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--Boundary_(ID_mxM4JBfhyqirxg1XoOAxOw) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Great photo, Ian -- what it clearly shows to me is an immature (yearling?) male hairy w. with a female -- neither bird is a fledgling -- both sexes of fledglings of both species show single orange or red spots on the front of the top of head and part of the cap, but immature males of both hairy and downy woodpeckers show the twinned red spots shown so well by Ian's photo. That's my two cents, as Ulli would say. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Fritz McEvoy <fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com> > Date: July 7, 2010 8:13:40 PM ADT > To: NS NATURE <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Hairy Woodpeckers - feeding observation - PIC > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > Hi All, > Looks like an adult feeding a fledge to me. Happens at my house > every summer. 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 time) 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 out. > At the moment we have two Hairy Woodpecker pairs, a Downy > Woodpecker pair, a Grackle pair, a Starling pair, and two or three > 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. > All the best. > Fritz McEvoy > Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall) > From: ian@amimckay.com > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: [NatureNS] Hairy Woodpeckers - feeding observation - PIC > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 18:35:13 -0300 > > 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 > > > Turn down-time into play-time with Messenger games Play Now! --Boundary_(ID_mxM4JBfhyqirxg1XoOAxOw) Content-type: text/html; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Great photo, Ian -- what it = clearly shows to me is an immature (yearling?) male hairy w. with = a female -- neither bird is a fledgling -- both sexes of fledglings of = both species show single orange or red spots on the front of the top of = head and part of the cap, but immature males of both hairy and downy = woodpeckers show the twinned red spots shown so well by Ian's photo. = That's my two cents, as Ulli would say. Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: = </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica">Fritz McEvoy <<a = href=3D"mailto:fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com">fritzmcevoy@hotmail.com</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 7, 2010 8:13:40 PM = ADT</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">NS NATURE <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>></f= ont></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: = #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>RE: [NatureNS] Hairy Woodpeckers - = feeding observation - PIC</b></font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" color=3D"#000000" style=3D"font: 12.0px = Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font>= </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: = normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: = normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-family: Verdana; font-size: = 22px; ">Hi All,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> Looks like an = adult feeding a fledge to me. Happens at my house every summer. 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 time) 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 out.<br> At the moment = we have two Hairy Woodpecker pairs, a Downy Woodpecker pair, a = Grackle pair, a Starling pair, and two or three 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> &nb= sp; All the = best.<br>  = ; Fritz McEvoy<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> &= nbsp; &nb= sp; Sunrise Valley, CB (near Dingwall)<br><hr = id=3D"stopSpelling">From: <a = href=3D"mailto:ian@amimckay.com">ian@amimckay.com</a><br>To: <a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br>Sub= ject: [NatureNS] Hairy Woodpeckers - feeding observation - PIC<br>Date: = Wed, 7 Jul 2010 18:35:13 -0300<br><br><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial">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.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"><a = href=3D"http://www.amimckay.com/graphics/hairywoodpeckers-lunch1.jpg">http= ://www.amimckay.com/graphics/hairywoodpeckers-lunch1.jpg</a></font></div><= div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Could she be his mother? Is this common in = mated pairs? Many questions.</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" = face=3D"Arial"></font> </div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Ian= McKay</font></div><div><font size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial">Scots = Bay</font></div><blockquote style=3D"border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); = border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 5px; = padding-right: 0px; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 0px; "><font = size=3D"2" face=3D"Arial"></font> </blockquote><br><hr>Turn = down-time into play-time with Messenger games<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><a = href=3D"http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=3D9734381" target=3D"_new">Play = Now!</a></span></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_mxM4JBfhyqirxg1XoOAxOw)--
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