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Hi Don & All, Aug 11, 2012
Your comment about the Downy freezing at the hint of danger reminded =
me of an experience last winter suggesting that Downy and Hairy =
Woodpeckers are short-sighted.
For many years I have hung a stick of firewood, with 16 staggered =
3/4" diameter holes about 1/2" deep, horizontally in a shrub and kept =
them supplied with fat during cold weather. The Downy & Hairy WP often =
also fed in a nearby Ash and would usually come to the fat from the Ash.
After Alison became confined to wheelchair she could not see the =
birds visit this stick so I decided to move it this winter to another =
location that was visible from a low window by hanging a second stick at =
the new location and withholding fat from the first. This second =
location was about 15 paces from the Ash home base and about 20 paces =
from the bush in which the old stick hung. =20
To effect this move, to a stick at the second location that was in =
full view from the Ash, took about 6 weeks !!
They would find fat in a post that was half a span from the feeder =
currently used but ignore a post that was a span away. So I leapfrogged =
posts by half-span increments; shifting the oldest forward after they =
were finding fat at the most recent.=20
In the process of doing this I learned that they strongly prefer to =
feed on a vertical post as opposed to an angled post or a horizontal =
stick.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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----- Original Message -----=20
From: Don MacNeill=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Sent: Friday, August 09, 2013 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbitd
4 parts water, 1 part sugar. Do you think I am making it hyperactive =
like children who get too much sugar? :>)
Don
Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
On 09/08/2013 7:36 AM, Hebda, Andrew J wrote:
Out of curiosity, how strong a sugar solution are you using?
Andrew
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From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on =
behalf of Don MacNeill [donmacneill@bellaliant.net]
Sent: August-09-13 6:38 AM
To: NaturenNS
Subject: [NatureNS] Aggressive Hummingbitd
I bought and hung out a hummingbird feeder about a week ago. Yesterday a
hummingbird fed from it and decided to stake out its territory. It
chased away Black-capped Chickadees that were feeding at a sunflower
feeder that was 20 feet away fram the hummingbird feeder. It chased a
House Sparrow from my backyard. It dove at a Downy Woodpecker but
stopped about a foot from it and flew back to a bush. Interestingly,
the woodpecker froze as it normally does when danger threatens. It was
quite a while before the woodpecker resumed feeding at the peanut =
feeder.
I hope the dog-in-the-manger hummingbird doesn't succeed in keeping the
whole yard for itself.
Don
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Don MacNeill donmacneill@bellaliant.net
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danger reminded me of an experience last winter suggesting that =
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Hairy Woodpeckers are short-sighted.</DIV>
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<DIV> For many years I have hung a stick of firewood, =
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staggered 3/4" diameter holes about 1/2" deep, horizontally in a =
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Ash.</DIV>
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<DIV> After Alison became confined to =
wheelchair she=20
could not see the birds visit this stick so I decided to move it =
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winter to another location that was visible from a low window by hanging =
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second stick at the new location and withholding fat from the first. =
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<DIV> To effect this move, to a stick at the second =
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<DIV> They would find fat in a post that was half a =
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the feeder currently used but ignore a post that was a span =
away. So I=20
leapfrogged posts by half-span increments; shifting the oldest forward =
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they were finding fat at the most recent. </DIV>
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<DIV> In the process of doing this I learned that they =
strongly prefer to feed on a vertical post as opposed to an angled post =
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<DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV>
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] =
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Hummingbitd</DIV>
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