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POTD 6/19/24
GOOD DAD - Male Red-bellied Woodpecker feeds a fledgling. Woodpeckers fledge at about 25 days after hatching and Red-bellied Woodpeckers are the first to bring their fledgling to the yard to eat.
POTD 6/18/24
TOUCHING CARDINAL HABIT - In the breeding season it is common to see a male Cardinal feeding an adult female. The males are signaling their fitness in their ability to find enough food to share with their mate. Always touching to see this partner behavior.
POTD 6/17/24
PHOEBE FOOD - We watched Phoebes work on a nest and then saw their five babies...now we are watching diligent parents hunting for and feeding the nestlings.
POTD 6/16/24
SEEING THE SAPSUCKER - A male Yellow-bellied Sapsucker visits a familiar ash tree on the edge of the yard. Sapsuckers get their name from the habit of drilling holes in the bark of trees to eat sap and insects trapped in the sticky sap. Sapsuckers make the rounds of the "sap wells" they drill - so they return to the same trees with regularity.
