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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01CFBAE1.E1265F30 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Over the past decade we=E2=80=99ve had Black-capped Chickadees nesting = about every 2nd year in a bird-house in our backyard in West End = Halifax=E2=80=94but this is the first summer we=E2=80=99ve noticed the = bird-house hole getting larger, with its circumference increased, the = edges roughened. The other day I watched (& photographed) a Downy = Woodpecker pecking away at the hole=E2=80=99s edges, then poking its = head into the cavity (perhaps for grubs or insects, now that the = Chickadee nestlings & parents have vacated the house?). Is this common = woodpecker behavior? Does anyone else have woodpeckers (Downies, or = other species) enlarging their bird-house holes? Before next spring = we=E2=80=99ll be getting a new house to replace the old one, because the = hole is likely now big enough to allow Starlings to take the house over = from the Chickadees. Brian ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01CFBAE1.E1265F30 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000"> <DIV>Over the past decade we=E2=80=99ve had Black-capped Chickadees = nesting about every=20 2nd year in a bird-house in our backyard in West End Halifax=E2=80=94but = this is the=20 first summer we=E2=80=99ve noticed the bird-house hole getting larger, = with its=20 circumference increased, the edges roughened. The other day I watched = (&=20 photographed) a Downy Woodpecker pecking away at the hole=E2=80=99s = edges, then poking=20 its head into the cavity (perhaps for grubs or insects, now that the = Chickadee=20 nestlings & parents have vacated the house?). Is this common = woodpecker=20 behavior? Does anyone else have woodpeckers (Downies, or other species)=20 enlarging their bird-house holes? Before next spring we=E2=80=99ll be = getting a new=20 house to replace the old one, because the hole is likely now big enough = to allow=20 Starlings to take the house over from the Chickadees.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Brian</DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0014_01CFBAE1.E1265F30--
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