From south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Tue Feb 17 09:27:20 2004 Received: from www.plaidworks.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1HHOhG7023334 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:24:43 -0800 (PST) Received: from napa.hamilton.com (napa.hamilton.com [192.207.15.8]) by plaidworks.com (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i1HHN4Cp023257 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:23:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from napa.hamilton.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by napa.hamilton.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1HHN4wZ002141 for <[[email protected]]>; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:23:04 -0800 Received: (from daemon@localhost) by napa.hamilton.com (8.12.10/8.12.5/Submit) id i1HHN45Q002137 for [[email protected]]; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:23:04 -0800 Received: from nrtspc.hamilton.com (nrtspc.hamilton.com [192.207.15.4]) (authenticated bits=0) by napa.hamilton.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i1HHMswc002111; Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:22:55 -0800 Message-Id: <[[email protected]]> X-Sender: [[email protected]] X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2004 09:22:54 -0800 To: "Andrea Vedanayagam" <[[email protected]]> Subject: Re: [SBB] Nuttall's Woodpecker In-Reply-To: <[[email protected]]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed From: Nancy Teater <[[email protected]]> Cc: [[email protected]] X-BeenThere: [[email protected]] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5a1 Precedence: list List-Id: South Bay Birding List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Errors-To: south-bay-birds-bounces+south-bay-birds-archive=[[email protected]] Hi Andrea, I haven't seen Nuttall's drink nectar, but I have seen Acorn Woodpeckers feed from and guard hummingbird feeders and drive away the hummers. Greedy birds. Ehrlich, et al., "Birder's Handbook," notes that Nuttall's eat insects, acorns, and sap, so the nectar in your feeder is probably attractive. Nancy At 08:06 AM 2/17/2004 -0800, Andrea Vedanayagam wrote: >I was amazed to find a male NUTTALL'S WOODPECKER on my hummingbird feeder >around 12:20 p.m. on Friday. It hung on to the feeder for a good 2-3 >minutes and drank the sugar water. I've never seen this before. Has >anyone else seen such behavior? > >Andrea. > >_________________________________________________________________ >Dream of owning a home? Find out how in the First-time Home Buying Guide. >http://special.msn.com/home/firsthome.armx > >_______________________________________________ >Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. >south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) >Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: >http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/nrt%40hamilton.com > >This email sent to [[email protected]] -- Nancy R. Teater, Hamilton Communications [[email protected]] phone 650 321 0252 fax 650 327 4660 _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. south-bay-birds mailing list ([[email protected]]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://www.plaidworks.com/mailman/options/south-bay-birds/south-bay-birds-archive%40plaidworks.com This email sent to [[email protected]]