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Hi All=2C=20
Looks like an adult feeding a fledge to me. Happens at my house every sum=
mer. Both parents feed the young. They first gather suet at the feeder and =
bring it back to the nest. Then they bring the fledges (one or two at a tim=
e) to a tree branch or deck rail near the feeder and feed them there. Then =
the fledges fly to the feeder and are fed there. Finally the fledges start =
feeding themselves. After a week or so the fledges move on or are forced ou=
t.
At the moment we have two Hairy Woodpecker pairs=2C a Downy Woodpecker pai=
r=2C a Grackle pair=2C a Starling pair=2C and two or three Blue Jay pairs f=
ighting it out for limited suet cakes. Only the Hairys have fledges being f=
ed at the feeder at the moment. Lots of noise though.
All the best.
Fritz McEvoy=20
Sunrise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall)
From: ian@amimckay.com
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: [NatureNS] Hairy Woodpeckers - feeding observation - PIC
Date: Wed=2C 7 Jul 2010 18:35:13 -0300
My wife Ami noticed a pair of HAIRY WOODPECKERS being very vocal and chasin=
g eachother up and down a power pole. Later=2C the male started eating out =
of a mostly empty feeder while the female hopped around inside our crabappl=
e tree. We noticed that she would visit the male and they would exchange fo=
od. It looked like she was feeding him [insects from the tree?] I managed t=
o capture one of these exchanges.
=20
http://www.amimckay.com/graphics/hairywoodpeckers-lunch1.jpg
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Could she be his mother? Is this common in mated pairs? Many questions.
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Ian McKay
Scots Bay
=20
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Hi All=2C <BR>
 =3B Looks like an adult feeding a fledge to me. Happens at my house ev=
ery summer. Both parents feed =3Bthe young. They first gather suet at t=
he feeder and bring it back to the nest. =3BThen they bring the fledges=
(one or two at a time) =3Bto a tree branch or deck rail =3Bnear th=
e feeder =3Band feed them there. Then the fledges fly to the feeder and=
are fed there. Finally the fledges start feeding themselves. After a week =
or so the fledges move on or are forced out.<BR>
 =3BAt the moment we have two Hairy Woodpecker =3Bpairs=2C a Downy =
Woodpecker pair=2C a Grackle pair=2C a =3BStarling pair=2C and two or t=
hree Blue Jay pairs fighting it out for limited suet cakes. Only the Hairys=
have fledges being fed at the feeder at the moment. Lots of noise though.<=
BR>
 =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb=
sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B All the best.<BR>
 =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb=
sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B Fritz McEvoy =
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 =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&nb=
sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =
=3B =3B Sunrise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall)<BR>
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From: ian@amimckay.com<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<BR>Subject: [NatureNS=
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>My wife Ami noticed a pair of HAIRY WOODPE=
CKERS being very vocal and chasing eachother up and down a power pole. Late=
r=2C 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 th=
e male and they would exchange food. It looked like she was feeding him [in=
sects from the tree?] I managed to capture one of these exchanges.</FONT></=
DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> =3B</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial><A href=3D"http://www.amimckay.com/graphic=
s/hairywoodpeckers-lunch1.jpg">http://www.amimckay.com/graphics/hairywoodpe=
ckers-lunch1.jpg</A></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> =3B</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Could she be his mother? Is this common in=
mated pairs? Many questions.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> =3B</DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Ian McKay</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Scots Bay</FONT></DIV>
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