This morning a RED-BREASTED NUTHATCH took a sunflower seed from our
kitchen window feeder, flew to a dead lilac branch a few feet away, and
proceeded to cache the seed in a crevice in the bark. It worked quite
hard at this task, finally stopping when it was satisfied. However, no
sooner had it finished, when a female RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER flew to
where the nuthatch was sitting, causing the nuthatch to beat a hasty
retreat. Without hesitation the woodpecker proceeded to gobble down
every bit of the cached seed. The big bully!!! Now I have a new word
for my birding lexicon: "thieving red-bellied woodpecker."
Larry
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W. Larry Hymes
120 Vine Street, Ithaca, NY 14850
(H) 607-277-0759, [email protected]
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