[cayugabirds-l] Fallen Pileated Nesthole Tree

2014-07-11 Thread Suan Hsi Yong
Walking this morning through the Mulholland Wildflower Preserve at Six-Mile Creek, I found partially-toppled the dead tree that had hosted the pileated woodpecker nest earlier this year. I found the hole and got to peek in (with my phone) to find some interesting interior decorations. Photos here:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fallen Pileated Nesthole Tree

2014-07-11 Thread Anne Clark
Those maple leaves look quite fresh as if added recently, not during the nestling period. Certainly the leaves are so big that they must be recent. So we might hypothesize that squirrels moved in as the pileated young moved out? anne On Jul 11, 2014, at 10:39 AM, Suan Hsi Yong wrote:

Re: [cayugabirds-l] Fallen Pileated Nesthole Tree

2014-07-11 Thread Linda Orkin
I just wrote that same question on facebook but with no posit. good thought Linda On Fri, Jul 11, 2014 at 11:20 AM, Anne Clark anneb.cl...@gmail.com wrote: Those maple leaves look quite fresh as if added recently, not during the nestling period. Certainly the leaves are so big that they