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Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point
Tom Riley and Bill Roberts
Back in the 80's when I was living in SW Michigan (near Kellogg Biological
Station, in Delton, MI), a pair of red-headed woodpeckers brought their
fledglings every year to eat mulberries at a productive group of trees.
More unusual that they would take them to protein-needy nestlings (albeit
I'm not surprised at them eating fruit, which I've seen many woodpecker species do many times, but I am surprised they would feed fruit to nestlings. Is it possible they are caching the food? Has anyone seen the adults emerge with fecal sacs? Would this species carry off fecal sacs? Nice photos by
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point
I'm not surprised at them eating fruit, which I've seen many woodpecker species
do many times, but I am surprised they would feed fruit to nestlings. Is it
possible they are caching the food? Has anyone seen
:32 PM
To: CAYUGABIRDS-L
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point
I'm not surprised at them eating fruit, which I've seen many woodpecker
species do many times, but I am surprised they would feed fruit to nestlings.
Is it possible they are caching the food? Has
fledging in 39
to 44 days from onset. How does that match with dates when they were
excavating? Does anyone have the key dates?
Paul Schmitt
From: Dave Nutter
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:32 PM
To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's
?
Paul Schmitt
From: Dave Nutter
Sent: Tuesday, August 20, 2013 7:32 PM
To: Cayugabirds-L@cornell.edu
Subject: Re: [cayugabirds-l] Red-headed Woodpeckers at May's Point
I'm not surprised at them eating fruit, which I've seen many woodpecker
species do many times, but I am surprised
Tom Riley and Bill Roberts first noted 2 adult Red-headed Woodpeckers flying around along South Mays Point Road on Wednesday 3 July. On 7 July I saw each adult tossing wood chips from separate apparently old holes in the same dead tree. I think they have since concentrated on just one of those
