We have seen Downy Woodpeckers eating something on Mullen flower heads/stalks. Is this a typical behavior?
Regi "Love the animals, love the plants, love everything. If you love everything, you will perceive the divine mystery in things." Dostoyevsky. > On Aug 5, 2016, at 4:59 PM, Sue Barth <sueba...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Hi Carol, those actually look more like Red-Osier Dogwood berries in its > mouth to me. I was surprised to see a pair of Eastern Kingbirds, another > insectivore, eating berries yesterday morning - so maybe these birds are > supplementing their diets with berries. Maybe it's a seasonal behavior or > maybe, because it's been so dry, it's another way to obtain fluids? > > ~ Sue > > Sent from my iPad > >> On Aug 5, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Carol Keeler <carolk...@adelphia.net> wrote: >> >> I have an image of this year's Red Headed Woodpecker. It's not great but >> you can see what you need to for this question. Do they eat eggs of other >> birds? Are those eggs or fecal sacs? I watched it up in a tree and then it >> dove into some bushes. It came up on the dead tree with what you see in its >> mouth. I think it robbed eggs from another bird's nest, but I'm not sure. >> I don't think it was around its own nest hole to remove fecal sacs. It had >> been in a green tree, not a dead one. Any ideas? It was the only time I >> was able to find the bird this year. >> >> http://www.pbase.com/carol_keeler_photo/image/163815697 >> -- >> >> 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/ >> >> -- > > > -- > > 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/ > > -- > -- 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/ --
