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Hi David=2C
I've fed my suet cakes (approximately equal amounts of commercial pure=
suet blocks=2C bacon fat and peanut butter + seeds) to the resident woodp=
eckers here=2C both hairy and downy=2C as well as=2C jays=2C grackles and o=
ther random birds for many years. Usually the birds will bring chicks to th=
e suet feeders to teach them about the food source. I imagine that=2C espec=
ially with the woodpeckers=2C it makes up the vast majority of their diet=
=3B from birth to fledging. After fledging the=2C healthy looking=2C young =
birds gradually disappear. My impression is that this is encouraged by the =
parents as they generally become territorial of the suet feeder post fledgi=
ng. By fall only the regular=2C long time pairs remain. All the best.
Fritz McEvoy
Sunrise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall)
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> From: dwebster@glinx.com
> To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Downy WP
> Date: Wed=2C 25 Jun 2014 07:46:40 -0300
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> Dear All=2C June 25=2C 2014
> I was concerned recently about young WPs perhaps being fed too much=20
> shortening and too little nourishment for good development.
> Just a few minutes ago I noticed a male Downy loading up with fat an=
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> then feeding a nearby young that had been perched meanwhile on a crossbar=
.=20
> The young WP then took off with a temporary wobble and then flew 30' up t=
o a=20
> nearby Black Cherry.
> So one count for OK.
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> Yt=2C DW=2C Kentville
> =20
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nbsp=3B =3B I've fed my suet =3Bcakes (approximately equal amounts =
of commercial pure suet blocks=2C bacon fat and peanut butter + seeds) =
=3Bto the resident =3B woodpeckers here=2C both hairy and downy=2C as w=
ell as=2C jays=2C grackles and other random birds for many years. =3BUs=
ually the birds will =3Bbring chicks =3Bto the suet feeders to teac=
h them about the food source. I imagine that=2C especially with the woodpec=
kers=2C it =3Bmakes up the vast majority of their diet=3B from birth to=
fledging. After fledging the=2C healthy looking=2C =3Byoung birds grad=
ually disappear. My impression is that this is encouraged by the parents as=
they generally =3Bbecome =3Bterritorial of the suet feeder post fl=
edging. By fall only the regular=2C long time pairs remain. All the best.<B=
R> =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B&=
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p=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B =3B Fritz McEvoy<BR> =3B =
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sp=3B =3B =3B =3B =3B Sunrise Valley=2C CB (near Dingwall)<=
BR> =3B<BR><br> =3B<BR><div>>=3B From: dwebster@glinx.com<br>>=
=3B To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca<br>>=3B Subject: [NatureNS] Downy WP<br>&=
gt=3B Date: Wed=2C 25 Jun 2014 07:46:40 -0300<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Dear All=
=2C June 25=2C 2014<br>>=3B I was =
concerned recently about young WPs perhaps being fed too much <br>>=3B sh=
ortening and too little nourishment for good development.<br>>=3B Ju=
st a few minutes ago I noticed a male Downy loading up with fat and <br>>=
=3B then feeding a nearby young that had been perched meanwhile on a crossb=
ar. <br>>=3B The young WP then took off with a temporary wobble and then =
flew 30' up to a <br>>=3B nearby Black Cherry.<br>>=3B So one count=
for OK.<br>>=3B <br>>=3B Yt=2C DW=2C Kentville<br>>=3B <br>>=3B <=
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