[NatureNS] woodpeckers & bird-house holes

From: Marg Millard <mmillard@eastlink.ca>
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Brian, woodpeckers, nut hatches and even squirrels enlarge the house =
doors around here. We simply make a new faceplate with the hole the size =
wanted and it works well.=20
Marg Millard, Queens
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Over the past decade we=E2=80=99ve had Black-capped Chickadees nesting =
about every 2nd year in a bird-house in our backyard in West End =
Halifax=E2=80=94but this is the first summer we=E2=80=99ve noticed the =
bird-house hole getting larger, with its circumference increased, the =
edges roughened. The other day I watched (& photographed) a Downy =
Woodpecker pecking away at the hole=E2=80=99s edges, then poking its =
head into the cavity (perhaps for grubs or insects, now that the =
Chickadee nestlings & parents have vacated the house?). Is this common =
woodpecker behavior? Does anyone else have woodpeckers (Downies, or =
other species) enlarging their bird-house holes? Before next spring =
we=E2=80=99ll be getting a new house to replace the old one, because the =
hole is likely now big enough to allow Starlings to take the house over =
from the Chickadees.

Brian
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<DIV><FONT size=3D3 face=3DCalibri>Marg Millard, Queens</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DCalibri><FONT style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Over the past =
decade we=E2=80=99ve=20
had Black-capped Chickadees nesting about every 2nd year in a bird-house =
in our=20
backyard in West End Halifax=E2=80=94but this is the first summer =
we=E2=80=99ve noticed the=20
bird-house hole getting larger, with its circumference increased, the =
edges=20
roughened. The other day I watched (&amp; photographed) a Downy =
Woodpecker=20
pecking away at the hole=E2=80=99s edges, then poking its head into the =
cavity (perhaps=20
for grubs or insects, now that the Chickadee nestlings &amp; parents =
have=20
vacated the house?). Is this common woodpecker behavior? Does anyone =
else have=20
woodpeckers (Downies, or other species) enlarging their bird-house =
holes? Before=20
next spring we=E2=80=99ll be getting a new house to replace the old one, =
because the=20
hole is likely now big enough to allow Starlings to take the house over =
from the=20
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