairywoodpeckers-lunch1.jpg" target=3D"_blank">http://www.amimckay.co= m/graphics/hairywoodpeckers-lunch1.jpg</a></font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Could she be his mother? Is this commo= n in mated=20 pairs? Many questions.</font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</div> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Ian McKay</font></div> <div><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"2">Scots Bay</font></div> <blockquote style=3D"border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding-left: 5px= ; padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px;"><font face=3D"A= rial" size=3D"2"></font>=A0</blockquote></div> <br><br> No virus found in this outgoing message.<br> Checked by AVG - <a href=3D"http://www.avg.com" target=3D"_blank">www.avg.c= om</a><br> Version: 9.0.830 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2987 - Release Date: 07/07/10 03= :36:00<br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><br>-- <br>#################<b= r>Richard Stern, <br>317 Middle Dyke Rd.<br>Port Williams, NS, Canada<br>B0= P 1T0<br><br><a href=3D"mailto:sternrichard@gmail.com">sternrichard@gmail.c= om</a><br> ###################<br> --0016368e2af3fd9820048ad31b27--
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