Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 08:05:37 -0500 Reply-To: Maryland Birds & Birding Sender: Maryland Birds & Birding From: Les Eastman Subject: Re: Question on Woodpeckers In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gema Crystal wrote: > Hi guys, > > I've had a couple of Red-bellied Woodpeckers and Downy Woodpeckers, > and now a White-breasted Nuthatch couple, at my house for a while now. > How can you tell if they're nesting? Where are their nest? We've been > waiting for babies for a while. If you have suet, they will probably bring the young to it. I had all three of these species at my house last year. The woodpeckers brought the young to the suet and the nuthatches were getting a beak full of suet and flying back into the woods where I could see them feeding it to their young. Les =========== Les Eastman mailto:les@birdtreks.com Havre de Grace, MD The eagle looked down on the river below And he wrapped his wings round him and he fell like a stone And the big salmon fought but the talons held true And he shuddered as the world turned from silver to blue Steve Earle ======================================================================= To leave the MDOsprey list, send e-mail to listserv@home.ease.lsoft.com with the following message in line 1: signoff mdosprey ======================================================================= =========================================================================