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Three days ago there was some drumming going on around here. And
yesterday, I watched a Downy Woodpecker (m) disappear into last season's
Hairy WP cavity near our back door.
Doug Linzey
Arlington, NS
On 10-Feb-15 7:00 PM, Jim Wolford wrote:
> 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 — for males, stay away, and for females, come hither.
>
> Re Dave’s 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.
> Begin forwarded message:
>> *From: *Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay135@gmail.com
>> <mailto:kelindsay135@gmail.com>>
>> *Subject: **Re: [NatureNS] Woodpecker drumming; Flicker*
>> *Date: *February 10, 2015 at 1:19:24 PM AST
>> *To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>> *Reply-To: *naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
>>
>> 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!
>>
>> Eleanor Lindsay
>> Seabright, St Margarets Bay
>>
>>
>> On 10/02/2015 10:21 AM, David & Alison Webster wrote:
>>> Dear All, Feb 10, 2015
>>> 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.]
>>> 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
>>> 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.
>>> DW, Kentville
>>
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