We had a pair of Wood Ducks checking out holes & possible nest cavities in the sycamores and river birch down by the creek today.
A pair of Red-bellied WP are actively working on a hole in a dead sweet gum in the yard. He did the excavation earlier and she has been there recently "cleaning out" chips left behind.
The season for breeding is upon us. Caroline Coe On Feb 17, 2010, at 9:57 PM, juliekazz@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
...a male and female Wood duck swam side-by-side under a nest box at DGap on Monday.-JulieK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Caroline Coe" <cccoe@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: nreza@xxxxxxxxxxxCc: "Richmond Birders" <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Fred Brown" <fredbrown13@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:36:02 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada EasternSubject: [va-richmond-general] Re: Bird Signals and the Song Sparrows are singing and the Red-shouldered Hawks are "interacting", so....... spring must be coming. Caroline Coe On Feb 17, 2010, at 2:49 PM, Naseem Reza wrote: > According to the birds in my backyard, Spring is almost here. Three > male Eastern Bluebirds are competing for the favor of a lone (but > not lonesome) female and checking out our Bluebird nest box. Also > this morning we were delighted to see two Pileated Woodpeckers > crisscrossing our yard but not directly interacting with each > other. A couple of shots are attached. > > Naseem Reza > <Eastern Bluebird-male.jpg><Pileated Woodpecker-female.jpg><Pileated > Woodpecker-male.jpg>You are subscribed to VA-Richmond-General. To unsubscribe, send email to va-richmond-general-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. To adjust other settings (vacation, digest, etc.) please visit,//www.freelists.org/list/va-richmond-general.
