[wisb] Downy Woodpeckers excavating a nest hole at the Fox River Sanctuary Waukesha WI. 4/23/2014, some images...

From: Jim Edlhuber <jimedlhuber@xxxxxxxxx>
To: wisbirdn <wisbirdn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 21:03:56 -0500

Hi all,
I stopped for a short time today at the Fox River Sanctuary in Waukesha
Wisconsin to do some birding. I watched a pair of Downy Woodpeckers
excavating a nest hole in a dead tree. First I observed the male working at
the nest hole and then the female took over for a while. They really put
some time into doing this between breaks. Yellow-rumped Warblers were in
large numbers late morning, but then that slowed early afternoon. A couple
of Palm Warblers made a brief appearance and a handful of Cedar Waxwings
hung around feeding on a few berries that made it through the winter.

I posted some images at the link below of the male and female doing some
excavating on the nest hole:

http://www.windowtowildlife.com/downy-woodpecker/

Thanks and good birding,

Jim Edlhuber

Town of Genesee Waukesha Co.


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[wisb] Downy Woodpeckers excavating a nest hole at the Fox River Sanctuary Waukesha WI. 4/23/2014, some images...

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