At least two of the juvenile Red-headed Woodpeckers were flying freely around the dead snags yesterday afternoon. They were still mainly relying on the adults to bring food to them, but they've clearly fledged.
-Scott On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Paul Schmitt <pschmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Was at the RHWO nest at May's Point on Wednesday and observed how the > adult woodpeckers coax the young to exit the cavity. It seemed obvious > that they would be out of the nest in a day or so. Most interesting was > how the adults would fly in and show some morsel to the chick, then move > away to draw the chick outside. I've put together a short set of photos > that show what was repeated multiple times that morning. See it at: > > http://birds-n-blooms.blogspot.com/ > > I believe you will find it worthwhile. > > It has been a wonderful opportunity to observe this pair from excavating > the nest in May to now leading the young out for the nest stage in July. I > wish them well in this dangerous next step. > > Paul Schmitt > -- > *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/>!* > -- > -- 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/ --
