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--Apple-Mail=_D1143CFC-246F-452C-87D8-CDE534B6ACB7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 I can=92t answer, but the same question should be asked also for = orioles, which are common customers at hummer feeders, as are purple = finches. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. Begin forwarded message: > From: nancy dowd <nancypdowd@gmail.com> > Subject: [NatureNS] how does Downy WP gather HB food > Date: July 26, 2015 at 5:59:30 PM ADT > To: "naturens@chebucto.ns.ca" <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca >=20 > A Downy Woodpecker visits my Hummingbird feeder many times each day. = It obviously gets some of the sugar water by either lapping up spillover = and/or inserting its tongue in the hole. I cannot tell which method it = is using: > = https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/19845924340/in/dateposted-publi= c/ >=20 > After working awhile at the "flower", it tilts its head back seeming = to chug at the liquid for ~10s: > = https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/19845925830/in/dateposted-publi= c/ >=20 > Anyone know if the Downy's tongue is actually small enough to gather = the sugar water directly through the hole? Or is it being more of a = cleanup crew and just squeegeeing up seep on the surface? Fun to watch = in any case. (Excuse the photo quality- they were taken through a dirty = window with an iPhone.) >=20 > Nancy --Apple-Mail=_D1143CFC-246F-452C-87D8-CDE534B6ACB7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">I = can=92t answer, but the same question should be asked also for orioles, = which are common customers at hummer feeders, as are purple finches. = 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;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>From: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">nancy dowd <<a = href=3D"mailto:nancypdowd@gmail.com">nancypdowd@gmail.com</a>><br></spa= n></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: = 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; = color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Subject: </b></span><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><b>[NatureNS] how does Downy WP = gather HB food</b><br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>Date: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">July 26, 2015 at = 5:59:30 PM ADT<br></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 1.0);"><b>To: = </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';">"<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>" = <<a = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a>><br= ></span></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px;"><span = style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica'; color:rgba(0, 0, 0, = 1.0);"><b>Reply-To: </b></span><span style=3D"font-family:'Helvetica';"><a= = href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a><br></s= pan></div><br><div>A Downy Woodpecker visits my Hummingbird feeder many = times each day. It obviously gets some of the sugar water by either = lapping up spillover and/or inserting its tongue in the hole. I cannot = tell which method it is using:<br><a = href=3D"https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/19845924340/in/datepost= ed-public/">https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/19845924340/in/date= posted-public/</a><br><br>After working awhile at the "flower", it tilts = its head back seeming to chug at the liquid for = ~10s:<br>https://www.flickr.com/photos/92981528@N08/19845925830/in/datepos= ted-public/<br><br>Anyone know if the Downy's tongue is actually small = enough to gather the sugar water directly through the hole? Or is it = being more of a cleanup crew and just squeegeeing up seep on the = surface? Fun to watch in any case. (Excuse the photo quality- they were = taken through a dirty window with an = iPhone.)<br><br>Nancy<br></div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_D1143CFC-246F-452C-87D8-CDE534B6ACB7--
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