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Earlier I wanted to reply to David (and now Eleanor). It seems a bit =
early to me for drumming, but obviously I am wrong on that. As for =
pairing up now: like the songs of other birds, the drumming has a =
two-way message =97 for males, stay away, and for females, come hither. =20=
Re Dave=92s other question, woodpeckers do use cavities for night-time =
shelter (and other times, too?), as do chickadees, nuthatches, and what =
else? (Chickadees and nuthatches will also group up in cavities.) Our =
most amazing resident small forest bird, the golden-crowned kinglet, =
does not use cavities, but does group up in sheltered locations like =
dense spruce foliage/twigs to spend the long cold nights. Bernd =
Heinrich in Vermont and Maine has studied them and the energetics of =
other critters from bees to ravens.
Finally, eagles and ravens have begun occupying existing nest-sites and =
adding twigs =97 I saw a raven carrying a branch at the Acadia Arena =
three days ago. Ravens start their nesting before the eagles, but =
perhaps not as early as great horned owls, which are worth listening for =
now, along with barred owls, which are later nesters but will have eggs =
in March.
Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, and this should elicit some comments?
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> From: Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay135@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Woodpecker drumming; Flicker
> Date: February 10, 2015 at 1:19:24 PM AST
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Reply-To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
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> I have had a Flicker, a downy and a male hairy woodpecker regularly =
visiting my feeders many times daily for the past couple of months. The =
hairy has just in the past few days been joined by a female and, =
yesterday for the first time, I heard drumming at a nearby telegraph =
pole!
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> Eleanor Lindsay
> Seabright, St Margarets Bay
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> On 10/02/2015 10:21 AM, David & Alison Webster wrote:
>> Dear All, Feb 10, 2015=20
>> While outside briefly today at 8:50 am, to replenish shortening, I =
heard two woodpeckers; one drumming vigorously on a sounding branch and =
a second replying all repeated twice. [All in about two minutes because =
I had only indoor clothing on.]=20
>> Do woodpeckers begin to pair up this early ? Also I have noticed =
that our Hairy WP always fly away in the same direction and wonder if =
they shelter overwinter in nesting cavities=20
>> I have seen the Flicker coming for shortening six times so far =
this winter, as opposed to a cumulative sum of zero in previous winters; =
always facing away so am not sure about sex.=20
>> DW, Kentville=20
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after-white-space;">Earlier I wanted to reply to David (and now =
Eleanor). It seems a bit early to me for drumming, but obviously I =
am wrong on that. As for pairing up now: like the songs of other =
birds, the drumming has a two-way message =97 for males, stay away, and =
for females, come hither. <div><br></div><div>Re Dave=92s other =
question, woodpeckers do use cavities for night-time shelter (and other =
times, too?), as do chickadees, nuthatches, and what else? =
(Chickadees and nuthatches will also group up in cavities.) =
Our most amazing resident small forest bird, the golden-crowned =
kinglet, does not use cavities, but does group up in sheltered locations =
like dense spruce foliage/twigs to spend the long cold nights. =
Bernd Heinrich in Vermont and Maine has studied them and the =
energetics of other critters from bees to =
ravens.</div><div><br></div><div>Finally, eagles and ravens have begun =
occupying existing nest-sites and adding twigs =97 I saw a raven =
carrying a branch at the Acadia Arena three days ago. Ravens start =
their nesting before the eagles, but perhaps not as early as great =
horned owls, which are worth listening for now, along with barred owls, =
which are later nesters but will have eggs in =
March.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in Wolfville, and this =
should elicit some comments?<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded =
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<font size=3D"+1">I have had a Flicker, a downy and a male hairy
woodpecker regularly visiting</font> my feeders many times daily
for the past couple of months. The hairy has just in the past few
days been