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Re: Sapsucker Hawking insects



We've not seen Sapsuckers do it, but we have seen Downy Woodpeckers and
Brown-headed Nuthatches sally for insects.

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Dwayne & Lori Martin
Foothills Bird Club
Claremont, NC
dlmartin@twave.net


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Krakauer <tkrakauer@mindspring.com>
To: carolinabirds@duke.edu <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Date: Sunday, November 21, 1999 4:47 PM
Subject: Sapsucker Hawking insects


> I was looking out our window and was taken by surprise to see a juvenile
>Y-B sapsucker hawking insects.
>
>It was sitting against the trunk of a small ash tree (a woodpeckers are
>supposed to) when all of a sudden it jumped into the air and chased a
>flying insects, then returned to its starting point along the trunk.
>
>I wonder if it was working its sap holes, and in the warm sun scared off
>insects that had been attracted.
>
>Has anyone else observed similar behavior.
>
>Tom Krakauer
>
>Tom Krakauer
>Bahama, NC
>tkrakauer@mindspring.com