RE: [cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker Question

[Marty Schlabach]

This is at least the third year over the last 10 or so, that we've seen a flock 
of kingbirds come and devour the fruit on a pagoda dogwood, just as the fruit 
are getting ripe.
--Marty
Interlaken, NY

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Sent: Friday, August 05, 2016 7:52 PM
To: Sue Barth ; Carol Keeler 
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Subject: RE: [cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker Question

HI Carol and all,

I agree with Sue that they look like red-osier dogwood fruits, they're about 
the correct size. A few years back when I was photographing them at Myers, they 
were eating a lot of wild grape, both unripe and ripe, at this time of year, in 
addition to insects. I think it's pretty typical for them to switch to fruit at 
this season whether or not it's been dry. Have seen kingbirds do similar with 
wild raspberries and gray dogwood berries. A number of what we think of as 
insectivorous types switch to fruit when it's available, and the dogwoods in 
particular are high-fat fruits, good for fueling migration...red-eyed vireos 
and various warblers etc.

Birds have such COOL behaviors!

Marie

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Sent: Friday, August 5, 2016 4:59 PM
To: Carol Keeler
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker Question

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

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> On Aug 5, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Carol Keeler  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.
>

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RE: [cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker Question

[Marie P. Read]

HI Carol and all,

I agree with Sue that they look like red-osier dogwood fruits, they're about 
the correct size. A few years back when I was photographing them at Myers, they 
were eating a lot of wild grape, both unripe and ripe, at this time of year, in 
addition to insects. I think it's pretty typical for them to switch to fruit at 
this season whether or not it's been dry. Have seen kingbirds do similar with 
wild raspberries and gray dogwood berries. A number of what we think of as 
insectivorous types switch to fruit when it's available, and the dogwoods in 
particular are high-fat fruits, good for fueling migration...red-eyed vireos 
and various warblers etc.

Birds have such COOL behaviors!

Marie

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452 Ringwood Road
Freeville NY  13068 USA

Phone  607-539-6608
e-mail   m...@cornell.edu

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[bounce-120671661-5851...@list.cornell.edu] on behalf of Sue Barth 
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Sent: Friday, August 5, 2016 4:59 PM
To: Carol Keeler
Cc: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker Question

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

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> On Aug 5, 2016, at 4:31 PM, Carol Keeler  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.
>

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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker Question

[Regi Teasley]

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  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  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
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Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker Question

[Sue Barth]

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  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.  
> 
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[cayugabirds-l] Red Headed Woodpecker Question

[Carol Keeler]

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
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