Tag: wood chips
The Exhausting Schedule Of Nesting Red-naped Sapsuckers
I was extremely impressed by how hard these woodpeckers worked at feeding their chicks and keeping their nest cavity clean.
Red-naped Sapsucker Removing Wood Chips And Fecal Sac From Nest Cavity (+ a barbed wire owl update)
Sapsuckers perform some interesting behaviors during nesting season and the pair I photographed three days ago in the Uinta Mountains was no exception.
Williamson’s Sapsuckers Part II
These images are a continuation of yesterday’s post and they focus more on sapsucker behavior.
Northern Flicker Excavating The Nest Cavity
Northern Flickers tend to use existing nest cavities (rather than excavating new ones) more often than other woodpecker species and this bird followed that pattern.
Sapsuckers Cleaning Out The Nest Hole
The 5″ x 8″ (interior dimensions) tree nest hole of the Williamson’s Sapsucker with as many as 6 growing nestlings inside presents a significant potential hygiene problem. This post is about how the adults dealt with that situation as I was photographing them about three weeks near the Montana/Idaho border.
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The Exhausting Schedule Of Nesting Red-naped Sapsuckers
I was extremely impressed by how hard these woodpeckers worked at feeding their chicks and keeping their nest cavity clean.
Red-naped Sapsucker Removing Wood Chips And Fecal Sac From Nest Cavity (+ a barbed wire owl update)
Sapsuckers perform some interesting behaviors during nesting season and the pair I photographed three days ago in the Uinta Mountains was no exception.
Williamson’s Sapsuckers Part II
These images are a continuation of yesterday’s post and they focus more on sapsucker behavior.
Northern Flicker Excavating The Nest Cavity
Northern Flickers tend to use existing nest cavities (rather than excavating new ones) more often than other woodpecker species and this bird followed that pattern.
Sapsuckers Cleaning Out The Nest Hole
The 5″ x 8″ (interior dimensions) tree nest hole of the Williamson’s Sapsucker with as many as 6 growing nestlings inside presents a significant potential hygiene problem. This post is about how the adults dealt with that situation as I was photographing them about three weeks near the Montana/Idaho border.