When I saw the Red-headed Woodpeckers earlier today they were collecting
acorns and storing them in a cavity in a large dead oak tree(?) - after
placing the acorn in a hidden hole it tapped at it two or three times. In 15
minutes one bird made four trips to pull acorns from a living tree and
return to the snag. I hope this behavior indicates that they will spend the
winter there ...or perhaps they have been there for years.

I can't believe I missed the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.

Location:     Irvine Nature Center
Observation date:     11/8/09
Number of species:     39

Black Vulture     18
Turkey Vulture     26
Cooper's Hawk     2
Red-shouldered Hawk     1
Red-tailed Hawk     3
Rock Pigeon     40
Mourning Dove     12
Red-headed Woodpecker     2
Red-bellied Woodpecker     6
Downy Woodpecker     2
Hairy Woodpecker     1
Northern Flicker (Yellow-shafted)     2
Pileated Woodpecker     2
Eastern Phoebe     1
Blue Jay     33
American Crow     45
Fish Crow     21
Carolina Chickadee     4
Tufted Titmouse     4
White-breasted Nuthatch     4
Carolina Wren     5
Eastern Bluebird     16
American Robin     21
Northern Mockingbird     1
Cedar Waxwing     59
Yellow-rumped Warbler (Myrtle)     2
Eastern Towhee     1
Chipping Sparrow     1
Savannah Sparrow     2
Song Sparrow     18
Lincoln's Sparrow     1
Swamp Sparrow     4
White-throated Sparrow     12
Dark-eyed Junco (Slate-colored)     14
Northern Cardinal     X
Red-winged Blackbird     45
Common Grackle     3
House Finch     4
American Goldfinch     11

This report was generated automatically by eBird v2(http://ebird.org)

Keith Eric Costley

Randallstown, Baltimore County, MD