Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2003 17:49:48 -0700 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Jim Elliot Subject: Re: Carolina Chickawoodpecker? In-Reply-To: <3E99CCBC.EDB61091@mindspring.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Anyone ever see a chickadee do something like this > before? It was > really strange! > > Laura Appelbaum > Cloverly, MD Caolina Chickadees are indeed primary cavity nesters. I have often watched them excavate, both soft cherry wood and locust fence posts. I once watched a pair work on a hole together. Instead of letting the wood chips fall they carried them away by the beakful. Fasinating birds. ===== Jim Elliot East Prospect, York County, PA 39.9671135 N -76.5293884 W Elevation 400' Population 678 j_bird717@yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo http://search.yahoo.com ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================