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--90e6ba6e846a99169404a39288f9 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On April 25th I was back to Methals Dam, Black River Lake, Kings Co. I noticed a male Hairy Woodpecker excavating a new hole in an aspen/poplar. It was a fine site, up about 10 m & on the underside of a strong curve in the main trunk. I took numerous photos as he worked. When he was in to the greatest depth, I could still see his entire tail, both within & outside of the hole. Today I was back for the first time. I saw a female Y-b Sapsucker right at the entrance & then I saw a male enter, disappear, and proceed to make excavation noises for many minutes from well within the tree. After lunch, I returned & saw him do all of this a second time. I didn't note any Hairy Woodpeckers in the area. Scientifically, we only know one thing. A hole started by a Hairy is now in the possession of a pair of Sapsuckers. Perhaps a Sharpie removed the Hairy. Perhaps his mate thought the hole had a rotten view. But to be honest, I don't entirely trust the Sapsuckers. Has anyone ever seen something directly relevant in the woodpecker world ? (Let's not get into Tree Swallows, Bluebirds, House Sparrows, Starlings, etc. That story is known.) -- Rick Whitman --90e6ba6e846a99169404a39288f9 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On April 25th I was back to Methals Dam, Black River Lake, Kings Co. I noti= ced a male Hairy Woodpecker excavating a new hole in an aspen/poplar. It wa= s a fine site, up about 10 m & on the underside of a strong curve in th= e main trunk. I took numerous photos as he worked. When he was in to the gr= eatest depth, I could still see his entire tail, both within & outside = of the hole.<div> <br></div><div>Today I was back for the first time. I saw a female Y-b Saps= ucker right at the entrance & then I saw a male enter, disappear, and p= roceed to make excavation noises for many minutes from well within the tree= . After lunch, I returned & saw him do all of this a second time. I did= n't note any Hairy Woodpeckers in the area.</div> <div><br></div><div>Scientifically, we only know one thing. A hole started = by a Hairy is now in the possession of a pair of Sapsuckers. Perhaps a Shar= pie removed the Hairy. Perhaps his mate thought the hole had a rotten view.= But to be honest, I don't entirely trust the Sapsuckers.</div> <div><br></div><div>Has anyone ever seen something directly relevant in the= woodpecker world ? (Let's not get into Tree Swallows, Bluebirds, House= Sparrows, Starlings, etc. That story is known.)=A0<br>-- <br>Rick Whitman<= br> </div> --90e6ba6e846a99169404a39288f9--
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