Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2020/04/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Me too +1 Douglas On 23/04/2020 16:19, CartersXRd via LUG wrote: > what a wonderful set > > i?m a fool for woodpeckers! > > especially like the working shots with sawdust flying > > ric > > > > >> On Apr 21, 2020, at 11:57 PM, Douglas Herr via LUG <lug at >> leica-users.org> wrote: >> >> a tale of two species... >> >> the players: Nuttall's Woodpecker pair >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut06.html >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut08.html >> >> female Acorn Woodpecker >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor12.html >> >> the scene: a dead cottonwood tree, Sacramento County California >> >> The Nuttall's pair has been working for several days excavating a nest >> cavity in a dead Cottonwood tree >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut09.html >> >> When I arrived on the morning of 19 April 2020 I saw the male Nuttall's >> remove something from the cavity that looked like an egg, then resume >> work on the cavity. Weird, I thought, let's keep watching. >> >> In the days since I first observed the Nuttall's pair working on the >> cavity, a colony of Acorn Woodpeckers moved in nearby. A female Acorn >> Woodpecker seemed unusually interested in the Nuttall's cavity >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor13.html >> >> at this point the male Nuttall's raised the alarm >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/dryobates/nuttallii/drynut10.html >> >> Apparently Acorn Woodpeckers don't share nest trees. I also observed the >> female Acorn repeatedly use her face-chisel to try to stab the female >> Nuttall's who was inside the cavity. >> >> I'm guessing the Acorn Woodpecker left an egg in the Nuttall's nest >> cavity for the Nuttall's to hatch & raise, Mr. Nuttall's discovered the >> ruse and removed the Acorn Woodpecker egg sending Ms. Acorn into a tizzy. >> >> Meanwhile in another part of the woods a male Acorn Woodpecker was making >> another nest cavity >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor10.html >> >> it's always the guys who take out the trash >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/picidae/melanerpes/formicivorus/melfor09.html >> >> all: Sony a7rIII, 600mm f/3 GM, big tripod. Some with 1.4x TC. >> >> All comments welcome. >> >> >> Doug Herr >> Birdman of Sacramento >> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information