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--Boundary_(ID_B+Pw1kh+vdHSl8xXrR5FDg) Content-type: text/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Actually having the male feed the fledglings is a great strategy in species that are multi-brooded -- then the female is "free" to begin a second nesting while the male completes the fledging of the young to independence. Then sometimes or often? those fledglings can have a role in feeding any second or third brood that might be produced. In cardinals it seems to be common for fledglings to be accompanied by and fed by the male. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrew Stadnyk <Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca> > Date: July 7, 2010 7:17:08 PM ADT > To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Woodpeckers - feeding observation - > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > > I had a young downy in my front yard and the male was (frantically) > feeding it, with no sign of the female. Maybe it is a behaviour > more generalizable to these woodpeckers? > > Andy Stadnyk > Lower Sackville > > > > Quoting Richard Stern <sternrichard@gmail.com>: > >> 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 >> ################### >> > > > --Boundary_(ID_B+Pw1kh+vdHSl8xXrR5FDg) 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; "> Actually having the male feed the fledglings is a great strategy in = species that are multi-brooded -- then the female is "free" to begin a = second nesting while the male completes the fledging of the young to = independence. Then sometimes or often? those fledglings can have a = role in feeding any second or third brood that might be produced. = In cardinals it seems to be common for fledglings to be = accompanied by and fed by the male. 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">Andrew Stadnyk <<a = href=3D"mailto:Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca">Andrew.Stadnyk@Dal.Ca</a>></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>Date: </b></font><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"3" = style=3D"font: 12.0px Helvetica">July 7, 2010 7:17:08 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"><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; "><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] Woodpeckers - feeding = observation -</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> <div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; ">I had a young downy in my front yard and the male = was (frantically) feeding it, with no sign of the female.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span>Maybe it is a behaviour = more generalizable to these woodpeckers?</div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Andy = Stadnyk</div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Lower Sackville</div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; = min-height: 14px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-