Today I watched a male downy woodpecker poking around on a milkweed
stalk with 3 seed pods. He worked up and down the stalk and seemed
to wipe his beak on the pods, the left.
Was he looking for insects? This is a behavior I haven't seen before.
Regi
--
Cayugabirds-L List Info:
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsWELCOME
http://www.NortheastBirding.com/CayugabirdsRULES
Archives:
1) http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html
2) http://birdingonthe.net/mailinglists/CAYU.html
Please submit your observations to eBird:
http://ebird.org/content/ebird/
--