[va-richmond-general] Re: Hairy Woodpeckers
- From: s.ridd@xxxxxxx
- To: va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 11:38:05 +0000
From "Viginia's Breeding Birds:An Atlas Workbook" printed in 1989 (page 108),
the safe dates to record breeding behavior for Hairy Woodpeckers is between
March 15th and August 31st. Copulation was recorded as a probable breeding
record, not a confirmed breeding record. The safe dates for each species was
decided by the originial Atlas committee, but most of the grunt work was done
by the late Fred Scott.
The earliest record of actual breeding that I have witnessed belonged to a rock
dove on Jan.2, 1987 in a gun turret at Fort Washington at Fort Washington
Maryland - but that's a Maryland record by several hundred feet. Oh well! Sue
-------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Bob Reilly" <rjreilly@xxxxxxx>
> As the early egg date for Virginia is April 6th, this was likely a
> "rehearsal." This behavior is described in a 1966 article by Lawrence
> Kilham on Hairy Woodpecker behavior, which appears in the September 1966
> issue of the Wilson Bulletin (page 254). Kilham dubs this midwinter
> courtship behavior as "pantomime of copulation." Let's see what Jerry does
> with that.
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Caroline Coe" <johncaroline@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <va-richmond-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, December 24, 2005 10:57 AM
> Subject: [va-richmond-general] Hairy Woodpeckers
>
>
> > We had a pair of Hairy Woodpeckers on the gum tree out back this morning.
> > One was drumming, was joined by its mate, they both moved up the tree
> > and mated! It seemed early for such activity to me - apparently not!
> >
> > Caroline Coe
> > Chesterfield County
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