The Downys are back again with Pa feeding Jr. , then Jr. staying on seed-nut cone & eating quite well on its own.
Meanwhile, I also see a begging Tufted Titmouse juvenile here by sunflower seed feeder doing its wing flapping & begging calls trying to get its parent to feed it ! Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca-377 Sent from my iPhone On Jun 20, 2023, at 1:52 PM, Bhuvan Singla <bhu...@brzeelabs.com> wrote: Hi Donna, I really like your observations. I think the kid is just being smart. Father may recognize the generation gap, and learn from the kid. I believe this holds true here as well: <IMG_3386.jpg> Very Truly, Bhuvan On Tue, Jun 20, 2023 at 1:45 PM Donna Lee Scott <d...@cornell.edu<mailto:d...@cornell.edu>> wrote: In my ‘back yard’ I have several bird feeders, including a large hanging cone-shaped seed & nut cake the woodpeckers like. A male Downy was perched on it eating seeds when a juvenile Downy landed on the pole above the cake & started baby-begging /wing flapping. Father went up & fed the kid a couple times , then they both flew away. Soon, the cranberry-capped kid came back & perched on the cake & proceeded to peck at it & eat it on his/her own! Is it fooling father into giving it an easy meal or just learning to eat on its own😊? Donna Scott Kendal at Ithaca-377 Sent from my iPhone -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: Welcome and Basics<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME> Rules and Information<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES> Subscribe, Configuration and Leave<http://www.northeastbirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm> Archives: The Mail Archive<http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html> Surfbirds<http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds> BirdingOnThe.Net<http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html> Please submit your observations to eBird<http://ebird.org/content/ebird/>! -- -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The contents of this email message & any attachments are intended solely for addressee(s), and may be confidential, privileged, and legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use by you is strictly prohibited. -- Cayugabirds-L List Info: http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsSubscribeConfigurationLeave.htm ARCHIVES: 1) http://www.mail-archive.com/cayugabirds-l@cornell.edu/maillist.html 2) http://www.surfbirds.com/birdingmail/Group/Cayugabirds 3) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html Please submit your observations to eBird: http://ebird.org/content/ebird/ --
