Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 11:23:40 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Darlene Valentine Subject: Redbellied behavior Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed On Dec 7, Jordan Wilkerson wrote: >A few days ago I watched some interesting behavior from a >RB .Woodpecker. >He >is always in the trees near our small townhouse yard, but seldom ever > >comes >to the feeders. In fact, this was the first visit I've witnessed in >over >two years. He made many visits to grab a sunflower seed and then would >retreat to a tree to enjoy in peace from the waves of House Sparrows > >present >at the feeder. Occasionally, he would take a seed, fly to a very near >Sumac, and stuff it into a crevasse. He, then would fly back and >forth >and >stuff more seeds into the same little hole. He seemed to make a real > >effort >to pack them in too. Then he would go back to eating each one as he >retrieved it. After a dozen more trips to the feeder he decided it >was >time >to fill another cache. I watched him fill 3 altogether. Is this a >common >behavior among Redbellies? Last winter, I noticed the same behavior by a red-bellied woodpecker in my yard. It was very interesting to watch. I assume this must be a common behavior. I never saw him come back and eat the seeds he was hiding, but he was really packing them in. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================